A rare aluminium-silver print by Verdeau in Paris, ca. 1860: L’Homme-chien

The people in this picture are probably Adrian Jefficheff and his son. They came from the Caucasus, and performed in circus shows, together with other freaks, known as hair-people, wolf-people, lion-people and poodle-people.

In the 20th century they came back as Wookiees in the Star Wars movies.