The 1800s are notable for its fascination with exhibits and strange things. And it didn't lack promoters or hucksters who would take anyone's pennies for the privilege of seeing something new or strange.
In “The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s,” author Marc McCutcheon assembled a list of “traveling exhibits and amusements” that give us an insight into what was hot in that century. Here's a sampling;
--1802, ventriloquism act.
--1807, exhibition of phantasmagoria apparat
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