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Bearded Ladies

By a quirk of evolution it is the man who grows the hair on his face and not the woman. But with these roles reversed we stand in mute surprise as we view the Bearded Woman.

Performers in this category:

Zola Williams

Madame Christine

Rebecca Lyon

Sophie Schultz

Madame Sidonia De Barcsy

Mademoiselle Hallean

Mrs. A. Myers

Madam Jane Devere

Madam Olga

Zaza Frazee

Stella MacGregor

Grace Gilbert

Madame Howard

Annie Jones

Delina Rossa

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Life and History of Leonine, The Lion Faced Lady

Added May 31 2025

History of Annie Jones “Barnum’s Esau Lady” (20 Pages)

Added May 25 2025

Madame Hallean “Bearded Woman”

Added Jan 5 2025

Mrs. Myers & Husband

Added Jan 1 2025

John and Zola Williams “The Strangest Married Couple”

Added Nov 16 2024

John and Zola Williams

Added Nov 16 2024

Mrs. Myers “Bearded Woman”

Added Oct 27 2024

Madame Christine “Bearded Lady Shaves”

Added Sep 1 2024

Kee-Bo “The Fire Child”

Added Jun 16 2024

Mrs. Lyons “Bearded Woman”

Added Mar 30 2024

Stella “The Bearded Woman”

Added Dec 16 2023

Three-Headed Man & Bearded Circassian

Added Aug 26 2023

Miss Sophie Schulz with Mustache [Schultz]

Added May 14 2023

Madam DeBarcsy “Bearded Woman” in Russia

Added Jun 12 2022

Madam DeBarcsy “Bearded Woman” in Russia

Added Jun 12 2022

Annie Jones, 17-18 years old

Added Jun 12 2022

Annie Jones, With Her Parents, at 13 years old

Added Jun 12 2022

Annie Jones, Age 13

Added Jun 12 2022

Mrs. A. Myers “Bearded Lady”

Added Nov 7 2021

Laura “Bearded Woman”

Added Nov 7 2021

Annie Jones as a Pre-Teenager

Added Nov 7 2021

Grace Gilbert “Bearded Woman”

Added Oct 10 2021

Emma Groves “Bearded Woman”

Added Oct 9 2021

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Campbell Bros. Annex Sideshow, 1910

Added Oct 2 2020

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Show Front for Zaza Frazee “Woman Turning Into A Man” on Venice Beach

Added Feb 6 2017

Zaza “Strange But True” ? Bearded Half-And-Half

Added Feb 5 2017

Pima, French Bearded Woman

Added Jul 4 2016

Indianapolis Dime Museum

Added Aug 30 2015

Madame Howard “Leonine”

Added Apr 5 2015

Madam Taylor

Added Apr 5 2015

“Some of Barnum’s Freaks”

Added Jan 17 2015

How I Became The Tattoo Queen (8 Pages)

Added Sep 29 2014

Life and History of Madame Howard (4 Pages)

Added Sep 29 2014

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Campbell Brothers Vaudeville Annex

Added Apr 10 2014

Barnum & Bailey Abnormitäten

Added Apr 7 2014

Barnum & Bailey Freaks

Added Apr 6 2014

Barnum & Bailey Circus Freaks for German Tour, 1903

Added Apr 6 2014

Interior of Barnum’s Sideshow Tent

Added Apr 6 2014

Malinda Maxey

Added Apr 5 2014

Mme. Christine

Added Apr 5 2014

Zola Williams

Added Apr 5 2014

Stella MacGregor “Bearded Woman”

Added Apr 5 2014

Stella, America’s Only True Bearded Woman

Added Apr 5 2014

Stella “The Bearded Lady”

Added Apr 4 2014

Pitchbook for Betty MacGregor “Stella”(4 Pages)

Added Apr 4 2014

Pima, Low-Bodiced & Van Dyked

Added Apr 4 2014

Jane Barnell “PRINCESS OLGA”

Added Apr 4 2014

Madame Hallean

Added Apr 4 2014

Grace Gilbert

Added Apr 4 2014

Grace Gilbert “KEE-BOO”

Added Apr 4 2014

Grace Gilbert “KEE-BOO”

Added Apr 4 2014

Unknown Bearded Woman

Added Apr 4 2014

Amanda King

Added Apr 4 2014

Mrs. Taylor (?)

Added Apr 3 2014

Mrs. Taylor (?)

Added Apr 3 2014

Joséphine Boisdechêne(?)

Added Apr 2 2014

Rebecca Lyon

Added Apr 2 2014

Rebecca Lyon, Long-Haired Bearded Lady

Added Apr 2 2014

Rebecca Lyon– Elaborate Hair Bearded Lady

Added Apr 2 2014

Mrs. Myers, Unbearded

Added Apr 2 2014

Mrs. A. Myers

Added Apr 2 2014

Mrs. Myers & Husband

Added Apr 2 2014

Mrs. Myers

Added Apr 2 2014

Mrs. Myers & Husband

Added Apr 2 2014

Madame Devere

Added Apr 2 2014

Madame Devere

Added Apr 2 2014

Madam Jane Devere & Husband

Added Apr 2 2014

Madam Jane Devere & Husband

Added Apr 2 2014

Madam Jane Devere & Husband

Added Apr 2 2014

English Bearded Woman

Added Apr 2 2014

English Bearded Woman

Added Apr 1 2014

Femme A Barbe

Added Apr 1 2014

Madame Howard “La Femme la Tete Lion”

Added Apr 1 2014

Madam Howard “Lion Face Lady”

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones at 25-Years Old

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones Bearded Woman Dressed As A Man

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones on Boudoir Card

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones, 19 Years Old

Added Apr 1 2014

Annie Jones in her Late-20’s

Added Mar 30 2014

Miss Annie Jones

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones at 23-Years Old

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones in her 20’s

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones at 19-Years Old

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones’s signature

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones at 16-Years Old

Added Mar 30 2014

Bogus Bearded Woman & Cone-Hatted Partner

Added Mar 30 2014

Tintype of Man Pretending to be a Bearded Woman

Added Mar 30 2014

Annie Jones/Admiral Dot Pitchbook (20 Pages)

Added Mar 24 2014

Annie Jones/Admiral Dot Pamphlet (20 Pages)

Added Mar 24 2014

Annie Jones. Age 7

Added Mar 24 2014

Annie Jones “Infant Esau” & Miss Anna Leak

Added Mar 24 2014

Annie Jones with her mother

Added Mar 24 2014

Baroness Sidonia de Barcasy

Added Mar 23 2014

Baroness Sidonia de Barcsy

Added Mar 23 2014

Madam DeBarcsy, Capt. Nicu, Strongman, Sharpshooter

Added Mar 23 2014

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Delina Rossa Carte De Visite

Added Oct 17 2013

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Dolly Dutton’s Sheet Music

Added May 31, 2025

Wonderland Circus Sideshow, Coney Island

Added December 31, 2024

1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

Added March 30, 2024

1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

Added March 30, 2024

HORROR STORIES Pulp Cover Two-Headed Girl (December 1940)

Added January 28, 2024

Baby Irene “Fat Lady” Cashes In On Laughs (1950)

Added December 26, 2023

1937 Philadelphia Store Show Facade

Added July 22, 2023

Mr. & Mrs. Chauncy Morlan at Huber’s 14th Street Museum

Added July 21, 2023

Hulett Pest Control Spokesmen, Dwarfs John and Greg Rice

Added January 31, 2023

Foy Large & Frank Morgner

Added October 24, 2021