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    Retrieved 2007-08-27. "An Encyclopedia of Novelty & Variety Performers & Showfolk". Sideshow History.com. Retrieved 2007-08-27. Nickell, Joe. "Sideshow!...
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    published by Johann Ulrich Schöll in 1793. Showmen (also known as showpeople, showfolk, funfair travellers, travelling showpeople, and the pejorative carnies)...
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  • Rumpole (1979) (TV Season Two) "Rumpole and the Man of God" "Rumpole and the Showfolk" "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast" "Rumpole and the Case of Identity" "Rumpole...
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    5, 2015. "PHOTOS: Showfolks Holiday Circus 2021". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved November 25, 2023. Tatangelo, Wade. "Showfolks Circus at Robarts"...
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  • Record (Narrative Short), Showfolk (Documentary Short) Where Hope Grows Becoming Bulletproof Till Then (Narrative Short), Showfolk (Documentary Short) 2015...
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    embracing the area's circus heritage. When Karl Wallenda produced the first Showfolks Circus in 1967, Willie and the spotlight were a featured act. In the years...
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  • professor of the striptease, a tap dancer, the manager of a hotel for showfolk, a unicyclist — any one of them may have "killed vaudeville," but one of...
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    ProQuest 226123934. Burley, Dan (July 27, 1940). "Apollo Theatre Closes Down: Showfolk Left in Pretty Pickle as Schiffman Decides To Transfer Streamlined Shows...
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  • Rumpole. The stories are: "Rumpole and the Man of God" "Rumpole and the Showfolk" "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast" "Rumpole and the Case of Identity" "Rumpole...
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    to him and what else is there? His eyes still sparkle when he talks to showfolks and his memories keep him young. The Joplin Kid has indeed walked with...
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    1996) Frances Brown, "Sensational Impalements" in Fairground Strollers and Showfolk, pub. Ronda Books (2001), ISBN 0-9521282-1-7, pp. 109–116 Ronnie Claire...
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    return voyage home. Catherine Phoebe Seymour was born in Nottingham to showfolk, William John Seymour and Phoebe Towers. Her father was a music hall comedian...
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    died in World War II, and another named "Showman's Rest", erected by the Showfolks of America in 1945.: 91–92  By that time, when Robert Royston was engaged...
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    Lighthouse Keepers". Retrieved October 4, 2010. "Just for Remembrance: Retired Showfolk Bring Atmosphere Home." Portland Evening Express Feb 13, 1956: Second Section...
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  • food and hospitality created a home away from home for a generation of showfolk and theatregoers. "The Edison felt like going to grandma's house," recalled...
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  • via Newspapers.com. "an Encyclopedia of Novelty & Variety Performers & Showfolk - Show History". www.showhistory.com. The Billboard, July 23, 1949, vol...
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