original antique noble wortham sideshow circus mabel darpel tattoo photo 8x10
large sized 8x10 inch professional heavy duty photo by "noble" of a c.a. wortham circus sideshow midway. prob from 1920s.
original photo collected by Mabel darpel in prob the 1920s. this is not any sort of recent reproduction. I do not see Mabel (or joe) in the photo but she was connected to this sideshow in some way.
Joe Darpel, 1901-1968, was a lifelong carnival/circus sideshow manager, tattooed and tattooed man. He had a body suit of beautiful tattoos that were put on by Bert Grimm or William Grimshaw or both (and probably others) sometime in the late 1910s.
Around that same time he began tattooing on sideshows and carnivals. It was at one of William Kennedy's sideshows where Joe met Mabel Kennedy (William's daughter) where Joe was sideshow manager. Mabel was quite an accomplished sideshow performer as psychic, knife thrower and horse rider and later an accomplished tattooer herself.
Later they were married in a carnival and they became tattooing partners, traveling with sideshows and operating tattoo shops in Virginia, Kansas and finally in Texas for many years. Joe and Mabel both painted beautiful tattoo flash that is very rare, loved and sought after by serious collectors.
condition is excellent with very gold with minor wear, age toning. photo was glued in her album and some of that remnant is still on back of the photo. see pics.
see photos as they are part of description. images on listing are photos of the actual item itself.
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