"FREAKS" STAR JOHNNY ECK & HIS BROTHER REAL PHOTO SOUVENIR PITCH CARD.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:00:00 AM)
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Auction #207 - Part I
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Item Description
3.5x5.5" card handed out during performances featuring Eck and his twin brother Robert. Card has penciling on back noting brothers' names and 1924 date. Johnny Eck, the half-man from Baltimore, MD. became a cult figure after appearing in Tod Browning's 1932 film "Freaks." He died in 1991 at 79 years of age, his anatomically normal twin brother a couple of years afterwards. The twins performed magic shows where the full-body twin would be sawed in half, and Johnny would crawl through the audience, much to their shock. Exc.
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