Earliest known photo of Chang

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This is the earliest known photo of Chang. He is the tall boy on top of the box. The photo was taken in Argentina and the date that appears on the poster behind is Thursday, April 22, 1909. Chang left Panama as an assistant to The Great Raymond and travelled around the world with Raymond's show from 1909 until 1912. Of course he wasn't Chang then, just plain Juan Jose Pablo Jesorum.

The box upon which the two boys are standing says: Mr. Raymond escaped from this box last night. The Great Raymond used to perform a very good packing case escape. Later, Chang used this escape in his own shows.

Young Chang