Mannequin

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Undiscarded: Stories of New York

CitizenRacecar & The City Reliquary

13 episodes

8 months ago

A ticket stub, a bottle cap, a piece of fabric, a plastic souvenir, a lightbulb… these simple things hold power – they capture moments in time and the stories of people’s lives. Undiscarded: Stories of New York is a new podcast series that celebrates the extraordinary history behind seemingly mundane objects, telling absorbing and absolutely unique stories that shed new light on the people whose lives have always made New York so alive, exciting, and gloriously messy.

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Mannequin

Undiscarded: Stories of New York

20 minutes 2 seconds

2 years ago

Mannequin

In today’s episode of Undiscarded, local burlesque star and reigning Miss Coney Island Maggie McMuffin joins Tania to talk about a decorated mannequin that represents the life and times of the most famous of all exotic dancers – the sensation of the Chicago Exposition and Queen of the Boardwalk, the celebrated and notorious “Little Egypt”!

Look at photos of this object and more at cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-littleegypt

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