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Miss Julia Pastrana. barbata wilde ex schluchtis Chimborassi
Pastrana in Innsbruck
Opate Indian!
Ad for Julia Pastrana's performance in Worcester, Massachusetts
Part Woman and Part Baboon!!!
Reference to Mexico and Pedro Sanchez. On "exhibit" in Rifles' Armory Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
Pastrana in transparent skirt
Pastrana in a transparent skirt performing in Berlin
The Bear Woman
Pastrana performs in New Orleans. Great "sensation" and much curiosity about her.
The Bear Woman
Pastrana performing in Ambos Hall. References Mott's report and Pastrana as "the lowest link of humanity and the highest order of brutes." Also mentions Sepulveda with wordplay involving "hug" and "humbugging."
The Hybrid, or Semi-Human Indian
1000 visitors in 2 and 1/2 days, ladies captivated by affability and patriotic Spanish chansons, link between human and orang outang, Mott, duality, continued performances
The Hybrid, or Semi-Human Indian
1000 visitors in 2 and 1/2 days, ladies captivated by affability and patriotic Spanish chansons, link between human and orang outang, Mott, duality, continued performances
The Nondescript
"wonder of the world." Description. "Miss Julia is pleased when the ladies and gentlemen ask her questions, and examine her pretty whiskers, of which she is very proud"