infographic sketches

1. sketch one is mapping out where various freak shows originated before they started traveling. The icon used would be the strongman icon.

2. sketch two is showing the most visited cities by freakshows and the different travel patterns in one "show season"

3. sketch three is a timeline of the evolution of the sideshow and how it came to be over time.

4. sketch four shows the rate of survival in Siamese twins

5. sketch five is graphing the ratio of 1 to 100,000.

6. Types of conjoined twins

7. numbers of swords swallowed at one time by a single performer

8. the rate of survival in siamese twins

9. Performance time. performers go on every 20 minutes. two times an hour. 32 times a day. these are averages.

sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventriloquism

http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/shows/freaks.html

http://www.sideshowworld.com/13-TGOD/ths-tgod.html

http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/transportation_modes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show

http://books.google.com/books?id=hr-9GRxJfPEC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=freak+shows+in+1901&source=bl&ots=N3TGBgX9Yw&sig=sQpsCMqsJhPQNkGmOlpYvMveatk&hl=en&ei=ISaETZmjJYaUtwfbg4jdBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=freak%20shows%20in%201901&f=false

http://www.lastamericanfreakshow.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins

http://www.swordswallow.com/records.php

http://www.swordswallow.com/halloffame.php

http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/structures