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Seeing Is Believing is a history of midway attractions and the showmen who
have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find
out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil
Fish. Hear showmen's stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing
miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes.
See war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier mâché torture victims. Learn about
illusion on the midway and how "free" Iron Lung and Wildlife shows were
anything but; who suspected you had to pay to leave? Hear the barker say: Come
in! Trained fleas, people exhibited in ice, and girls that change into
gorillas are all inside! Under canvas, the hottest black nightclub acts
perform for you in black revue shows. Many attractions are alive. Hundreds
more are dead, stuffed, or mummified. Never has so much been on show for so
little a price! Attractions you may never see again ? Take a twisted journey
with the last of America's real showmen, from an age when performers earned
every nickel of your 25 cents.
have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find
out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil
Fish. Hear showmen's stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing
miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes.
See war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier mâché torture victims. Learn about
illusion on the midway and how "free" Iron Lung and Wildlife shows were
anything but; who suspected you had to pay to leave? Hear the barker say: Come
in! Trained fleas, people exhibited in ice, and girls that change into
gorillas are all inside! Under canvas, the hottest black nightclub acts
perform for you in black revue shows. Many attractions are alive. Hundreds
more are dead, stuffed, or mummified. Never has so much been on show for so
little a price! Attractions you may never see again ? Take a twisted journey
with the last of America's real showmen, from an age when performers earned
every nickel of your 25 cents.
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