#sideshow performers

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Adrian Jeftichew with side-eye dog.

Known as The Dog of the Caucasus or The Siberian Dog-Man, he was an early sideshow performer and person born with a rare condition known as hypertrichosis.

Adrian with son Fedor, afflicted with the same condition, and eventually known as Jo-Jo the Dog Faced Boy, c. 1875.

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On January 5, 1991 sideshow performer and Freaks star Johnny Eck died in Baltimore, Maryland.

R.I.P. (1911 - 1991)

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The Hilton Sisters ought to have thanked their lucky stars that the press and the public had turned its’ back on them, for in the midst of the Cotton Bowl hoopla, a much bigger crisis had been secretly brewing.

Daisy was pregnant. 

Millions of people had gaped at the newspaper photos of Violet’s wedding without realizing that a more explosive story was staring right back at them - the maid of honor was due to become a mother within four or five months.

Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville’s Famous Conjoined Twins - Sarah Miller

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Konstantinus, Djordgi, born 1836. The true life and adventures of Captain Costentenus, the tattooed Greek prince, 1881. 

Thr 1229.2.10

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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On this date in 1969 Chained For Life and Freaks star Violet Hilton died.

R.I.P. (1908 - 1969)

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I’m coughing, my throat itches, and I’m working from home while in quarantine, but it’s Fire Friday so here’s to little lights.

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