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Ossified

~A man turning to stone ~A man turning to bone The sideshow term ossified referred to performers whose bodies were unable to bend or straighten

Performers in this category:

G.W. Anderson

Serpentina

Lucius Norval Monroe

Lloyd Wible

George White

Simoore

John Shouse

Albert Schwarz

William Thomas Sapp

Curtis Ricks

Dolly Reagan

Peter Peters

Harry J. Overdurff

Ossified Harry

Count Orloff

Mr. Maurice

Lloyd Skeleton

Ruth Hohns

Kilpatrick

Stella Ewing

Orphan Ensign

Harry Eastlack

Jonathan Bass

Roy Bard

Frank Worden

Medusa Van Allen

Leonard Trask

Edgar W. Pratt

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Dolly Reagan at 10-in-1 Tent by Randal Levenson

Added Aug 16 2025

Life of W.T. Sapp, The World Famous Ossified Man (20 Pages)

Added May 18 2025

Unidentified Young Man with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Added Dec 27 2024

Charles Porter “Body Turned To Stone”

Added Sep 23 2023

Maurice, Ossified Man with Attendents

Added Sep 23 2023

Leo “The Ossified Man”

Added Sep 23 2023

Frank Worden, Ossified Man

Added Sep 23 2023

Frank Worden

Added Sep 23 2023

John Shouse “Ossified”

Added Sep 23 2023

Ossified Frank [Worden]

Added Sep 23 2023

John Shouse “The Stone Man”

Added Sep 23 2023

Dolly Scharver (Reagan) with Steven Brenner

Added Sep 23 2023

Unidentified Ossified Man

Added Sep 21 2023

J.R. Bass “The Ossified Man”

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp on His Cart

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp with Manager

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp

Added Sep 17 2023

Medusa Van Allen (Loretta)

Added Sep 17 2023

Edwin “The Ossified Boy” Single-O

Added Sep 17 2023

G.W. Anderson “Ossified”

Added Apr 25 2022

Medusa Van Allen Smiling In The Arms of Her Brother (?)

Added Apr 17 2022

Lucius Norval Monroe “Ossified” With Mr. Vanderhoo

Added Oct 30 2021

Lucius Norval Monroe “Ossified” With His Valet Mr. Vanderhoo

Added Oct 30 2021

Otis Jordan, Age 33

Added May 17 2020

Otis “The Frog Boy” Pitchcard

Added May 17 2020

Otis Jordan “The Frog Man”

Added May 17 2020

Otis Jordan “Human Cigarette Factory”

Added May 17 2020

Frank Worden, “The Ossified Man”

Added Apr 15 2018

Edgar W. Pratt “Ossified Man”

Added Apr 7 2018

Leonard Trask “The Wonderful Invalid”

Added May 29 2016

Woman with Condition Similar To Medusa Van Allen (& Family)

Added Jun 21 2014

Medusa Van Allen Pitchbook [Ver. 1] (4 Pages)

Added Jun 21 2014

Medusa Van Allen Pitchbook [Ver. 2] (4 Pages)

Added Jun 21 2014

“Life Story of Frank Worden, The Ossified Man” (4 Pages)

Added May 4 2014

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Dolly Dutton’s Sheet Music

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1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

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1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

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

Added January 28, 2024

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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

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