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