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16 Real Old-Timey Photographs That Will Give you Nightmares
Thats Myrtle Corbin, who was born in 1868 as a dipygus, which is a medical term for Is that an extra pelvis? Oh man, it totally is. Myrtle spent her early years in a circus sideshow but later married a doctor, raised five children (using both of her two functional reproductive systems), lived to the age of 60.
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at the museum of Elysée they suggested that this image was the inspiration for all twin images to come... Especially Arbus twins... from the Freaks backstage pictures Pip & Flip Pinhead Coney Island Sideshow Freak
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Mignon was born in the early 1900′s, likely around 1910, with a condition called phocomelia. Phocomelia typically results in the stunting of limbs and the fusion of digits. In Mignon’s case her fingers were fused in such a way as to resemble flippers. Furthermore, as her truncated limbs forced Mignon to waddle rather than walk – her stage name of ‘The Penguin Lady’ was both apt and easily assigned.
Madame Devere Guinness World Record holder for longest beard ever on a woman 14 inches. Madame Deveres real name was Jane and she was born in Brooksville Kentucky. She was married to sideshow manager J W Devere
15 Mind-Blowing Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Are Real
She actually made a good living this way, at one point taking home 200 dollars a week, or the equivalent of 5,000 dollars a week in today's money, and was able to retire from the sideshow business in 1886, which we're thinking is a happier ending than what other sideshow attractions got back in those days.