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[SIDESHOW ILLUSION]. Spidora Photograph. [Germany, ca. 1906...
[SIDESHOW ILLUSION]. Spidora Photograph. [Germany, ca. 1906...
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[SIDESHOW ILLUSION]. Spidora Photograph. [Germany, ca. 1906]. Sepia tone image of the sideshow illusion invented by Roltair. A giant spider with a human head is perched atop an enormous web stretched over a set of stairs. Boudoir card format, plain mount, 9 ½ x 6 ¾”. Contemporary caption to verso reads, “Adalbert Bauers Wunderspinne circa 1906.” Rubber stamp of George Kent to verso.
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[SIDESHOW ILLUSION]. Spidora Photograph. [Germany, ca. 1906...

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