Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuThe American Experiment: Circus in ContextCircus performers and American history timelineRouting the Circus: The Things They CarriedCircus Routes Map, 1875-1925Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacleby Rebecca FitzsimmonsOutsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performersby Angela Yon and Mariah WahlShattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circusby Elizabeth HarmanSide Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to ExoticismAnnexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. HartmanNative Performance and Identity in The Wild West Showby Mariah WahlShowmen's Rests: The Final CurtainCircus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. HartmanList of PerformersPerformers covered in this exhibitBibliography & Further ReadingsBibliography and readings for each chapterAcknowledgementsAngela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
Mattie Lee Price
12021-04-07T14:42:23-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249382942plain2021-04-07T14:54:23-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249One of several “Georgia Wonder Girls” acts to emerge in the early 1880s, Mattie Lee Price performed under various names, including GAZA, Mysterious Gaza, and Gaza the strong woman. Here she is billed as “The Famous Georgia Magnet.” These acts were part strongwoman, part stage magician, and were often known as “electric” or “magnet” girls. Price performed with numerous shows in Europe and America, including the Walter L. Main circus, various opera house and dime museums, and The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth,
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12021-03-26T15:54:15-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth ... The peerless prodigies of physical phenomena & marvelous living human curiosities3Circus poster showing side show performers and circus visitors. Laloo, billed here as "The Double-Bodied Wonder" appears near the right side of the image.plain2021-03-28T20:15:36-07:00Library of Congress Prints and Photographs DivisionPrints and Photographs Division1899Still imageCircusSideshowsCircus performersEnglishNo known restrictions on publication.Circus postersimage/jpegStrobridge Lithographing Company213 x 576 cmRebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249
