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In 1910, Charles Davenport founded Eugenics Record Office to collect human heredity data.
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Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
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P.G. Lowery’s all-black band gained early twentieth century fame through the circus.
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Harry Houdini's impulse to escape dangerous situations attracted thousands of spectators.
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1967, a tour bus on Haight Street claimed to be the only foreign tour in the domestic U.S.
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Alfred Loomis made millions and went on to develop the technology that helped win WWII.