Ep 97 - Side Show Freaks - Language, Disability, & Performing at the Turn of the Century

Willing & Fable

This week Rowan and Tracey come together to bring you the real history of the "freak show" performances of of the late 19th century.

We talk about William Henry Johnson aka "Zip the Pinhead", Ella Harper aka "The Camel Girl", Chang and Eng Bunker aka "The Siamese Twins", and Annie Jones the "Bearded Lady".

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_the_Pinhead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joice_Heth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker

Virginia University

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/freed/Barnum/freaks2.html

Instagram @HistoryCoolKids

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjxukcUOOy0/?hl=en

Lynchburg Museum

https://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/sideshows

National Fairgrounds and Circus Archive

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca/researchandarticles/freakshows

EScholarship

https://escholarship.org/content/qt1g32z0dx/qt1g32z0dx.pdf?t=nnbys0

Crime Reads

https://crimereads.com/for-decades-carnival-sideshows-were-a-real-nightmare-alley/

Mutter Museum

http://memento.muttermuseum.org/detail/death-cast-of-chang-eng-bunker

Louis Round Wilson Library

https://library.unc.edu/wilson/gallery/twins/

The Embryo Project Encyclopedia

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/chang-and-eng-bunker-1811-1874

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ella-harper

History Channel

https://www.historicmysteries.com/camel-girl/

Walther Collection

https://www.walthercollection.com/en/collection/artworks/bearded-lady

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jones_(bearded_woman)

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/annie-jones-bearded-lady

Human Marvels

https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/annie-jones-the-esau-woman/

UNC Library

https://library.unc.edu/wilson/gallery/twins/

Mutter Museum

http://memento.muttermuseum.org/detail/death-cast-of-chang-eng-bunker

ASU Embryo Project

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/chang-and-eng-bunker-1811-1874