Enthusiastic reception of Barnum's great and renowned Boston Prize Ladies who have been specially engaged to complete a tour of Great Britain at an enormous outlay : Miss Minnie & Rhoda Holland.

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[1885?]
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Enthusiastic reception of Barnum's great and renowned Boston Prize Ladies who have been specially engaged to complete a tour of Great Britain at an enormous outlay : Miss Minnie & Rhoda Holland. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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5,000 dollars reward!

Description

Tall, narrow poster printed in red and dark blue on white paper advertising the British tour of P.T. Barnum's two 'fat lady' sisters "weighing together nearly half a ton". There are two line illustrations of the sisters seated. A similar handbill exists (in the British Library) printed in black on white paper, dated December 1885.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1885?] (Bristol : Fry Bros.)

Physical description

1 broadside : illustrations, portraits ; 90 cm

Notes

At head of title: "5,000 dollars reward! First arrival in England (per S.S. City of Rome)"

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