9681760
- TitlePhotograph of Frederick Raymond, the 'Gaol-Breaker' and 'Handcuff King' escapologist
- Call numberSPF/3796
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1911 - Type of material
- Reference code9681760
- Physical Description1 photographic print - gelatin silver - 15 x 11 cm
- Collection historyPhotograph may have been used as a promotional image for the Wirth's Circus
- Scope and Content1 gelatin silver photographic print mounted on card showing a posed studio portrait of Raymond (Frederick Raymond, stage name Raymond Franz Wirth), renowned gaol-breaker, known as the Handcuff King, who was an escapologist and performer with Wirth's Circus from around 1907. This photograph seems to have been taken whilst the troupe were established at Prince Alfred Park in Surry Hills, in 1911
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