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Freaks : Correspondence; Periodical; Postcard; Official Record; Photographs and Slides 1938-1939.

World's Fairs A Global History of Expositions Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
New York Public Library, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.).
New York World's Fair.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1938-1939
Summary:
Title as per the New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated Records. Correspondence from individuals and organisations asking to show what they described as "freaks" at the fair, including a small freak calf, a 'Strange as it Seems' concession, a three-legged calf, a person with six fingers, Siamese twins, and the largest horse in the world.
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