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THE BLOW-OFF

DO NOT TRY ANY OF THIS AT HOME

Caution some of the acts performed here may be harmful or fatal if not done properly. Do not attempt anything you see here without professional training

Some images in the Blow-Off may contain Nudity

Movies & Video Clips

Submitted By

Own a Circus: 'Are You Nuts?'	Lane Talburt
Circus 'Fledglings'	Lane Talburt
Grace-ful Cannon Ball	Lane Talburt
10-in-One Sideshow "Oh How She Dances"	Lee Kolozsy
Meet the Freaks - Dreamland Coney Island PT-1	Jim Zajicek
What Happens if you Sneeze Five In. Nail in Face	Red Stuart
Sideshow: Alive on the Inside Monkey Girl
Half Man-Full Man Hand Balance Handstand
Monkey Raceway
Monkey Boat Racing	Kevin Gerrone
Meet the Freaks Coney Island Dreamland
Freak Show 101	Anika Anand
The Strangest Show on Earth	Eric Houston
Parenting on Circus Smirkus - Part 2	Lane Talburt
Circus Smirkus: Partners in Laughter - Part 1	Lane Talburt
Ryan Easley - Anatomy of a Tiger	Lane Talburt
John Ringling North II Keeping Traditional Circus Alive	Lane Talburt
Rebecca Ostroff: Flying Under the Big Top	Lane Talburt
Steve & Ryan--Feudin', Fussin' and Clowning	Lane Talburt
Meet 'Meatball'- New Clown on the Block	Lane Talburt
Bobby Reynold's Pitchman Convention	Pop Haydn
Deiter Tasso - A Jocular Juggler Pt-1	Lane Talburt
Deiter Tasso - Juggler's Journey to America	Lane Talburt
Clown Hall of Fame Honors Merrymakers	Lane Talburt
Hamid Family Circus	Lane Talburt
Talking to the (Circus) Animals	Lane Talburt
Keep Eyes on Tigers	Lane Talburt
Circus Ring of Fame 2011, Introduction & Tour	Lane Talburt
Brian LaPalme's Pet Pevee	Lane Talburt
King Charles Troupe - Keep the Dream Alive	Lane Talburt
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus	Lane Talburt
Secret of the Fish Monkey Revealed	Article
World of Wonders Florida State Fair 2012	Private Collection
Circus Music & the Beat Goes On	Lane Talburt
Joann Whisnant Playing Guitar with Feet	Private Collection
Warriors of Goja DO NOT TRY ANY OF THIS AT HOME	India's Got Talent
Dan Glover pulls Lethal Weapon Sword Swallower!	Dan Meyer
Circus Under Glass	Lane Talburt
Circus Life in the Balance	Lane Talburt
Circus Smirkus 2011	Lane Talburt
Tim Deremer's Sideshow	Private Collection
Cole Brothers Circus Pt5 Pt6	Lane Talburt
Ward Hall's - World of Wonders circa 1990s	Tim Cridland
Cole Bros. Circus Pt-4 - John Pugh's Tutor 'Digger'	Lane Talburt
Cole Bros Pt-3 - Coping with Tornadoes, Local Regs	Lane Talburt
Cole Bros. Circus Pt-1 - John Pugh's New Big Top	Lane Talburt
Cole Bros. Circus Pt-2 - It's the Show	Lane Talburt
Ward Hall on Sideshow Illusions & Oddities-Pt 1	Lane Talburt
Ward Hall on Sideshow Illusions & Oddities-Pt 2	Lane Talburt
Zerbini Family Circus	Lane Talburt
The Reptile King	Lane Talburt
Englishman Pulls World's Ugliest Face	Private Collection
A Night at Coney Island	Private Collection
Carnivals	Private Collection
Nick Weber Talks about the "Strangest Thing"	Private Collection




Live Bally Recordings & Audio Clips	Submitted By
Man Ape - Bally Recording	Private Collection
9th Wonder of the World - Henry Valentine	Private Collection
Priscilla the Monkey Girl Bally	Private Collection
Free Show - Bally Recording	Private Collection




Photographs	Submitted By
The Human Ostrich - Sebastian Montenero	Private Collection
World's Longest Mustache	Private Collection
Johanna and Ursa Oyeage	Private Collection
Siebrand Bros. - Snake Show 1953	Private Collection
Circus Performers Stand Next to Donations	Private Collection
Johnny Eck - Photographs - Pitchbook - Others	John Strong III
Thumb�s �Valet,� B.F. Sellers Archive	Private Collection
Spidora	Private Collection
"Free Show"	Private Collection
Circus Hall of Fame - Circus Banner	Private Collection
Tiny Tim - A. C. Hill Great American Circus	Private Collection
Sideshow Performers	Private Collection
Carson and Barnes Circus	Private Collection
Long Haired Girl Helen Mathews	Private Collection
Dick Brisbane - the Penguin Boy	Private Collection
Frogology	Private Collection
Maxine Mina the Four Legged Girl	Private Collection
D'Jelmako	Private Collection
1966 New Delhi India Mela Festival Sideshow	Private Collection
The Mummy	Private Collection
Sideshow Group of Gollmar Bros.' Circuss	Private Collection






