Bobby “Torchy” Towner Ringling Brothers and Barnum &
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[Circus] De Morgoli, Nick (1916—2004). Bobby “Torchy” Towner Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown Photograph. New York, ca. 1940s. Gelatin silver print depicting Towner gazing longingly at a circus beauty. 10 ¾ x 14”. Heavily creased with several tears and some losses to image area. RBBB/De Morgoli credit hand-stamps to verso. The photographer is best known for his now-famous photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken in 1953. Towner, after his stint with R.B.B.B., worked with The Great Virgil, John Daniel on the “Dr. Doom” spook show, and also as a member of the writing staff for the magician Mark Wilson’s CBS program “Time for Magic.”
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