Photograph
Fortunello and Cirillino
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| A trick photograph of vaudeville clowns Forunello and Cirillino in which Fortunello holds Cirillino's decapitated head on a broom. Fortunello was the Italian gymnast Alberto Braglia (1883-1954) who won gold medals in Olympic competition in Athens in 1904, London in 1908, and Stockholm in 1912. He became a circus performer in 1918, toured widely, and returned to Italy in 1926. |
| Image ID: | 71529 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1925 |
| Creator Name: | Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.) |
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| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | SF VAUDEVILLE: CLOWNS & COMEDY |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| Clowns |
| Vaudeville |
| Gymnastics |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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