"Circasian Beauty" of the Bowery, Charles Eisenmann c. 1880s Carte de Visite manual of gymnastic exercises And how to beat the

And how to beat the little shepherd at bottom

I've always got an eye peeled for beautiful antique sets of spillikins

filled with whiskey and perhaps tucked into a coat pocket as one heads out for a ski or long walk through the woods

with vintage sticker on the bottom verifying its authenticity

A nice echo between the paws on side and tail on the other

"Circasian Beauty" of the Bowery, Charles Eisenmann c. 1880s Carte de Visite manual of gymnastic exercises And how to beat theI 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