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Wild West Tech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Objects include Wild West mouse traps, lie detectors, a metal detector (to locate bullets), an Elgin Cutlass Pistol (a Bowie/Revolver in one), kerosene headlamp, electrified brass rails, a self-containing breathing device, stream heat, a syringe, rubber condoms, a donkey engine and much more of the good, the bad and the technologically ugly. |
 | | Sure, Wild West freak shows featured plenty of people who were different through the circumstances of their birth. |
 | | From pickled severed heads to mummified outlaws, we look at the wild, the woolly, the weird, and the swindlers who assured that the freak shows would be unforgettable. |
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