Docen's Freak Animal Show

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The photo below is Docen's huge show set-up at Coney Island.

Charles Docen had the Freak Animal Show on World of Mirth in the late-1930s. Docen owned and operated Freak Animal shows starting in 1920, and had a show with his wife in Coney Island in the 30s, and also had a show at The Century of Progress in Chicago in 1933. He also owned the famed "Bull With Human Skin," named Adonis.