Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls: Sideshow Banners of the Great American Midway

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Last Gasp, 2004 - Art - 168 pages
This is a colourful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With one hundred colour photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now vanished icon of early rural America, counterpointing classic freak show art with contemporary interpretations. Fifty archival black-and-white photos of sideshows provide a historical context for the banner illustrations.
 

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