HARRISON PUTNEY African American Performer Signed VERY RARE KANSAS Photographer civil war It has swipes and some

It has swipes and some mat abrasions but displays nicely

It appears she is wearing a dark mourning dress

25" and is in very good antique condition with one or two very light bends

CDV is in very good antique condition

HARRISON PUTNEY African American Performer Signed VERY RARE KANSAS Photographer civil war It has swipes and someVery rare photo of the Great Layton, an African American wire balancing performer in the late 1800s and early 1900s, shown here doing his act, with his advertising banner visible on the left. I found records of performing back to the 1880s, and around 1906 1908 he was part of a the Rufus Rastus Minstrel troupe, that travelled the United States. I couldn't find much info about him after that time. The photographer was Harrison Putney of Leavenworth,