Freak show
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A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to in popular culture as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small
Congress of Freaks at Ringling Brothers, 1924
A freak show in Rutland, Vermont in 1941
Coney Island and its popular ongoing freak show in August 2008.
P.T. Barnum's Own and Only Greatest Show on Earth appearing in Ithaca, New York on July 4, 1878
Sideshow
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In North America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction. They historically featured human oddity exhibits, preserved specimens
Painting on sideshow truck, firebreather, Florida, 1966
Elly del Sarto, a sideshow performer, in c. 1910
Decaying sideshow advertisement, Florida, 1966