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Bear Woman on exhibit in Guadalajara
Mexico
the "Bear Woman" appears in Guadalajara
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Police in Hamburg will not allow Pastrana to perform in that city
Signorita Zenona Pastrana
Drawings of Marie Bartels, Theodore Lent's second wife, who performed under the name "Zenora Pastrana." These images echo a series of images of Julia Pastrana, reinforcing Lent's assertion that "Zenora" and Julia were sisters.
Julia Pastrana, Russia
Image of Pastrana from her time in Russia
Friederike Gossmann
Image of Pastrana's friend, actress Friederike Gossmann
Half Human-Half Beast, the Misnomered Bear Woman, Julia Pastrana
Broadside of Pastrana's performance at Eagle Hall in Ogdensburgh, NY with daguerrotype
Aus Schulz's Lagebuch
Satiric response to Pastrana's performance at the Kroll establishment in Berlin.
[first performance in Berlin]
Advertisement for Pastrana's performance in Der Curirte Meyer, a play written by "Jacobson"