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Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art by Gideon Bosker, Carl Hammer, Jr. (Paperback, 1996)

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Product Description : Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art Bearded ladies twoheaded boys an alligatorskinned 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 didnt seem to matter whether these acts were real or orchestrated just as long as they drew in the crowds ( it is an used product)

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Step right up! The show's about to begin with this mesmerizing, full color collection of outrageous banners from the heyday of traveling circus sideshows. See the giant Alaskan king crab! Marvel at the Bearded Lady! Look, if you dare, at the Dog-Faced Boy! Watch the Woman Changing to Stone! Circus sideshows from the turn of the century through the 1950s boasted unbelievable freaks of nature, incredible transformations, and death defying acts -- and the brazen banners that drew in the crowds were as colorful and intriguing as the lurid attractions themselves. For collectors and nostalgia buffs, as well as the merely curious, Freak Show celebrates this unique American commercial folk art phenomenon with vivid photographs of authentic banners highlighting the genre's most memorable examples, the artists who created them, and the unusual people and bizarre creatures they immortalized.