On view at Evans Bay carnival 1938.
Chang the Pinhead Chinaman, active 1938
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[Scrapbook created by Charles Cabot, with newsclippings relating to sideshows. 1930-1970s]
Date: 1930 - 1976
From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]
Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-Scrapbooks-01
Description: Includes clippings about: Side shows 1930-1970s (1962, 1963 and 1969 Industries Fair Christchurch; 1969 various shows including in Australia and Europe; O'Connell's Circus; Evans Bay carnivals 1930s; NZ Easter Show 1972; interview with Sid Bernard in NZ Radio review 21 January 1938; Buxton's Pixietown; 1940 Royal Show; Hitler and Mussolini faces as targets in a side show at Evans Bay Carnival ca 1938; Wanganui Carnival 1950s?; "Princess Ubangi", "Isom", "Dollita", "Anna John Budd", and the "Pig-a-Dilly Circus" at the Evan's Bay Carnival; "midget bride" at Petone Carnival; "Jumbo the giant St Bernard dog", "St Moritz skaters", "Wee Jimmy" (horse), "Chang the pin-head Chinaman" and "Betty the tattooed Venus" at Evans Bay Carnival). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck into pages of scrapbook
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Evans Bay Xmas Carnival. Chang the pinhead Chinaman. See the man with the head the size...
Date: 1938
From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]
By: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981
Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-Variety-1938-02
Description: Arrangement of text. Dated from Cabot scrapbook no 1 (Eph-C-CABOT-Scrapbook). Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on yellow card, 242 x 312 mm.