ODDBALLS

Why ODDBALLS? Well, you could just as easily call them outsiders or eccentrics. These are the certain class of performers whose very act/performance consisted of courting the image of eccentricity. It was not necessary that they acted strange-- or even that they had an act at all. There was a time in the distant past when the mere essence of these folks passing through your town elicited entertainment in the form of simple curiosity and wonder. And they got paid by selling souvenirs like the ones below.

A-No.1 Champion Tramp
Leatherman
Osca The Snake Fiend
Prof. H.A. Tipper

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Osca "The Snake Fiend"	Rattlesnake Pete's Museum Interior	Rattlesnake Pete
Rattlesnake Pete And His Parade Float	Rattlesnake Pete And "The Largest Horse On Earth"	Rattlesnake Pete And His Dogs