"Original 4 Herakles", acrobats. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Reference:
2046893i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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"Original 4 Herakles", acrobats. Photographic postcard, 192-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of four male acrobats wearing white leotards and shoes, in conversation. The Herakles acrobatic act was formed in 1919 by the brothers Albert (1892-1984) and Gundel Börriès and Fritz Kieffer. With various circuses they performed in Germany, Sweden and the Soviet Union.

Publication/Creation

Madgeburg (Klosterstr. 15/16) : Graph. Anstalt Gebr. Garloff, [between 1920 and 1929?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 10.4 x 14.7 cm

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Lettering

Original 4 Herakles. ....well, then she said to me, (written in pencil, verso)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046893i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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