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Snapshot of American popular advertising from the carnival midway,
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This review is from: Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls (Paperback)
Freaks, Geeks and Strange Girls is an overview of the gaudy advertising developed on American fair grounds to convince patrons to spend their hard earned nicker on the often dubious attractions inside the tent. Banner painting developed its own vernacular and traditions over the years, and the material presented here runs the gamut from the naive to the highly sophisticated. The illustrations are accompanied by essays on various aspects of sideshow culture, but what I find the most interesting are the firsthand accounts provided by banner painter and performer Johnny Meah.
[Note: My copy of this book is from the original 1996 Hardy Marks pressing. I haven't seen the new Last Gasp version yet, so I'm not sure whether the content has been updated from the original.] |
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Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls by Jimmy Secreto (Paperback - Dec. 2004)
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