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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
Lazarus Colloredo and Joannes Baptista Colloredo were Italian conjoined twins who toured freak shows in 17th-century Europe. They were born in Genoa, Italy.
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…and entertainment, and crowds have flocked to see them exhibited. A famous early modern example was the exhibition at the court of King Charles I of Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo, two conjoined brothers born in Genoa, Italy. While Lazarus appeared to be otherwise ordinary, the underdeveloped body of his brother dangled from his…
Lazarus and his brother Joannes Baptista in a contemporary etching before 1700
Lazarus and his brother Joannes Baptista in a contemporary etching.