Matted and ready to pop into a standard frame: This interesting 8" x 10" (image about 6" x 9" because of its shape.) poster print is from an original poster known to be c.1899 The great Victorina Troupe originators and presenters of the most marvelous sword swallowing act on earth.

The poster says: The Great Troupe, see KAR-MI, Originators and Presenters of The Most Marvelous Sword Swallowing Act on Earth, Shoots a Gun Barrel While It is Down His Throat, Swallows an Electric Light, The $10,000 Novelty Act, The Limit of the Marvelous... At 8 x 10 the tiny print is readable but tiny, images from left to right and down: Swallowing curved swords, Swallowing a Table Leg, Drinking Water from a Tube Placed 2 foot down his throat, Victorina in his stonishing feat of lifting a Springfield Rifle about in mid air by swallowing the bayonet, Drawing out a sword bent in the Throat by moving the body, Swallowing Sixteen swords at one time, Most stupendous and incredible act devised by Man! Victorina loads a gun with powder and ball, swallows the gun barrel two feet down his throat and then discharges it breaking with a single bullet a one inch glass ball on the child's head, Swallowing a handful of United States Army bayonets, Swallowing swords and scabbords and drawing out the swords, The Most Weird and startling exhibit on before the public. Miss Victorina swallows an electric light and it shines through the flesh, making her body transparent to the astounded beholders, Swallowing daggers and hurling them at a target balanced on a sword swallowed by a child...

This would be wonderful displayed in your Carnival-Circus-Sideshow-Freak Memorabilia Collection...

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Some history of KAR-MI from swordswallow . com:

A performing husband and wife team in the 1890s, husband Joe Van Victorina (Joseph B. Hallworth, also known as "Kar-mi") and wife Miss Victorina (Kitty Fisher, a native of Berlin) both swallowed swords in their act - Kar-mi would swallow a loaded gun barrel, and while it was down his throat, would shoot a cracker off a man's head, while Miss Victorina was said to have swallowed a record 16 swords at once around the turn of the century. In 1899 the Victorinas put out a "Text Book On The Art of Sword Swallowing - Explaining How To Do It Sixteen Different Ways" with some mythical tips on how to swallow swords, some written in an untranslatable ancient script! The Boston Herald of December 28th, 1902, described Victorina's performance: "By long practice she has accustomed herself to swallow swords, daggers, bayonets, walking sticks, rods, and other dangerous articles. Her throat and food passages have become so expansive that she can swallow three long swords almost up to the hilts, and can accommodate a dozen shorter blades." On one occasion, while sword-swallowing in Boston, a sword pierced a vein in her throat. The blade was half-way down, but instead of immediately pulling it out, she pushed it further in. She was laid up in a hospital for 3 months after this performance. In Chicago she had an even narrower escape. One day while performing at a museum on Clark Street, Victorina passed a long thin dagger down her throat. In withdrawing it, the blade snapped in two, leaving the pointed portion some distance in her passage. Dropping the hilt on the floor, she leaned forward, and placing her finger and thumb down her throat, she succeeded in catching the end of the blade and pulled it out.
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This wonderful reproduction of the original printed graphic is crisply printed on matte finish heavy photo paper. This piece includes a white acid-free matte and is ready to be popped into a standard 11" x 14" frame, which can be bought anywhere locally. Graphic area fits the 8" x 10" opening of the matte.

Image included here is low-quality for quick loading on the net with a watermark across, which will not be on your print.

Makes a terrific gift for the collector or an addition to your collection!

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