In this dime museum ad, Isaac W. Sprague is caricatured and described as "P. T. Barnum's Famous ENIGMATIC LIVING SKELETON." The ad boasts that the 36-year-old man, who weighed only 46 pounds, was a married father of three who "has never known a sick day in his life." While describing the ways in which Mr. Sprague was very "normal," the ad also insists that he is "a far greater wonder than the FAMOUS ELASTIC SKIN MAN!" The ad also lists other human attractions. | Date: March 15, 1884 | Source: Cleveland Plain DealerDownload Original File
