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Spectacle > Dime museums

Preferred term

Dime museums  

Definition

  • Collections of curiosities, exotic objects, dioramas and such like, menageries, waxworks, live acts and theatrical performances etc., often lurid and sensational, exhibited for a low price of admission; popular late 19th-early 20th c., USA

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Museums, dime
  • SIDESHOWS, DIME MUSEUMS

Notation

  • 113763

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VCZ6DGH4-N

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