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| image = Charles B. Tripp (1907).jpg<br />
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| caption = Tripp photographed in 1907<br />
| birth_date = 1855<br />
| birth_place = [[Woodstock, Ontario]], Canada<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1930|1855}}<br />
| death_place = [[Salisbury, North Carolina]], US<br />
| burial_place = [[Olney, Illinois]], US<br />
| signature = Charles B. Tripp (1907 autograph).jpg<br />
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'''Charles B. Tripp''' (1855–1930) was an [[mouth and foot painting|artist]] and [[sideshow]] performer.<br />
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A native of [[Woodstock, Ontario]], Tripp was born without arms, but learned to use his legs and feet to perform everyday tasks. He was a skilled [[Carpentry|carpenter]] and [[Calligraphy|calligrapher]] and started supporting his mother and sister when he was a teenager. In 1872, Tripp visited [[P. T. Barnum]] in [[New York City]] and was quickly hired to work for Barnum's [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus|Great Traveling World's Fair]]. He worked for Barnum, and later [[James Anthony Bailey]], for twenty-three years, then toured with the [[Ringling brothers]] for twelve years.<ref name=Bogdan/><br />
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On stage, Tripp cultivated a [[gentleman]]ly persona and exhibited his skills in carpentry and penmanship. He cut paper,<ref name=Bogdan>Robert Bogdan. "Tripp, Charles B." ''[[American National Biography]] Online''. April 2004. Retrieved on July 24, 2008.</ref> took photographs, shaved,<ref>Francine Hornberger. ''Carny Folk''. Citadel Press, 2005. 77.</ref> and painted portraits.<ref>Erin O'Connor. ''Raw Material: Producing Pathology in Victorian Culture''. Duke University Press, 2000. 198.</ref> For extra income, he signed promotional pictures of himself with his feet. Tripp often appeared in photographs with [[Eli Bowen]], a "legless wonder" from [[Ohio]]. In the photographs, the two rode a [[tandem bicycle]], with Tripp pedaling and Bowen steering.<ref name=Bogdan/><br />
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By the 1910s, Tripp was no longer drawing large crowds for the major circuses, so he joined the [[traveling carnival]] circuit. He was accompanied by his wife, Mae, who sold tickets for [[midway (fair)|midway]] attractions. Tripp died of [[pneumonia]], or [[asthma]], in [[Salisbury, North Carolina]], where he had been wintering for several years. He was buried in [[Olney, Illinois]].<ref name=Bogdan/><br />
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* [http://thehumanmarvels.com/?p=143 The Human Marvels – Armless Wonder]<br />
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35561420/charles-broton-tripp Findagrave entry]<br />
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