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- catalog abstract ""Bearded ladies, two-headed boys, an alligator-skinned man ... these were the kinds of "freaks" featured in sideshows of travelling fairs and circuses from the late eighteenth century through the fifties, and the large, brazen banners that advertised their charms were as colorful and intriguing as the attractions themselves. Freak Show celebrates the art of the sideshow with a wonderful collection of over fifty authentic banners. Sword Swallower! Priscilla, the Monkey Girl! Woman Changing to Stone! Each banner promised incredible feats or extraordinary deformities, each more outrageous than the last. It didn't seem to matter whether these acts were real or orchestrated, just as long as they drew in the crowds."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10238101.
- catalog contributor b10238102.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""Bearded ladies, two-headed boys, an alligator-skinned man ... these were the kinds of "freaks" featured in sideshows of travelling fairs and circuses from the late eighteenth century through the fifties, and the large, brazen banners that advertised their charms were as colorful and intriguing as the attractions themselves. Freak Show celebrates the art of the sideshow with a wonderful collection of over fifty authentic banners. Sword Swallower! Priscilla, the Monkey Girl! Woman Changing to Stone! Each banner promised incredible feats or extraordinary deformities, each more outrageous than the last. It didn't seem to matter whether these acts were real or orchestrated, just as long as they drew in the crowds."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "The grotesquely gifted -- Painted ladies and tattooed men -- The strange and deranged -- Freaks of nature -- The legendary Eeka -- Oddities of the animal world -- Mythical monstrosities -- The exotic and erotic -- Dangerous liaisons -- Blimps and shrimps.".
- catalog extent "96 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Freak show.".
- catalog identifier "081180707X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Freak show.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books,".
- catalog relation "Freak show.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "741.6/7/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Carnival banners United States.".
- catalog subject "Folk art United States.".
- catalog subject "NK5030 .B67 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "The grotesquely gifted -- Painted ladies and tattooed men -- The strange and deranged -- Freaks of nature -- The legendary Eeka -- Oddities of the animal world -- Mythical monstrosities -- The exotic and erotic -- Dangerous liaisons -- Blimps and shrimps.".
- catalog title "Freak show : sideshow banner art / by Carl Hammer and Gideon Bosker.".
- catalog type "text".