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Mr. W. Campbell "The Scottish Giant"	Cat Show with Signor Giovanni's Performing Flock of Canary Birds	Rolling Thunder "The Mysterious Wonder"
Handbill for Millie-Christine in W.C. Coup's EQUESCURRICULUM	A Giant Living Child "1 Yr Old, 3 Ft Tall, 60 Lbs."	Drygoods Tradecard Advertising The Circus

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A.J. Murphy aka "The Armless and Legless Wonder", aka "The Klondyker", aka "The Irish Klondyker" in Armless, in Legless, in Limbless, in Handicapped/Helpless
"A-No.1" aka "Champion Tramp of The World" in Long-Distance Travelers
Admiral Dot aka Leopold S. Kahn in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Alfred Pilgrim aka Albert Pilgrim, aka Willie Pilgrim, aka Billy Pilgrim, aka A.A. Pilgrim in Armless, in Legless, in Limbless, in Sharpshooters
Alice Doherty aka "Minnesota Woolly Baby", aka "Alice The Wonder", aka Alice Elizabeth Doherty in Hairy Folk
Amelia Hill in Fat Folk
Annie Jones aka "Infant Esau" in FREAKS, in Bearded Ladies
Annie Shields aka Annie O'Brien, aka Christiana Dorothea Dunz, aka Ruth Shields, aka "The German Giantess", aka "The Irish Giantess" in Giants
Ashbury Benjamin aka Ash in FREAKS, in Piebald People, Leopard-Skinned
Barnello aka "The Fire King", aka "The Man From The Moon", aka "The Human Volcano", aka "The King Of Fire Kings" in FEATS, in Fire Acts
Barney Nelson aka "Turtle Boy", aka "Stump-Armed Child", aka "Armless Phenomenon" in Armless, in Unusual Artists and Craftsmen, in Unusual Artists & Incredible Craftsmen
Phineas Taylor Barnum aka P.T. Barnum
Belle Carter aka "The Girl With The Horse's Tail" in Hairy Folk
Ki Ki Blitz aka Ki Ki "The Man Monkey", aka "The Original Haba-Haba Man", aka Harry L. Blitz, aka "The Zulu" in Wild Folk
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
Captain Louis Sorcho aka “The Champion Deep-Sea Diver of the World” in FEATS, in Daredevils
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
Charles Tripp in Armless, in Limbless
Chevalier Cliquot aka "The World's Greatest Sword Swallower", aka Frederick McLone, aka "The Human Scabbard" in WORKING ACTS, in Sword Swallowers
Chiquita aka "The Living Doll", aka "The Cuban Atom", aka Senorita Esperidena Alize Cenda in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Commodore Nutt aka George Washington Morrison Nutt in Unusual Size, in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Clarence Dale "The Big Head Boy" aka Lesley Birdseye in FREAKS, in Anomalies, in Craniofacial Anomalies
Diavolo aka "Loop-The-Loop on A Bicycle" in Daredevils
Dominique Castagna aka "The Human Mummy" in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man
Dudley Foster aka "Hop-O-My-Thumb", aka "The Human Speck", aka "Nova Scotian Midget", aka "Prince Tiny Mite" in FREAKS, in Unusual Size, in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Dufrane "The Human Anvil" aka Frank Dufrane, aka "Rock Breaker" in Strong Folk
Edgar W. Pratt aka "Ossified Man" in Ossified
Edward S. Willis aka "The Leaping Tosso", aka "Living Half Man", aka "The Leaping Torso" in Legless, in Limbless, in Acrobats, in Tattooed People
Elsia "The Human Paradox and Physical Phenomenon" aka Elsia Baker, aka Elsie Stirk, aka "Two Bodies In One", aka "Nature's Strangest Vagary", aka "P.T. Barnum's Double-Bodied Woman" in Half-Man Half-Woman, Half-And-Halfs, Hermaphrodites
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
Frank Lentini aka Francesco A. Lentini, aka "3 Legged Wonder" in FREAKS, in Odd Extremities, in Extra Limbs, in Parasitic Twins
Fred Howe aka "Boxing Fat Man" in Fat Folk
Gaddah, "The American Elephant Man" aka "The Elephant Ear Man", aka Juan Jose Antonia in FREAKS, in Craniofacial Anomalies, in Anomalies
General Mite aka Francis Joseph Flynn, aka "Frank Mite" in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
George Lippert aka "The Three-Legged Man" in FREAKS, in Odd Extremities, in Extra Limbs
George Stall aka "The Wild Man From Mexico", aka George Mex in Wild Folk
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
Grace Gilbert aka "Kee-Bo, Child of Fire", aka "Kee-Boo", aka Kee-Bo"" in Bearded Ladies, in Hairy Folk
Mademoiselle Hallean aka Mde. Hallean in Bearded Ladies
Hannah Battersby aka Mrs. John Battersby in Fat Folk
Harry Decoursey aka Captain Harry Decoursey, aka William H. Decoursey, aka Denny in Tattooed People
Harry Houdini aka Eric Weiss, aka Erik Weisz, aka "Handcuff King", aka "King of Cards" in Magicians
Henrietta Moritz aka Hattie Moritz, aka "Germany's Mastodon Midget", aka "Liliputian Queen" in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
George Henry Stratton aka Henry G. Stratton in Hunger Artists
Hoomio and Iola aka Tom and Hettie, aka "The Australian Wild Children" in Pinheads, Microcephalics
John Huber aka Jack Huber, aka “Terre Haute’s Armless Phenomenon” in Armless, in Limbless
Frank B. Hubin
James Coffey aka John Coffey, aka "Skeleton Dude" in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man
Jennie Price in Fat Folk
