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[Young woman with floor length hair

Young woman with floor length brunette hair standing in courtyard at Coney Island sideshow.

[Man "burning" hand with cigar]

Young man wearing cape touches right palm with lit cigar and holds small glass with burning substance in left hand at Coney Island sideshow.

[Human curiosity]

Man with very protruding eyes, a Coney Island human curiosity.

[Human curiosity]

Closeup of young man, a Coney Island human curiosity, who appears to be pulling a long pin through his mouth with pliers.

Flexible Freddie

Closeup of young man, "Flexible Freddie," a Coney Island human curiosity, standing with arms raised over his head, who appears to be able to voluntarily dislocate both shoulders.

Billy Goat Mandy & Cannon Ball Richards

Man wearing jacket and tie hitting man wearing undershirt in the stomach with a sledge hammer at Coney Island sideshow.

Blanche Palmer & Clarence Rivers

Woman (Blanche Palmer) and man (Clarence Rivers) wearing white tunics; woman on left appears to be pouring "liquid air" into her right hand from a container in her left hand; man on right appears...