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ZIP the Original What Is It? Famously called the “Dean of the Freaks” by photographer Matthew Brady, Zip’s real name was actually William Henry Johnson (1840, 1849, or 1857–1926). Advertisements proclaimed that Zip was from a jungle in Africa, but it was later discovered that he was born in New Jersey. It was reported that his last words may have been “Well, we fooled ’em a long time.”

ZIP the Original What Is It? Famously called the “Dean of the Freaks” by photographer Matthew Brady, Zip’s real name was actually William Henry Johnson (1840, 1849, or 1857–1926). Advertisements proclaimed that Zip was from a jungle in Africa, but it was later discovered that he was born in New Jersey. It was reported that his last words may have been “Well, we fooled 'em a long time.”