Vintage Photos That Show How Insane the Circus Used to Be

The Minnesota Woolly Girl

The Sun

The Minnesota Woolly Girl wasn’t part of Barnum’s circus, but she was an attraction nonetheless. Her name was Alice Doherty. Her parents began displaying her as a sideshow attraction at the age of 2. She suffered from hypertrichosis.

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