PA 43 A
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Title
PA 43 A
Description
Note: Edward Payson Weston. Weston was a champion walker whose first long-distance trek followed a lost bet. He wagered that Douglas would win the 1860 election and promised to walk (from Boston) to Lincoln's January inaugration in Washington if he was wrong. Weston was a native of Providence, RI and had short careers in the circus as well as minstrelsy before gaining his fame as a speed walker. In many ways Weston's athletism mirrored the career of folk hero, Sam Patch, a Pawtucket, RI factory worker whose high dives were legendary. See Paul E. Johnson, Sam Patch, The Famous Jumper, New York: Hill and Wang, 2014. See also Nick Harris, Helen Harris, & Paul Marshall, A Man in a Hurry: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Edward Payson Weston, The World's Greatest Walker, London: Decoubertin, 2012.
Creator
C.D. Fredricks & Co. 587 Broadway, New York
Date
1867
Collection
Citation
C.D. Fredricks & Co. 587 Broadway, New York, “PA 43 A,” Cotton Histories, explorations in blackface minstrelsy, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.cottonhistories.com/items/show/1153.