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[Victorian handbill (May 24th 1852) advertising 21 year old Madame Fortunne of Geneva and her 4 inch long, bushy, black beard, on exhibition at Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square, London. ].
Date: 1852- Ephemera
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Princesse Nouma-Hawa : la plus petite dame du monde : Buffalo Bill Wild West, saisons 1903-1904-1905.
Date: [1905?]- Ephemera
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[Undated newspaper cutting (September 1886) advertising an appearance by a giant (3 feet tall), 1 year old baby at the Albert Palace, Battersea, London].
Date: 1886- Ephemera
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Van Albert : der gröbte Mann, 24 Jahre alt : Seppetoni, der kleinste Mann, 29 Jahre alt.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]- Ephemera
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Miss Rosie : weight 36 stone.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (London, betwen 1845 and 1877?) advertising an appearance by Thomas Goode, the American Colossus, "tallest of the human race, 7 feet 8 inches .. and only 18 years old" at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, London].
Date: date of publication not identified- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill advertising a performance by The Canadian Marvel, an armless man. Possibly at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1887. ].
Date: 1887- Ephemera
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The Three Del Rios : Madrid, Spain : souvenir, Hamid's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1938.
Hamid's Million Dollar Pier (Atlantic City, N.J.)Date: 1938- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (1848?) noting the exhibition of Joachim Eleizegui, The Spanish Giant, at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].
Date: 1848- Ephemera
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[Undated Victorian handbill advertising Mrs. E. Farmer, of Wantage, Berkshire, "the largest woman in existence" weighing 24 stone, on exhibition at 194 The Strand, London].
Date: date of publication not identified- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (London, 1851?) advertising an appearance by Joseph Gantonio, the young Italian giant, at Saville House, Leicester Square, London].
Date: 1851- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (October 1883?) advertising Madame Howard, the African lion-faced lady at Howard's Grand Pavilion of Living Wonders, 162 New Cut, Waterloo, London. She appears to have been a black woman with a beard].
Date: 1883- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (May 1871?) advertising an appearance by Miss C. Heenan, the Great American Prize Lady, weighing 40 stone at the age of 22, at The Universum, 369 Oxford Street, London].
Date: 1871- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (August 1885?) advertising Howard's Grand Pavilion of Living Wonders featuring Madame Howard, the African lion-faced lady. She appears to have been a black woman with a beard].
Date: 1885- Ephemera
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Henri Cot, the French giant and Prince Colibri, the midget.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Ephemera
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Gen. Tom Thumb and wife / A. Bogardus, photo.
Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908.Date: [1881?]- Ephemera
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[Pages 13-16 (1860s?) from a leaflet / catalgue (?) about 'The Heteradelph, or, Double-bodied Boy' on display at Dr. Kahn's Museum near Leicester Square, London].
Date: 186*- Ephemera
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Undated fragment advertising Aama the giantess and Colonel Ulpts at the Trocadero (London).
Date: date of publication not identified- Ephemera
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To the nobility and gentry : just arrived, the Child of Nature! : a most wonderful phenomema, unparalleled in the annals of history, a female child, only 11 years old, 6 feet high, weighs upwards of 13 stone, a native of Rippingdale, in the county of Lincoln : exhibited at no. 4, Pall Mall.
Date: [1810]- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (August 1885?) advertising Howard's Grand Pavilion of Living Wonders waxwork and fine art gallery (at the Mitcham Fair?), featuring Madame Howard, the African lion-faced lady. She appears to have been a black woman with a beard].
Date: 1885- Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (June 1880) advertising an appearance by Chang, the Fychow giant, at the Royal Aquarium, London].
Date: 1880- Ephemera
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Undated newspaper clipping about Aama the giantess and Colonel Ulpts at the Tocadero (London).
Date: date of publication not identified- Ephemera
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Ruby Westwood : age 13 yrs., weight 17 st. 4lb : born at Foxton, New Zealand.
Date: [1907?]- Ephemera
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"Com. Nutt" and Minnie Warren.
Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]- Ephemera
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Mariedl, the Tyrolean giantess : age 27, weight 360 lbs, daily diet- cereals & vegetables, 14 lbs., 2 quarts OXO & 1 quart milk.
Date: [1907?]