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[Photograph of group of performers including giants Anna Swan, Noah Orr, and Monsieur Joseph; midgets Lizzie Reid and Edward Newell; albinos Amos Gorhen and Charles Gorhen; Circassian Beauties Zuruby Hannum and Zalumma Agra; and the married skinny man and fat lady, John and Hannah Battersby]
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ca. 1870-1878
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1430
Collection Title:
Meserve-Kunhardt collection
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Copy photograph.
Subject (Name):
Swan, Anna, 1846-1888
Subject (Topic):
Entertainers
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[Photograph of group of performers including giants Anna Swan, Noah Orr, and Monsieur Joseph; midgets Lizzie Reid and Edward Newell; albinos Amos Gorhen and Charles Gorhen; Circassian Beauties Zuruby Hannum and Zalumma Agra; and the married skinny man and fat lady, John and Hannah Battersby]
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[Photograph of Charles B. Tripp (1835-1939)]
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ca. 1872-1878
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1430
Collection Title:
Meserve-Kunhardt collection
Image Count:
2
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Copy photograph.
Subject (Name):
Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
Subject (Topic):
Entertainers
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United
States
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[Photograph of Charles B. Tripp (1835-1939)]
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[Photograph of Oscar Willis, also known as Willio, in costume]
Creator:
J. Gurney & Son
Published / Created:
ca. 1874
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1430
Collection Title:
Meserve-Kunhardt collection
Image Count:
2
Subject (Topic):
Blackface
entertainers
--
United
States
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[Photograph of Oscar Willis, also known as Willio, in costume]
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Facts relating to the only tattooed lady : being a full and complete account of the life and adventures of this young lady, the only tattoed female in the world, together with many extracts from the metropolitan press in reference to her, all clearly proving her to be one of the most remarkable and rarest curiosities now on exhibition
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New York Popular Pub. Co
Published / Created:
[1886?]
Call Number:
Za1 886 F119
Image Count:
11
Alternative Title:
Facts relating to M’lle Aimee, the tattooed lady
Publisher:
New York Popular Pub. Co
Subject (Name):
Woodward, Irene, b. ca. 1863
Subject (Topic):
Women
entertainers
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United
States
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Facts relating to the only tattooed lady : being a full and complete account of the life and adventures of this young lady, the only tattoed female in the world, together with many extracts from the metropolitan press in reference to her, all clearly proving her to be one of the most remarkable and rarest curiosities now on exhibition
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