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22 kwi 2019 · 44 Vintage Photos Of Sideshow “Freaks” That Will Leave You Unsettled View Gallery The beginnings of organized "freak" shows and human oddity exhibitions date back to the reign of England's Elizabeth I in the 16th century, but these sideshows truly took off in the Victorian era.
17 maj 2024 · Many traveling circuses in the 1800s and 1900s featured sideshows or freak shows. People with biological rarities were showcased in such events. Referred to as "freaks of nature" in popular culture, they had physical deformities such as excessive hair growth, additional limbs, unique tattoos, and missing body parts.
7 sty 2016 · Two centuries ago Sarah Baartman died after years spent in European "freak shows". Now rumours over a possible Hollywood film about Baartman's life have sparked controversy.
9 sty 2006 · Collectors now buy and sell photographs of former sideshow "freaks" — but who were these people? The "Bearded Lady," the "Four-Legged Woman," the "Albino Sisters," and "Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced...
13 lis 2024 · Circus fat ladies were part of the circus sideshow on the midway, exhibited along with the freaks and others displaying unusual skills or talents. However, as obesity began to be viewed as a health issue, interest in viewing fat ladies waned by the mid-20th century.
Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation:), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was ...
8 mar 2016 · With its storied history, ugliness grows from many sources: from Aristotle who called women ‘deformed’ men, to medieval transformation tales of hags-turned-beauties, to 18th-century caricatures, 19th-century ‘freak’ shows, 20th-century ‘degenerate’ art and people, Brutalist architecture, and more.