John Battersby in Human Skeleton, Living Skeleton, Thin Man
John Chambers aka (also John Chambert), aka "The Armless Carpenter" in Armless, in Limbless
Jo Jo "The Russian Dog-Faced Boy" aka "The Human Skye Terrier", aka Fedor Jeftichew in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk
Jonathan Bass aka "The Ossified Man", aka Jonathan Richardson Bass, aka J.R. Bass in Ossified
Jones' Twins aka The Tipton Twins in FREAKS, in Conjoined Twins, in Siamese Twins
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
Oguri Kiba (Miss Oguri) aka "The Armless Japanese Girl" in Armless, in Limbless
The Korean Twins aka Liu Soon and Liu Tang San, aka Liou-Tang-Sen and Liou-Seng-Sen in Conjoined Twins, in Siamese Twins
Krao aka Krao Farini in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk
Lala Coolah aka "The Man-Venus", aka "He, She, or It", aka Lalla Coolah, aka La La Koola in Half-Man Half-Woman, Half-And-Halfs, Hermaphrodites
Lavinia Warren aka Mrs. Tom Thumb, aka Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Joseph M. Leffler in Albinos
Lewis Wilkins aka "The Oklahoma Giant" in Giants
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
Lulu Hurst aka "The Georgia Wonder", aka Lulu Hurst Atkinson, aka “The Georgia Magnet”
Madam Olga aka Jane Barnell, aka Lady Olga, aka Princess Olga, aka Lady Olga Roderick in Bearded Ladies
Madam Jane Devere aka Jane Devere, aka Mary Ann Persinger Devere, aka "The Kentucky Wonder" in Bearded Ladies
Madame Howard aka "La Femme la Tete Lion", aka "The Lion-Faced Lady", aka "Leonine" in Bearded Ladies, in Hairy Folk
Madame Sidonia De Barcsy in Bearded Ladies
Major Charles Gantz aka Major Ganz, aka "Smallest Man On Earth", aka "The Wonder" in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Major Page aka Arthur Page, aka "Toot" Page, aka Claude Brubaker in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Maxey "Needle King" aka H.C. Maxey, aka "Needle Eater", aka "The Needle King", aka "Human Pin Cushion", aka "Needle Prince" in WORKING ACTS, in Human Ostrich
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
Miss Uno in Circassians
Mr. & Mrs Chauncey Morlan aka Chauncey Morlan, aka Annie Morlan, aka Annie Bell in Fat Folk
Mr. & Mrs. N.G. Winner aka N.G.W. Winner, aka Mary Jane Winner in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Mrs. A. Myers aka Madame Viola, aka Viola E. Myers in Bearded Ladies
Myrtle Corbin aka Josephine Myrtle Corbin, aka "Four-Legged Girl", aka Josephine Myrtle Bicknell in FREAKS, in Extra Limbs
Nicodemus aka "Nicodemus Senoj", aka John Doogs, aka John Dougs, aka Mr. Vanderhoo, aka "The Indescribable", aka "The Nondescript" in FREAKS, in Odd Extremities, in Frog Folk, Turtle Folk, Bear Folk, Serpent Folk, Penguin Folk
Nicu DeBarcsy in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Pearl Foster aka Pearlie Foster in Albinos
Prince Nikolai aka "The Little Russian Prince", aka Nicholi in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves
Professor Burley's Troupe of Educated Fleas in Flea Circus
Radica Doodica aka "The Orissa Twins", aka Radica and Doodica Neik, aka "Hindoo Twins" in FREAKS, in Conjoined Twins, in Siamese Twins
Rob Roy in Albinos
Rosa and Josefa Blazek aka The Blazek Twins, aka Rosalie and Josepha, aka The Bohemian Twins, aka Pygopagi Twins in Conjoined Twins, in Siamese Twins
Rudolph Lucasie in Albinos
The Sacred Hairy Family of Burmah aka Mah Phoon, aka Mah Me, aka Moung Phoset in FREAKS, in Hairy Folk
William Thomas Sapp aka "The Stone Man", aka W.T. Sapp in Ossified
The Shields Brothers aka The Texas Giants, aka George Shields, aka Shade (Shadrack or Shadrick) Shields, aka Jack Shields, aka Frank (John Franklin) Shields, aka Guss (Augustus) Shields in Giants
Signor L. Bertolotto in Flea Circus
Sophie Schultz aka Sophie Schulz, aka "Three In One" in Little People, Midgets, Dwarves, in Fat Folk, in Bearded Ladies
Isaac Stake in Legless, in Handicapped/Helpless
The Seven Sutherland Sisters aka Sarah Sutherland in Skin and Hair, in Long Haired People
Tai Djin aka Su Kong Tai Djin, aka "Kung-Fu Werewolf" in Hairy Folk
The Black Diamond aka "Big Mouth", aka George Williams in Strange Talents
Walter J. Armitage in Odd Extremities, in Handicapped/Helpless
Walter H. Stuart aka W.H. Stuart, aka Sir Walter Stuart, aka "Armless & Legless Wonder", aka "The Legless and Armless Artist", aka "The Armless & Limbless Phenomenon" in Armless, in Legless, in Limbless
John Williams aka "Alligator-Skin Boy" in FREAKS, in Alligator Skin, Elephant Skin, Armadillo-Skin
Zula Zingara aka "Circassian Sword Swallower", aka Zula Zingarra in Circassians, in Sword Swallowers
Zip "What-Is-It" 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
Zobeidi Suh aka Zobeide Lute, aka "The Lady of Beauty", aka Zobedia, aka Zoberdie, aka Zobedia Luci, aka Luti in Circassians
Zoe Meleke aka Zoe Meileke, aka Zoe Maleak in Birds, in Trained Animals, in Circassians
Zublia Aggolia in Circassians
Zumiya the Egyptian in Circassians

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