Freak Shows of the Past — Two

Following Freak Shows of the Past — One, here is the the sequel.  

Schlitze “Schlitzie” Surtees (birth name unknown, possibly Simon Metz) is one of the
most famous ‘pinhead’ sideshow performers in history. Born with a condition known
as microcephaly, which is a developmental disorder that causes the skull and brain to
be undersized, he was severely mentally disable and was only four feet tall.

Born in 1862, Joseph ‘John’ Merrick was known as The Elephant Man

Louise “The Leopard Girl” was also often referred to as the “White Negro” due to
Vitiligo — a harmless skin disorder that effects the pigmentation of the skin

Barbara Kettlebell, the 1920s strong woman

Grace McDaniels (March 17, 1888–March 14, 1958) was known as the "Mule-Faced Woman"

Rosa Lee Plemons

Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese Twins

Fedor Adrianovich Jeftichew better known as Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy was a famous
Russian sideshow performer who was brought to the United States of America by P.T. Barnum

Robert Melvin, The Man with Two Faces (afflicted with Neurofibromatosis)

Another capture of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man

Horace Leonard Ridler, The Great Omi or The Zebra Man

The conjoined sisters Rosa and Josepha Blažek were born in Skrejšov, Bohemia
on January 20, 1878

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Freak Shows of the Past — One

A man with two heads

 A performer with hands and feet deformities. Wonder if he had crabs.

A woman with mammothly enlarged feet and another with no arms

Alice E. Doherty suffered from a birth defect causing uncontrollable hair growth
and was commonly known as “The Minnesota Woolly Baby”

Artoria Gibbons, “The Tattooed Woman”— considered a 'freak' by 1919 
when she started performing  

The pinhead Twins Jenny Lee Snow and Elvira Snow: Pip and Flip

Ella Harper, or “The Camel Girl”
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Isaac W. Sprague, or “The Living Skeleton”

John Jennings, a world-renowned strongman known as “The Modern Samson”

Lucia Zarate, 18 when this photo was taken, was the smallest person to have
ever lived. She weighed around 4 pounds.

Myrtle Corbin, known as “The Four-Legged Woman”

“The Elastic-Skin Man” — there is always one of them in each of those shows

The Legless Acrobat with his family...looking like a young Mark Twain

Annie Jones is one of the most famous bearded ladies of all time. Cute

Unzie the Albino

Madam Gustika of the Duckbill tribe smoking a pipe with an extended mouthpiece
for her large lips during a show in a N.Y circus on 12 April 1930

A freak show in Rutland, Vermont in 1941

The famous Coney Island on-going freak show

 

Sideshow boxers

And finally Koo Koo The Bad Girl who bore an uncanny resemblance to 
Rachel Dratch

If you enjoyed this photo-article, check the sequel on here: Freak Shows of the Past — Two.



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