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Description Rudolph Lucasie and his Familie were albinos of African descent. Phineas Barnum found them during a visit to Amsterdam in 1857. He brought them back to America where they became one of his most popular exhibits. Barnum billed them as being of black Madagascan lineage sleeping with their pink eyes wide open. They worked for Barnum as "living curiousities" for three years beginning in 1857. The family continued to tour throughout the world with other circuses until 1898 when Rudolph and his wife suddenly died. Along with other "living curiosites" in Barnum's employ they appeared in his American Museum on Broadway and offered life story pamphlets for sale along with their 15 cent carte de visite photographs such as those above. Other albinos in the employ of Barnum included the teenage "Amos", Charles Gorhen and during the 1880's his sideshow acts included the Martin sisters.
Date circa 1857
date QS:P,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~msafier/albinism/albino1.html or http://lightskinnededgirl.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/mixed-experience-history-month-rudolph-lacasie-albino-circus-star.html
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