Austin and Stone's Dime Museum

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Austin and Stone’s Dime Museum was an entertainment emporium located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA's famous Scollay Square. It featured a freak show as well as dancing girls for entertainment. The freak show and other exhibits such as two-headed animals cost ten cents, while admission to the girlie show cost an additional dime.

Comedian Fred Allen wrote about the Museum in his memoir, Much Ado About Me,

[edit] External links

• Fred Allen's Memoirs of Scollay Square