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Description edit
Called "monsters" by the medical profession, the subjects of this photographic collection made their living appearing in circuses, side shows, and living museums across America from the 1880s through the 1890s. Photographer Charles Eisenmann captured the images of these unusual people within... read more
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“A tatooed person is a self-made freak.”
Michael Mitchell
First Sentence edit
In 1887 when he was the heaviest man in the world John Hanson Craig went down to the Bowery to sit for a portrait with the theatrical photographer Charles Eisenmann.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Eisenmann (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Michael Mitchell (Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: ECW Press
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1-55022-532-4
Page Count: 132
Publisher: ECW Press
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1-55022-532-4
Page Count: 132
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 770
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