Ein Ärztliches Gutachten über Miss Pastrana
Morgen Post
Austrian Newspapers Online (ANNO)
Morgen Post
1858-02-14
Austrian National Library
IsVersionOf Morgen Post
pdf
German
Newspaper Article
18580214, <a href="http://anno.onb.ac.at/pdfs/ONB_mop_18580214.pdf">Link</a>
Embezzlement
Suit involving Lent and Theodore Hatfield
Lent arrested for embezzling $100 from employer, Theodore Hatfield. Lent had been Hatfield's clerk but was discharged. He continued to collect money from Hatfield's client after being terminated.
New York Herald
Chronicling America
1848-10-11
IsVersionOf New York Herald
pdf
English
Newspaper item
<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1848-10-11/ed-1/seq-4/">Link</a>
Extensive Stage Stables Burned Down
Fire at Charles Lent's stables for the Red Bird line of omnibuses
In 1860, Charles Lent's stables burned down, destroying "eighty horses, two omnibuses, several sets of harnesses, and a quantity of feed." 41 horses were saved but Lent estimated his losses at approximately $10,000.
New York Times
New York Times archive
1860-11-12
IsVersionOf New York Times
pdf
English
Newspaper article
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1860/11/12/news/extensive-stage-stables-burned-down.html">Link</a>
Extraordinary Phenomenon--The Bear Woman
Pastrana's origins and her performances in New York
Long account of Pastrana's origins in Mexico. Woman disappears and is found two years later with a child. Held captive by bear who dies dramatically when the woman is rescued.
New York Herald
Fulton History
1854-12-?
IsVersionOf New York Herald
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English
Newspaper
1722041
For Sale
Sale of furniture
Sale of furniture in house on Mercer Street (column 4)
New York Herald
Chronicling America
1853-01-12
IsVersionOf New York Herald
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English
Newspaper Advertisement
<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1853-01-12/ed-1/seq-2/">Link</a>
Four views of Pastrana, three in dresses, one in sailor suit
Four views of Pastrana, three in dresses, one in sailor suit
Four views of Pastrana, three in dresses, one in sailor suit
Dance portrait prints (visual works), ca. 1700-1900. TCS 50 (Pastrana, Julia). Houghton Library
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
n.d.
Harvard Theatre Collection
Houghton Library/Harvard University
pdf
French, German and English
Color print
<a href="https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:47752375$4i">Link</a>
France
Pastrana in Taganrog, Russia
Received letter that Alexandre Dumas and Julia Pastrana had arrived in Taganrog, Russia
Saunders News-letter and Daily Advertiser
British Newspaper Archive
1858-10-04
IsVersionOf Saunders News-letter and Daily Advertiser
pdf
English
Newspaper article
BL_0001057_18581004_016_0002, see column 2
Fremont and Free Love
Exchange during performance in Lockport, NY
Pastrana's "man" (Lent) claims to have chased Julia's mother in Mexico
The Orleans Republican (Albion, NY)
Fulton History
1856-07- (date unreadable)
IsVersionOf The Orleans Republican
pdf
English
Newspaper Article
Fulton History (last column)
Friederike Gossmann
Image of Friederike Gossmann
Image of Pastrana's friend, actress Friederike Gossmann
Bildarchiv Austria
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Bildarchiv Austria ÖNB
jpg
German
Image
<a href="http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_G/Gossmann_Friederike_1838_1906.xml?frames=yes">Link</a>
Gothic Hall
Pastrana performance in New York
Pastrana not named. "Mysterious link." Emphasis on "hideous" appearance
New York Herald
Fulton History
1854-11-?
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English
Newspaper ad
1677130