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Lot 345

WYATT, Snap (1905-1984). World’s Strangest People / The Las...

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WYATT, Snap (1905-1984). World?s Strangest People / The Last of the Big Sideshows / Oddities Past and Present. Sideshow Banner. Tampa: Snap Wyatt Productions: circa 1940s/50s. Paint on canvas. Enormous sideshow banner depicting a variety of ?freaks,? including a three-legged man, armless woman, bearded lady, fat man, donkey-headed woman, a tiny couple, and conjoined twins. This banner also features nudity, which was rarely, if ever, used in advertisements to attract the general public. Approximately 102 x 360? (8 ? x 30 feet) Expected wear from age and exposure. Long closed tear along right border.