Local historian Brian Binstad discusses the discovery of a collection of artifacts belonging to Victoria Lidberg, a Gordon, Wisconsin woman who married acrobat Paul Lorenzo Perkinson in 1926 and toured the country performing death-defying acts 125 feet in the air. The collection, donated by Victoria's nephew Andy Worsley, includes costumes, photos, posters, and a massive backdrop from their shows. The conversation also reveals that the Gordon Cemetery is unexpectedly home to several other former circus and show performers.
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