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Julia Pastrana, Pickering
Julia Pastrana image
Julia Pastrana, Ad
Early image of Julia Pastrana
Eigenes Foto einer Originallithographie
Pastrana in dance pose
Julia Pastrana, Daguerrotype
a retouched daguerrotype of Julia Pastrana
Briefe eines Müssiggangers (Response to previous article)
Julia's friendship with artist (probably Friederike Gossmann) as described by audience member. Response to previous article. (Page 4 with advertisement for performance on page 8)
Miss Julia Pastrana
Press lunch with Pastrana, London and Audience Reaction
Accident
Theodore Lent is driving a horse drawn carriage with family and friends. Lent loses control of the horses and the carriage overturns. All are injured.
Noticias Maritimas, Puerto de Veracruz
Departure (towards New Orleans) of S. S. Orizaba (misspelled as Orizava) from Veracruz on Oct. 25, 1854 lists as passengers: Miguel Retes y familia, Francisco Sepúlveda. These were the men that Pastrana traveled to the U.S. with, so this is likely…
Fremont and Free Love
Pastrana's "man" (Lent) claims to have chased Julia's mother in Mexico
Local Intelligence
Performance. Placard: "Bear Woman and No Humbug--Great Curiosity"