Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuIntroductionIntroduction to the book and information about ways to navigate the content.The 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
An historical account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations
1media/FD00542E-AF15-4B20-87C9-4516BB6ACECF_thumb.jpeg2021-03-30T12:16:17-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249382944Promotional souvenir brochure featuring sideshow performers Chang and Eng Bunker.meta2021-04-01T15:21:07-07:00National Library of Medicine1831TextConjoined twinsBunker, Eng, 1811-1874Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874EnglishThis work is in the public domain.PamphletsHale, James W.Elliott & Palmer16 p.Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249