Mac-a-dula the Two-Headed Giant
From Kook Science
Mac-a-dula is the name for a manufactured mummy that was toured as a sideshow attraction, the main selling point being that it was not only was it a giant, being around eight feet (2.44m.) or more in height, but that it had two-heads. The mummy was claimed to be of Patagone (South American) extraction, and was frequently hailed in advertising as a former king. It was similar, so far as can be ascertained, to other dicephalous giants that toured the United States of America during the same time period, including Kings Kap-Dwa and Capuwar, and may have been the latter under a new name, as manufactured and sold by William Nelson through Nelson Supply House of Boston, Massachusetts
Advertising & Press Coverage
1910s
- "Tom W. Allen Carnival Show, August 26-29, 1919 at Railroad Ave. and South Main St. in Fort Worth, Texas", Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX): 20, 27 Aug. 1919, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117681165/shows-for-children-feature-allens/
1920s
- "'MAC A DULA IS COMING' to Knights of Pythias Carnival at Evansville, IN from April 12-18, 1920.", Evansville Courier and Press (Evansville, IN): 12, 21 Mar. 1920, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117680685/mac-a-dula-is-coming-to-knights-of/
- "Re: A Boston supplier of Freaks for Sideshows.", Sun-Journal (Lewiston, MN): 4, 27 May 1927, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117681588/re-a-boston-supplier-of-freaks-for/ — Reprinting the New Yorker, "The Drifter in the Nation," regarding the product line of an unnamed Boston concern, peddlers of such items as: King Mac-a-dula, the two-headed giant ($55); Polly-Moo-Zuke ($45); Siamese Twins ($55); Prehistoric Giant Man with one head ($55); Moa Devil Bird ($45); and so on.