Side Show Collection

Russian - Zascha The Colossal Woman
Zascha - The Colossal Woman from Russia Date: circa 1910s

Sideshow at Hull Fair
Sideshows at Hull Fair

Hull Fair Sideshow / 1958
Sensational sideshow at Hull Fair, run by the Testo family (left to right: Dolly, Amy, and George)

Isaac Fawkes, the Slight of Hand Ma
Undated hand coloured engraving of Isaac Fawkes, the " Slight of Hand Man", and enlargement of acrobats from Bartholomew Fair print. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Cowboy Sideshow
Cowboy sideshow at a fair

Bartholomew Fair / 1828
A theatrical sideshow at Bartholomew Fair

Side-show at a Victorian fair

Zaro Agha - the Oldest man in the world - aged 156! - who toured with Bertram Mills Circus. Born in 1775 at Bitlis in Turkey, he fought against Napoleon at the Siege of Acre in Syria

The Last Aztecs - Maximo and Bartolo
Two sideshow exhibits, Maximo and Bartola, both sufferes of microcephaly, who were billed by freakshow promoters as The Last Aztecs

Crowds at a circus sideshow viewing women and some men dressed in costumes of foreign lands. Date c1900

Barker at sideshow with performers, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Man biting snake at sideshow, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio. Date 1938 Aug

Rutland, Vermont. Posters advertising a sideshow at the Vermont State Fair. Date 1941 Sept

Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Vermont. Date 1941 Sept

Man chewing piece of snake which he has just bitten off, state fair sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Snake eater, sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Human Curiosity - Panther Woman
24-year-old French woman - labelled as a Panther Woman due to her mottled skin. This 24 year-old lady is obviously making quite a career through her affliction. Date: circa 1910s

Anti-French cartoon, Prime Minister Viviani, WW1
An anti-French cartoon by a German cartoonist, depicting the French Prime Minister Rene Viviani as the head of a travelling circus, encouraging people to roll up

The wonderful American hen with three wings and four legs. The greatest living curiosity in the world, as exhibited at 26 Charing Cross Road, London

Test your Strength
A man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s

Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff - Freak Show Star
Kobelkoff, Freak show empresario pictured with his family. Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff (1851 - 1933) was born in Wossnesensk, Siberia, Russia

Magicians trick being revealed
Copy of colour illustration, " Le Roi. Le Peuple" showing a magicians trick being revealed" (Chez Lordereau), 1848. HPG/8/2/1 (i)"

Magician performing the cup and balls trick to an assembled
Undated illustration of magician performing the cup and balls trick to an assembled crowd, entitled " Le Joueur de Gobelets". HPG/8/2/1 (xxxvi)"

Madame Giradelli, The Celebrated Fire-Proof Femal
Undated illustration of Madame Giradelli, " The Celebrated Fire-Proof Female", with one hand in the brazier and foot on a slab of red-hot iron. HPG/8/2/1 (xxv)"

Stratford-On-Avon Fair
A sideshow (featuring striptease and fan dances) at the Stratford-upon-Avon Fair - Texan Royal Command Show

Lady of the Lions / Fair
T.Allens Lady of The Lions sideshow at a fair

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