She never married.∼In 1929, Coney Island's sideshow impresario Sam Wagner presented two pinheads from Georgia billed as Pip and Zip. The microcephalics were sisters. He paid their families $75 a week which was a landfall for the family during the Depression. While Pip only had the intelligence of an 18 month old baby, her sister was considerably brighter. Zip had the intelligence of a five year old. They were billed as Pip and Flip - pinheads from Peru. The Snow sisters became one of Coney Islands greatest attractions during the depression. They were featured in the 1932 movie "Freaks"
She never married.∼In 1929, Coney Island's sideshow impresario Sam Wagner presented two pinheads from Georgia billed as Pip and Zip. The microcephalics were sisters. He paid their families $75 a week which was a landfall for the family during the Depression. While Pip only had the intelligence of an 18 month old baby, her sister was considerably brighter. Zip had the intelligence of a five year old. They were billed as Pip and Flip - pinheads from Peru. The Snow sisters became one of Coney Islands greatest attractions during the depression. They were featured in the 1932 movie "Freaks"
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She shares a headstone with her sister, Lou Ellen Koke and brother-in-law, Amos Koke.
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