Mummy of John Wilkes Booth.

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:38 am

A carnival employee selling tickets to see a mummy purported to be John Wilkes Booth. Photograph by William Vandivert. USA, 1937.

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Post by **jones jones** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:39 am

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:49 am

I think you post extraordinarily interesting stuff-this being one of them. Thanks.

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:57 am

AnneBoleyn;1384478 wrote: I think you post extraordinarily interesting stuff-this being one of them. Thanks.

Thanx so much Annie!

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:59 am

The huckster looks so classically seedy!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:20 am

tabby;1384556 wrote: The huckster looks so classically seedy!

I'm thinking he was the huckster and played the mummy.

Post by **spot** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:05 am

jones jones;1384470 wrote: A carnival employee selling tickets to see a mummy purported to be John Wilkes Booth. Photograph by William Vandivert. USA, 1937.And coincidentally, from today's trivia: "10. Finis Bates created a stir when he suggested that the following individual had survived his supposed death."