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Adventures in Theater HistoryA sound clip from our new episode, with stories from Philadelphia stages during the winter celebrations of many different bygone eras."Holiday Show - 2023" is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods on! Or go right to our website: www.aithpodcast.comWe hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season, and wish you a very Happy New Year!<a href="https://historians.social/tags/theaterhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theaterhistory</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/theatrehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theatrehistory</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/newepisode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newepisode</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philadelphia</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/circushistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#circushistory</a>

Andy Paciorek 💀☕Clown and dancer from Ringling Circus Birthday Pageant ~ Charles Weever Cushman (year unidentified)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carnivalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carnivalia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircusHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircusHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Clowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clowns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VintagePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintagePhotography</a>

Tim GreyhavensYou'd have to really enjoy a circus performance to name your child after the company that presented it, but that's exactly what happened in the 1860s. Angevine June Titus and Company Favor (his actual name) grew up to plat the town of Pataha in Garfield County, Washington Territory in 1882. <a href="https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/pomeroy/id/754/rec/343" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/pomeroy/id/754/rec/343</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintagephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vintagephotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/historyofphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#historyofphotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WashingtonTerritory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CircusHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CircusHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonStateHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WashingtonStateHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unusualnames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#unusualnames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OddNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OddNames</a>

Andy Paciorek 💀☕Eko and Iko - The Men from Mars George and Willie Muse, African American Albino brothers who were kidnapped and toured as circus exhibits. <a href="https://time.com/4533124/truevine-beth-macy-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://time.com/4533124/truevine-beth-macy-interview/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EkoAndIko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EkoAndIko</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Albino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Albino</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carnival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carnival</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircusHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircusHistory</a>

WhirlUpSeaAnything we can do, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victorian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#circus</a> performer Madame Yucca could do “genteel in the costume of the parlor” - not backwards, but undoubtedly in heels (and definitely in a serious corset!) (c. 1898) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircusHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircusHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VictorianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VictorianHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strongwoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongwoman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FemaleAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FemaleAthletes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircusArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircusArts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FeatsOfStrength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FeatsOfStrength</a>

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