I've seen this photo floating around on Tumblr, Facebook, and Reddit for a while but haven't seen it here. The people who've posted it don't have much backstory on it, but I think I might.


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Pretty impressive stunt.


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This teamster is managing a team of 40 horses pulling the bandwagon in a parade of Barnum and Bailey Circus, Brooklyn, 1904.


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Must have been a circus attraction.  I have seen motorcycles on a conical racetrack, but not bicycles.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York, Byron Collection, identified as Keith's Bicycle Track.


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I will avoid mentioning the obvious inference from his position.  But see behind the cut.


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The Four Harveys, perhaps acrobats or performers on the high wire, either trapeze or tightrope.  Looks like the women are tightly corseted even in their costumes.  If so, I don't see how they could perform anything requiring flexibility.  Maybe they were jugglers.

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