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

World's Fairs A Global History of Expositions Available online

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Description: 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 freak cats, children missing limbs, a freak bull calf, and Siamese twins. Features letters back from the fair either saying no to their participation or passing them to the 'Strange as it Seems' concession who decided on their inclusion.
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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 freak cats, children missing limbs, a freak bull calf, and Siamese twins. Features letters back from the fair either saying no to their participation or passing them to the 'Strange as it Seems' concession who decided on their inclusion.
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