Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America 0814718868, 9780814718865

Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals--a dazzling as

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Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America
0814718868, 9780814718865

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