[Elephantiasis of the legs] : post card.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
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[Elephantiasis of the legs] : post card. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Postcard showing a young man wearing dark shorts and a white t-shirt sitting on a wooden chair, exhibiting his chronic elephantiasis of the legs. The card may have been sold as a souvenir at places where he was exhibited as part of a freak or variety show.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 sheet : illustrations ; 14 cm

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    EPH499
  • Location Access
    Closed stores
    EPH499:70

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