"Circasian Beauty" of the Bowery, Charles Eisenmann c. 1880s Carte de Visite wooden barrel shaped box and the undersides show some

and the undersides show some silver

roasts and stews

making one nostalgic for the nearly lost art of sign painting--and also for the prices of yesteryear

the more I love it

"Circasian Beauty" of the Bowery, Charles Eisenmann c. 1880s Carte de Visite wooden barrel shaped box and the undersides show someI didn't know about "Circasian Beauties" when I found this carte de visite photo by Charles Eisenmann, a well known New York Bowery district photographer of the 1880s, most (in)famous for his photographs of side show figures from the Barnum and Bailey circus, including "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, and "Jojo the Dog faced Boy." I've since learned a bit about the long history of fascination with "Circassian" women, and P. T Barnum's invention and