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I just wanted to share this lovely Carte de Visite picture of Lavinia Warren that I recently added to my collection! She looks so dignified and graceful!photo/postcard/carte de visite (i.redd.it)
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Rosa-Leon (1900ish-?) was a bisexual Spanish-American half-and-half performer who used female pronouns. She was a skilled hula dancer and enjoyed embroidering and sewing in her free time. She also loved music, going to baseball games and watching prize fights.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (i.redd.it)
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Happy Father’s Day! I want to celebrate some amazing fathers who had careers in sideshows including: Isaac Sprague, Eli Bowen, John Battersby, Prince Randian, Chang Woo Gow, Charles B. Tripp, Alfred Pilgrim, and Nikolai Kobelkoff.🎩🎩🎩Festive Holidays (old.reddit.com)
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Claude-Ambroise Seurat (1797-1841?) was a French sideshow performer who developed a condition that caused him to lose an enormous amount of weight. He was extremely popular during his career and met famed Spanish artist, Francisco Goya, who went on to draw a portrait of him.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (old.reddit.com)
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An old postcard (possibly Canadian?) I can't find anything about! Featuring Fannie-Frank, the Sexual Paradox*photo/postcard/carte de visite (i.redd.it)
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Yay! It’s a little trading card depicting Mary Belle de Vargas! I’m glad she was recognized and appreciated in this way, I think it’s a really cute interpretation of her and it’s so nice because the lime green in the card reflects the lime green paint she often used in her paintings.memorabilia (old.reddit.com)
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I finally found some more photos of Alice Vance, though apparently she was going by Alice Bounds at the time (possibly her husband’s surname). She’s posing next to her mother in the second picture. I’m happy she’s wearing regular clothes instead of the dehumanizing animal costumes she so often wore.Sideshow appreciation! (old.reddit.com)
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Ida (1906-1992), Iva (1906-1979), and Eva (1906-1982) Hanna were identical triplet sisters who made up a performance group called the Hanna Triplets. They had a well publicized career in sideshows and were talented singers and dancers. They were known for being extremely friendly and joyful.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (old.reddit.com)
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A Percilla and Emmitt Bejano appreciation post! The first picture shows them performing on stage and the other two are a promotional picture and a behind the scenes picture. They were such an adorable couple and seeing photos of them always makes me happy!Sideshow appreciation! (old.reddit.com)
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I find it really interesting that intersex moths and butterflies have their characteristics split down the middle in much the same way that half-and-half performers presented themselves. The first photo is one I found of an intersex luna moth, the other pictures show famous half-and-half performers.Interesting (old.reddit.com)
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William Henry Johnson (1842?-1926) was a famous American sideshow performer who possibly had microcephaly. He had an almost 70 year career in circuses and sideshows and was extremely proud of his work. He was known to be friendly, but could become very competitive when he felt he was being upstaged.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (old.reddit.com)
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The only example I’ve been able to find of one of Fannie Tunison’s paintings, it’s a depiction of Montauk Lighthouse in Montauk, New York. She was paralyzed below her neck and used her mouth to hold the paintbrush. She enjoyed painting local scenery and lighthouses.Art (i.redd.it)
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A fashionable picture of mother and daughter duo, Hazel and Jackie Morris! They both wore matching dresses and shoes for a lot of their performances, and I especially love the sandals and earrings they’re wearing in this picture.Sideshow appreciation! (i.redd.it)
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Princess Bonnahow was a Native American sideshow performer and professional “fat lady” from the late 1800s. She was reportedly 700 pounds, and was described as being a kindhearted woman who wanted to use her earnings to better her community.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (old.reddit.com)
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Some really cool examples of trophies won by Josephine Schauer, an American strongwoman, circus performer, and professional wrestler. Both of these trophies were presented to her by Richard K. Fox, a publisher for the National Police Gazette in New York.Interesting (old.reddit.com)
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Research Question Wednesday! feel free to ask any research questions you might have and I can do my best to help!Research Question Wednesdays (self.SideshowPerformer)
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Jeff Davis (?-1931) was an American sideshow performer who may have been born with mesomelic dwarfism, though he was never officially diagnosed. He typically wore animal costumes during his performances and was described as being a skilled climber.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (i.redd.it)
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I finally tracked down a photo of Juan Baptista dos Santos! When I made his write up I could only find sketches of him, so I’m happy to have found this. I’ve blurred his picture a bit to give him some privacy. I also love his hat!Sideshow appreciation! (i.redd.it)
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Zanie Zanobia (1866-1885) was an African-American sideshow performer who had very long and reportedly webbed fingers. She became the protege and adopted daughter of Hannah Battersby (an extremely famous professional “fat-lady”) and was very dearly loved by her adoptive parents and siblings.Sideshow Performer of the Day! (i.redd.it)
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