BLIND TOM - RARE CDV PHOTO PIANO PLAYER SAVANT AFRICAN AMERICAN 1860s BLACK MAN gunfighter Identification on the back reads

Identification on the back reads

Researching some old online records

though the mount has been slightly trimmed

Original cabinet card of a woman with long hair

BLIND TOM - RARE CDV PHOTO PIANO PLAYER SAVANT AFRICAN AMERICAN 1860s BLACK MAN gunfighter Identification on the back readsRare original CDV of "Blind Tom", with imprint of Hoag & Quick, Cincinnati. Thomas Bethune, also known as Tom Wiggins, AKA "Blind Tom (1849 1908) was born an autistic savant on the Georgia plantation of Jame Bethune. Early in his childhood Tom displayed the uncanny ability to mimic sounds. Listening to his master's children practicing the piano, Tom astounded his master by picking out the chords himself. By the age of six Tom was composing his own