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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  This picture shows the "Four Novelty Grahams," acrobatic performers at the Victoria Theatre, Philadelphia.  The father is 23 years old. Willie is 5 years old, Herbert is 3 years old.  At 9 P.M. June 10, these children were seen performing on the stage.  Four times daily they do a turn which lasts 12 to 14 minutes.  Herbert, the youngest, was by the father to have commence performing on the stage as an acrobat when he was 10 1/2 months old. Willie, now 5, is said to be the youngest acrobat in the world.  The attached letter head shows some of the stunts these youngsters are engaged in.  The mother of these boys was formerly a school teacher, and is now performing with this trio on stage.  The</li></ul>
children are bright and strong, but have a playfulness about them which shows them to have forgotten the best years of their childhood.  Philadelphia, Pa.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lewis_Hine" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lewis Hine"><span title="American sociologist and photographer">Lewis Hine</span></a>
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10 June 1910<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1910-06-10T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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