Cabinet Card Of Tattooed Man Jacob Hildebrandt (new York, Ca. 1890) 6 1/2 X 4 1/2 In. (16.5 X 11.4 Auction
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Cabinet Card of Tattooed Man Jacob Hildebrandt (New York, ca. 1890) 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4

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Cabinet Card of Tattooed Man Jacob Hildebrandt (New York, ca. 1890) 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4
Cabinet Card of Tattooed Man Jacob Hildebrandt (New York, ca. 1890) 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4
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Cabinet Card of Tattooed Man Jacob Hildebrandt
(New York, ca. 1890)
About 1890, Brooklyn brewer Jacob Gunther became tattooed and began touring as Jacob Hildebrandt alongside his wife, tattooed lady Nora Hildebrandt. Photograph by Charles Eisenmann, 229 Bowery, New York, ca. 1890. Albumen print on card mount.
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 cm.)
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