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Rudolph Lucasie and family (carte de visite photo by Matthew Brady) |
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Rudolph Lucasie and family (carte de visite photos by Chas. Eisenmann) |
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| The albino family, the Lucasies were obtained in Holland by Phineas Barnum during a visit to Amsterdam in 1857. He brought them back to America where they became one of his most popular exhibits. Barnum billed them as being of black Madagascan lineage and that their pink eyes stayed wide open while they slept! The Lucasies were managed by long time Barnum employee Dr. Oscar Kohn. Along with other "living curiosites" in Barnum's employ they appeared in his American Museum on Broadway and offered life story pamphlets for sale along with their 15 cent carte de visite photographs such as those above. Other albinos in the employ of Barnum included the teenage "Amos", Charles Gorhen and during the 1880's his sideshow acts included the Martin sisters. | ||||
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