Displays of freaks first appeared at world’s fairs and then spread to country shows in New Zealand in the early 1900s. The ‘six-inch high’ girl was said to have appeared first at the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair before touring agricultural shows in New Zealand, probably in 1935.
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