The Peerless Prodigies of Physical Phenomena

Vintage sideshows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Chesterfield_Howerton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jones_%28bearded_woman%29

http://www.sideshowworld.com/81-SSPAlbumcover/Alice/Doherty.html

Kilpatrick the One Legged Cyclist

Madamoiselle Lefort, a bearded lady. Stipple engraving, 1819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerah_Colburn_%28mental_calculator%29

Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman