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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
Jeanie Tomaini
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Bernice Evelyn "Jeanie" Smith Tomaini was an American sideshow performer billed as "The World's Only Living Half-Girl" or "The Acrobatic Half-Girl". She was born without legs, due to sacral agenesis o
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…Francesco "Frank" Lentini — "The Three-Legged Man" Jeanie Tomaini — "The World’s Only Living Half-Girl" Johnny Eck — "The Half Man" / "The Amazing Half-Boy…
Jeanie Tomaini and her husband Al.
Flyer by Al and Jeanie, advertising them as available for hire for the 1946 fair season.