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1866-1870

Member Images - Dates

Madam DeBarcsy "Bearded Woman" in Russia
Adam Forepaugh's World-Famed Zoological Congress
Eli Bowen, Wife and Children
Leonard Trask "The Wonderful Invalid"
A.D. Willis Fine Art & Spiritualist‘s Gallery on a Tintype
Tintype of Young Circassian Snake Handler
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  • FREAKS

    Unusual Size

    • Little People, Midgets, Dwarves (181)
    • Giants (73)
    • Fat Folk (194)
    • Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man (36)

    Skin and Hair

    • Albinos (66)
    • Alligator Skin, Elephant Skin, Armadillo-Skin (14)
    • Bearded Ladies (96)
    • Hairy Folk (87)
    • Long Haired People (19)
    • Piebald People, Leopard-Skinned (18)
    • Rubber-Skin, Blue Men, Human Slates (2)

    Odd Extremities

    • Armless (249)
    • Big Feet, Big Hands, Too Many Fingers (15)
    • Camel Girls, Pony Men, Dog Folk (14)
    • Extra Limbs (58)
    • Frog Folk, Turtle Folk, Bear Folk, Serpent Folk, Penguin Folk (46)
    • Legless (127)
    • Limbless (249)
    • Lobster Folk (11)
    • Seal Folk (1)
    • Spider-Boys (8)

    Twins

    • Conjoined Twins (107)
    • Parasitic Twins (60)
    • Siamese Twins (117)

    Misc Freaks

    • Anomalies (42)
    • Craniofacial Anomalies (47)
    • Half-Man Half-Woman, Half-And-Halfs, Hermaphrodites (87)
    • Handicapped/Helpless (38)
    • Modern Freaks (5)
    • Ossified (44)
    • Pinheads, Microcephalics (55)
    • Strange Talents (19)
  • BEASTS
    • Cats (12)
    • Birds (4)
    • Monkeys, Apes & Monkey Speedway (7)
    • Bears (4)
    • Dogs (9)
    • Elephants (57)
    • Flea Circus (51)
    • Freak Animals (35)
    • Horses (49)
    • Trained Animals (85)
  • FEATS
    • Acrobats (35)
    • Bicycle & Unicycle Acts (5)
    • Contortionists (22)
    • Daredevils (37)
    • Equilibrists (13)
    • Funambulists (10)
    • Fire Acts (35)
    • Human-Fish (1)
    • Iron Skull (5)
    • Knife Throwers (2)
    • Sharpshooters (3)
    • Strong Folk (21)
    • Whip-Crackers (1)
  • WORKING ACTS
    • Circassians (64)
    • Electric Acts (3)
    • Ethnic Curiosities (43)
    • Fakirs (14)
    • Gurners and Grimacers (10)
    • Human Blockhead (2)
    • Human Ostrich (3)
    • Human Pincushions (3)
    • Hunger Artists (22)
    • Regurgitators (5)
    • Snake Acts (79)
    • Sword Ladders (7)
    • Sword Swallowers (85)
    • Tattooed People (111)
    • Wild Folk (94)
  • NOVELTY/VARIETY
    • Burlesque (6)
    • Girl Show (12)
    • Jugglers (6)
    • Magicians (35)
    • Minstrels (20)
    • Musical Acts (60)
    • One-Man Bands (5)
    • Ventriloquists (11)
  • ODDBALLS
    • Eccentrics (7)
    • Geeks (5)
    • Long-Distance Travelers (9)
    • True Crime (2)
    • Unusual Artists and Craftsmen (16)
  • EXHIBITS
    • Enigmas (1)
    • Frauds and Humbugs (21)
    • Gaffs (16)
    • Hoaxes (5)
    • Mummies (6)
    • Pickled Punks / Life Shows (4)
    • Unusual Artists & Incredible Craftsmen (16)
      • Glassblowers (1)
    • Wax Museums (15)
    • Whale Shows, Sea Monsters, Etc. (5)
  • SIDESHOW
    • 10-in-1 Shows (31)
    • Freak Shows (117)
    • Geek Shows (2)
    • Grind Shows (2)
    • Pit Shows (9)
    • Single-O (19)
  • DIME MUSEUM
    • Anatomical Museums (15)
    • Crime Shows (4)
    • Drug/Dope Shows (6)
    • Life Shows & Pickled Punk Shows (1)
    • Mechanical and Miniature Shows (1)
    • Store Shows (24)
    • Wax Shows (10)
  • CARNIVAL
  • CIRCUS
    • Trained Animal Shows (12)
    • Menagerie (4)
  • VAUDEVILLE
    • Jugglers (3)
    • European Variety & Novelty (132)
    • Comedy Acts (12)
    • Ventriloquists (2)
  • SEX ! ! !
    • Circassians (44)
    • Girl Shows (10)
    • Burlesque (1)
  • MISC.
    • Amusement Parks (106)
    • Athletic Shows (5)
    • Black-Tent Cinema (0)
    • Electric Shows, X-Ray Shows, etc. (1)
    • Illusion Shows (7)
    • Medicine Show (4)
    • Motordome (1)
    • Panoramas (3)
    • Religious Shows (0)
    • Torture Shows (4)
    • Wild West (9)
    • World's Fairs/Expositions (15)
  • MORE
    • Freak and Novelty Performer Advertising (7)
    • The Unknown Performers (2)
    • Showmen & Promoters (58)
    • Balloons and Airships (1)
    • Banners & Banner Painters (41)
    • Confections, Snacks and Refreshments (10)
    • Fortune Tellers, Psychics, Spirtualists (12)
    • Punch & Judy, Puppets, Marionettes (10)
    • Trade Publications (13)
    • Funhouse, Dark Ride, Spook Show (2)

