Today is the birthday of the first of the great carny “strong men”: Eugene Sandow (for full bio go here). Check out this actual footage of him in action circa 1894, courtesy an Edison film crew: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:39AM on April 2, 2012