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Up for Auction: World’s Strangest Girls Sideshow Banner

Posted in art, Auction, sideshow, tagged , , , , on May 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Our favorite genre of word banner is on the auction block. World’s Strangest Girls! The sideshow banner asks the customary questions: “Why WERE THEY BORN? CAN they LEAD NORMAL lives? HAVE CHILDREN? HAVE NORMAL HUSBANDS? SEE & TALK TO THEM.” We first came across the World’s Strangest Girls in the seminal 1997 book Freaks, Geeks [...]

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Photo Album: Art Seen By Zillions in Coney Island

Posted in art, Photography, tagged , , , , , , on May 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Here’s your chance to create art that will be seen by zillions in Coney Island this summer! On Saturday, May 5th, the public is invited to paint the Parks Department’s trash barrels at the 6th annual Boardwalk of Barrels of Fun event. Registration for the free event begins at 10 am on the Boardwalk between [...]

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Rare & Vintage: A Neon Sword Swallower’s Sideshow Banner

Posted in art, sideshow, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

A rare and unusual “Champion Sword Swallower” banner attributed to Nieman Eisman, a master of the Chicago style of banner painting from the 1920s through the mid-1950s, is up for auction this weekend at Slotin Folk Art. The circa 1930s-1940s banner conveys the danger of this sideshow act by depicting the performer downing multiple swords [...]

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