Conn Baker Aka Allo Diavolo, American
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Conn Baker Aka Allo Diavolo, American
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Entitled "Diavolo performing his bicycle daredevil act before a large audience." Conn Baker (January 31, 1871 - October 8, 1944) was an American daredevil and artist. He took up bicycle racing as a teenager in the 1880s. He soon held several world records for speed and endurance. Baker was the first person to perfect a "loop-the-loop" using a safety bicycle. He joined the Forepaugh and Sells Circus in 1901, performing under the stage name of J.C. Carter, aka, "Allo, Diavolo!" He later toured Asia, where he met his future wife Laura Calvert, a member of the Tiller Girls troupe. Baker purchased the David Beers house, a 1805 log cabin, and moved it to Norwich Avenue in Columbus to use as his studio, and later, his home; still standing, it is the oldest residence in all of Franklin County Ohio. After retiring from circus performing, he focused on his landscape painting. He was active in the Ohio Republican Party and worked for the State of Ohio Auditor's office for many years. Photographed by Fred G, Mathiessen, 1905.
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