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A Pictorial History of the American Carnival
A Pictorial History of the American Carnival
Pictorial History of American Carnival V1
Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls
Author: Randy Johnson
Publisher: Last Gasp
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780867196221
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a colourful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With one hundred colour photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now vanished icon of early rural America, counterpointing classic freak show art with contemporary interpretations. Fifty archival black-and-white photos of sideshows provide a historical context for the banner illustrations.
Ferris Wheels
Author: Norman D. Anderson
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780879725327
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Anderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Pictorial History of the Carousel
Author: Frederick Fried
Publisher: South Brunswick : A.S. Barnes
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s
Author: Jane Nicholas
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2018-05-04
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1487515758
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.
The Wall of Death: Carnival Motordromes
Author: David Gaylin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 146712706X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1911, the operators of Coney Island's Luna Park premiered a miniature, radically banked racetrack for staged automobile races that seemed to defy gravity. For a fee, patrons would watch from the perimeter of the 85-foot wooden saucer as daredevil drivers raced on the steep angle of the tiny track. The attraction created a sensation and was quickly copied with a show that featured motorcycle riders performing breathtaking stunts. When portable versions were made available, every traveling carnival owner in the United States rushed to have one. Motordromes with perfectly vertical walls soon followed, which permitted riders on their Indian motorcycles to climb, sometimes to a height of 20 feet, with nothing but centrifugal force between them and a trip to the trauma ward. And when full-grown lions were added to pursue riders in the arena, no one could resist buying a ticket! The Wall of Death, a name these shows received in 1917, remained a staple attraction on American carnival midways until the 1970s.
Secrets of the Sideshows
Author: Joe Nickell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2005-09-09
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780813123585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Joe Nickell - once a carnival pitchman, then a magician, private detective, and investigative writer - has pursued sideshow secrets for years and has worked the famous carnival midway at the Canadian National Exhibition. For this book, he interviewed showmen and performers, collected carnival memorabilia, researched published accounts of sideshows and their lore, and even performed some classic sideshow feats, such as eating fire and lying on a bed of nails as a cinderblock was broken on his chest. The result of these varied efforts, Secrets of the Sideshows tells the captivating story of the magic, tricks - real or illusory - and performers of the world's midway shows."--BOOK JACKET.
