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Apr 22, 2019 · 44 Vintage Photos Of Sideshow “Freaks” That Will Leave You Unsettled. The phenomenon of sideshow "freaks" drew huge crowds in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the likes of Queen Victoria. George Sherwood Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb, standing on a chair between two guards. 1860. London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images.
- Grady Stiles, The Lobster Boy. Grady Stiles, Jr. was the 4th generation of Stiles family members born with ectrodactyly, a family trait going back to the 1840s which caused their fingers and toes to fuse into claws.
- General Tom Thumb. Charles Sherwood Stratton was born in 1838. He stopped growing when he was six months old. He then began to grow again, though slowly, in 1847.
- Four-legged Lady Myrtle Corbin. Myrtle Corbin, known as the Four-Legged Girl from Texas, was a dipygus. She was born with a severe congenital deformity of conjoined twining that caused her to have two separate pelvises and a smaller set of inner legs that she was able to move.
- Wang The Human Unicorn. Wang the human unicorn never actually performed in the freak show. He was found in Manchuria, China by an ambitious banker who snapped a photo in 1930 of the 13 inch horn growing from the back of his head.
Aug 28, 2017 · 25 Photos Of “Freak Shows” That Are Thankfully A Thing Of The Past. From "The Elephant Man" to "Lobster Boy," these stories are far more tragic than anyone realized at the time. Known to many as "The Bearded Woman," Annie Jones toured with P.T. Barnum, becoming the country's top "bearded lady" and acting as a spokesperson for Barnum's ...
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- Schlitzie, The Last of the Aztecs. Schlitze “Schlitzie” Surtees (birth name unknown, possibly Simon Metz) is one of the most famous “pinhead” sideshow performers in history, primarily due to his role in Tod Browning’s 1932 film Freaks (and although Schlitzie’s persona in the film, as well as on stage, was female, he was male off-stage).
- General Tom Thumb. Getty Images. Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb, is one of the most famous little person sideshow performers in history.
- Chang and Eng Bunker, The Siamese Twins. Getty Images. Chang and Eng might not be household names, but they did make an important contribution to the sideshow’s history—they were the original Siamese Twins, so called because they were conjoined twins who were born in Siam (modern-day Thailand) in 1811.
- Frank Lentini, The Three-Legged Man. Born in Sicily in 1881, Francesco Lentini was unique from birth: He not only had an almost-entirely complete third leg, but also had a small fourth foot attached to that leg’s knee and even had a second set of (reportedly fully-functioning) genitals.
- Grady Stiles—Lobster Boy. Grady Stiles was born in 1937 and had a genetic deformity called ectrodactyly, which causes the fingers and toes to fuse together in the womb.
- Schlitzie—Pinhead. Schlitzie was born in 1901 and had a genetic deformity called microcephaly, which prevents the brain from developing fully and results in a smaller than normal head.
- Chang and Eng Bunker—Siamese Twins. Born in 1811, conjoined twins Chang and End Bunker became the most famous human oddities of the 19th century. Native to Siam (now known as Thailand), they coined the term “Siamese Twins,” which has become synonymous with conjoined twins.
- Ella Harper—Camel Girl. Born in 1870, Ella Harper had a rare genetic condition called congenital genu recurvatum. Because of her condition, Harper preferred walking on all fours and during her career, she received $200 a week.
Sideshow World! For some while, a common lament was that Sideshow World – a locus for so much of the sideshow business on the carnival lots, the clubs, and in history – had gone quiet, had ceased to operate. Effective October 2018, our partnership hopes to change that.
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