Books - Articles - Links	Submitted By
Near Stone as Possible and Lives	Private Collection
The Pirate's Scalp - Sideshow Display	Private Collection
Some Eater!	Private Collection
London Ghost Show	Private Collection
Half Man to Star in Browning Film	Private Collection
Rosa Rosalia	Private Collection
The Minnesota Ice Man recently offered at Auction	Private Collection
Grind Show	The Circus Blog
Hadji Ali	Private Collection
Big Mary Murderous Mary	Private Collection
Nelson's Supply Company Catalog	Private Collection
Violetta Half Woman	Private Collection
Clicko Wildman	Private Collection
Barny Baldwin	Private Collection
A-Ke	Private Collection
Ossified Man	Private Collection
Andy Wheat aka Andy Gump	Private Collection
Tiniest Woman to be a Mother	Private Collection
Estelle Ayers	Private Collection
Rasini's Rocket Car	Private Collection
A Lady with Two Heads	Private Collection
Alzoria andJohanna	Private Collection
Grace McDaniel's the Mule Face Woman	Private Collection
"The Largest Mouth in America"	Private Collection
A Living Unicorn!	Private Collection
Blanche Dumas Warning Adult Content	Private Collection
Otis Jordan	Private Collection
Icemaids Frozen Alive!	Private Collection
The Dog Faced Man is Dead	Private Collection
Josephine Myrtle Corbin	Private Collection
Nightmare Alley - Articles on Marie O'Day	Private Collection
Betty Green Koo Koo the Bird Girl	Private Collection
The Life of the Octopus Man	Anatomical Wonder
Patents - Nutty or Novel!	Private Collection
Trainshow Ads	Private Collection
Glass Eaten with Secret Fluid	Private Collection

Artwork - Pitch - Miscellaneous	Submitted By
Frank the Ossified Man	Private Collection
Alfred Green - Alligator Skin Boy	Private Collection
Aloa - The Alligator Boy - Pitch Letter	Private Collection
Robert Campbell - Armless Wonder	Private Collection
World of Wonder Sideshow Displays 2001	Private Collection
Alligator Skin Man	Private Collection
Out of Iowa - Gollmar Bros.' Circus	Private Collection
Raymond Web Human Wax Model/ Mechanical Man	Private Collection
Miss Susan Grisham	Private Collection
Kittie Smith Armless Girl	Private Collection
LILIPUTIAN OPERA CO.	Private Collection
Anderson Balloon Co.	Private Collection
Wonders of Wonders	Private Collection
Sammy D's Glass Eye	Private Collection
Unusual Response	Private Collection
Luke the Baboon Boy	Private Collection
El Nara	Private Collection
Dare Devil Campbell - Broadside	Private Collection
Sideshow - Carnival Ads circa 1940/50s	Private Collection
The Big Museum	Private Collection
H R Jacobs	Private Collection
World's Greatest Variety of Freaks	Private Collection
Loinella the Lion Woman	Private Collection
1909 Slicker Circus Broadside	Private Collection
The Worlds Strangest Mother	Private Collection
$100.00 Reward	Private Collection
Seal-O Pitch Cards	Private Collection
Mademoiselle Francine Van Impe	Private Collection
Daniel Wandu	Private Collection
Eye Stoppers	Pete K
Myrna Graham	Private Collection
Iron Maiden - Torture Show	Private Collection
Genie Weeks the Only Living Half Girl	Private Collection
Capt. Don's Hand-Painted Prop Suitcase	Private Collection
Lew Alter Sideshow Poster	Private Collection
Pepper's Ghost	Private Collection
The Wonder of the World at Last	Private Collection
Miss Tiny the Limbless Lady	Private Collection
The Pony Boy	Private Collection
Petrified Man	Private Collection
Half Woman! Ella Lyon the Lion Woman	Private Collection
Demon Child	Private Collection
Letter to Pete From Suzy the Elephant Girl	Private Collection
Letter to Pete Hennen from Charlotte Vagel	Private Collection
Benjamin G. Green	Private Collection
Aloa the Alligator Boy	Private Collection

"Sideshows, the way we know them, extend back in time for a little more than one hundred years. Some of the acts we do are ancient, with documentation as long as four thousand years ago. As performers, we are part of that history, and share the responsibility of continuation. I would ask all of you to look around, see what�s happening around you, and document it. It is up to you to keep a candle burning!" - Slim Price

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