Isaac W. Sprague (May 21, 1841 - January 5, 1887) was an entertainer and sideshow performer, billed as the living human skeleton. [1] Biography He was born on May 21, 1841, in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. [2] Although normal for most of his childhood, Sprague began irreversibly losing weight at age 12 after feeling ill after swimming. Published August 26, 2021 Updated September 13, 2023 After Isaac W. Sprague developed a mysterious condition that caused his weight to drop to skeletal levels, he endured a life of exploitation in P.T. Barnum's museum of human curiosities.
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The True Stories Behind 11 Famous Sideshow Performers By M Asher Cantrell | Apr 15, 2013 Getty Images / Getty Images Although the sideshow has mostly disappeared from the American landscape. Isaac Sprague was the Original Thin Man. Born in E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1841, he was a normal child until around age twelve when he began to lose weight. Sprague joined the circus in 1865, eventually working with P.T. Barnum. In this vintage photograph by Eisenmann, he is 44 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall. Isaac W. Sprague was born on May 21, 1841 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. According to one of his early cabinet cards, he was a normal and active child until the age of twelve - when he began to rapidly lose weight. His concerned parents, alarmed by his weight lost, forbade young Isaac from high energy activities. On the 5th of January, 1887, at the age of 45, Isaac W. Sprague died. What had been confirmed by some of his relatives is that in the last 3 years of his life, Isaac lived in extreme poverty, with no income from anyone. Despite accepting the money from Harvard Medical School, no one knows what happened to his body after he passed away..
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Isaac W. Sprague (May 21, 1841 - January 5, 1887) was an American sideshow attraction. His stage name was The Skeleton Man. He also appeared as The Living Skeleton and The Original Thin Man. He was born in Massachusetts. Doctors were puzzled when he began losing weight rapidly in his teens. Isaac W. Sprague (May 21, 1841 - January 5, 1887) was an American sideshow attraction. His stage name was The Skeleton Man. He also appeared as The Living Skeleton and The Original Thin Man. He was born in Massachusetts. Doctors were puzzled when he began losing weight rapidly in his teens. Attribution Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 Sitter Isaac W. Sprague, 21 May 1841 - 5 Jan 1887 Date c. 1860-70 Type Isaac W. Sprague was an entertainer and sideshow performer, billed as the living human skeleton.
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There were lots of extraordinary people involved in the OG "Freak Show" community, and one of those was Isaac W. Sprague. 🎪 SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND SHARE 🎪📽. Isaac Sprague, the Living Skeleton. Isaac W. Sprague was born in 1841. He had a completely normal childhood, until he inexplicably began losing weight at the age of 12. He became a circus freak in 1865, performing in the sideshow as "the Living Skeleton" or "the Original Thin Man." P.T. Barnum hired him to perform at his American Museum.
For the first 12 years of his life, Isaac W. Sprague developed like most boys. But after complaining of a cramp one day, Sprague began to rapidly and alarmingly lose weight — despite his hearty appetite. When he reached adulthood, he weighed just 43 pounds and stood at 5'6″ tall. Isaac W. Sprague, The Human Skeleton. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Human skeletons were fairly common in sideshows, but Isaac Sprague is considered the original. He was a healthy child from his birth in 1841 through his 12th birthday, at which point he began losing fat and muscle mass. Physicians were mystified by what they dubbed "extreme.
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CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 6.--Isaac Sprague, the "living skeleton," died here yesterday. He was born in Bridgeport, Mass., and was. View Full Article in Timesmachine » This video is in memory of the famous sideshow performer Isaac W. Sprague (The Human Skeleton)!
