1927__BLACK__CIRCUS__FREAKS_ __WILLIE__&__GEORGE__MUSE__ AMBASSADORS__FROM__MARS

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Mother Finds Lost Boys
as "Ambassadors from Mars"
/ Two Virginia Children.. Of Roanoke...
Held in Virtual Slavery for
the Last Five Years With a Circus
Illustrated Current News Co;
New Haven, Ct;
1927 / First Edition
Very Good Condition
A 9 x 14" black & white photo
on a sheet 16 x 19",
the rear is blank.
Edge tears to decorative border.
This will be shipped rolled via Priority Mail only.
In 1899 Black albino brothers
Willie & George Muse
had been kidnapped from their
Truevine, Virginia sharecropper parents
at the ages of six and nine.
They spent the next 27 years
as virtual slaves in various
carnival freak shows
touring the country.
By 1927 they were with
Barnum & Bailey Circus
when it visited Roanoke, Va.
There their mother discovered them
and forced their return.
In 1928 the brothers returned
to the circus business,
though with the right to sell
their own souvenir merchandise.
This provided a steady and
significant income until
they retired in 1961.
All this was documented in
their 2016 biography "Truevine."
With accompanying descriptive caption,
in this case quite sympathetic
to the victims.
This photo was taken shortly
after their liberation.
Both parents (Harriett and Cabell)
are flanking their dreadlocked sons
in front of the family shack.
All are posed to be
squinting into the sun,
increasing their odd appearances.
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