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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 33016, member: 44"]FWIW, I vote circus performer. He looks too "pretty" in the face to be a boxer or wrestler. There isn't any face damage. I have yet to see a boxer or wrestler who didn't have a nose that looked like it had been broken a couple of dozen times, eyes that hadn't taken blows or ears that didn't show telltale signs of cauliflower. His build is too slight, chest doesn't seem husky enough. He does show arm muscles, strength. Both the hands of the man on our left and the performer show signs of strenuous work that would be associated with circus performers; however, the knuckles aren't swollen like one participating in bare knuckle boxing, fisticuffs. The man on our left shows more signs of the so-called manly arts of self defense - boxing and wrestling. The background of the pic looks more like the inside of a tent rather than a photographer's studio. I tried editing the OP's pictures , the original and the scan, but nothing more could I glean from them as to occupation. Am including them anyways.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]8317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]8318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]8319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 33016, member: 44"]FWIW, I vote circus performer. He looks too "pretty" in the face to be a boxer or wrestler. There isn't any face damage. I have yet to see a boxer or wrestler who didn't have a nose that looked like it had been broken a couple of dozen times, eyes that hadn't taken blows or ears that didn't show telltale signs of cauliflower. His build is too slight, chest doesn't seem husky enough. He does show arm muscles, strength. Both the hands of the man on our left and the performer show signs of strenuous work that would be associated with circus performers; however, the knuckles aren't swollen like one participating in bare knuckle boxing, fisticuffs. The man on our left shows more signs of the so-called manly arts of self defense - boxing and wrestling. The background of the pic looks more like the inside of a tent rather than a photographer's studio. I tried editing the OP's pictures , the original and the scan, but nothing more could I glean from them as to occupation. Am including them anyways. --- Susan [ATTACH=full]8317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]8318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]8319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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