Performers active

  • Admiral Dot aka Leopold S. Kahn in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
  • Ann E. Leak aka Ann Eliza Leak, aka "Armless Wonder", aka Ann E. Thompson in FREAKS, in Armless, in Limbless
  • Annie Jones aka "Infant Esau" in FREAKS, in Bearded Ladies
  • Phineas Taylor Barnum aka P.T. Barnum
  • Eli Bowen aka The Legless Acrobat in Legless, in Limbless, in Acrobats
  • Captain Rudolf Ivanovich aka "The Nihilist Exile of Siberia" in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk, in Wild Folk
  • The Cardiff Giant aka Onondaga Giant in EXHIBITS, in Frauds and Humbugs, in Hoaxes, in Gaffs
  • Carrie Akers aka "Midget Fat Lady" in Fat Folk
  • Eugene Feralto in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man, in Strong Folk
  • The Great Farini aka "The Canadian Barnum" in Acrobats, in Daredevils, in Funambulists
  • General Mite aka Francis Joseph Flynn in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
  • George Lippert aka "The Three-Legged Man" in FREAKS, in Odd Extremities, in Extra Limbs
  • George Williams aka "Turtle Boy", aka "Turtle George", aka "King Dodo From The Fiji Islands" in FREAKS, in Odd Extremities, in Frog Folk, Turtle Folk, Bear Folk, Serpent Folk, Penguin Folk
  • Mademoiselle Hallean aka Mde. Hallean in Bearded Ladies
  • Hannah Battersby in Fat Folk
  • Hoomio and Iola aka Tom and Hettie, aka "The Australian Wild Children" in Pinheads, Microcephalics
  • Issac Sprague in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man
  • James Coffey aka John Coffey, aka "Skeleton Dude" in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man
  • Jo Jo "The Russian Dog-Faced Boy" aka "The Human Skye Terrier", aka Fedor Jeftichew in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk
  • Joseph Merrick aka "The Elephant Man" , aka John Merrick, aka Joseph Carey Merrick in Craniofacial Anomalies
  • Jumbo aka "The Children's Friend" in BEASTS, in Elephants
  • Lucius Norval Monroe aka "The Ossified African", aka Lucien Monroe, aka Siep, aka Mr. Vanderhoo [his valet], aka "The Stone Man" in Ossified
  • LULU aka "THE MAN BIRD", aka Samuel Wasgatt, aka "El Niño Farini", aka "The Girl Aerialist and Circassian Catapultist." in FEATS, in Acrobats, in Equilibrists, in Funambulists
  • Maximo and Bartola aka Maximo and Bartola Burgos, aka Maximo and Bartolo, aka Maximo and Barthola, aka "The Aztec Children", aka "Aztecs of Ancient Mexico", aka Maximo Valdez Nunez and Bartola Velasquez, aka "The Aztec Lilliputians" in Pinheads, Microcephalics, in Wild Folk
  • Rudolph Lucasie in Albinos
  • The Sacred Hairy Family of Burmah aka Mah Phoon, aka Mah Me, aka Moung Phoset in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk
  • Signor L. Bertolotto in Flea Circus
  • Isaac Stake in Legless, in Handicapped/Helpless
  • Waino & Plutano aka "Wild Men of Borneo", aka Hiram W. and Barney Davis, aka Waino and Plutanor in Wild Folk
  • Zip aka William Henry Johnson, aka "What-Is-It", aka "King of The Freaks", aka William Henry Garfield Johnston in FREAKS, in Pinheads, Microcephalics, in Wild Folk

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