Victor Josselyn
Victor Grovenstein Josselyn (born November 24, 1904 in Taunton, Massachusetts; died December 10, 1971 was an acrobat, model, writer and naturalist.
Victor, his brother Daniel and sister Bertha moved with their parents Herbert and Gertrude Josselyn to Birmingham from Massachusetts as children before 1910. They attended Phillips High School.
Victor and Daniel were well-known for the acrobatic stunts they practiced together with Joe Berry and Dr Bevel at the Birmingham YMCA. In the early 1920s Daniel made his way to Chicago, Illinois, where he posed as an art model to fund his literary studies. Victor joined him there in 1925 and the brothers soon signed with a touring Vaudeville company.
In the early 1940s Victor was sharing a house in Edgewood with his siblings. By the 1950s he was living in New York. In the early 1960s he contributed a column to Modern Gymnast magazine. He was still residing in New York when his brother Daniel died in 1970.
Josselyn died in 1971 and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.
References
- "Local Y.M.C.A. Equilibrists Sign Contract for Vaudeville Tour." (March 13, 1925) The Birmingham News, p. 24
- "Victor Josselyn" obituary (December 12, 1971) The Birmingham News
External links
- Victor Josselyn at Findagrave.com