Vintage Photos That Show How Insane the Circus Used to Be

The Whole ‘Freakshow’

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Tibbals Collection

Note the caption at the bottom – “Congress of Freaks.” Taken in 1924, this photo captures the group of sideshow acts from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily Circus. In this one picture, you can see the variety of people. Short, tall, fat, thin, hairy, contortionists – the circus collected them all.

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