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Theodore Lent--Auctioneer
Auction at 495 Broadway. List of furniture to be sold.
New York City Directories
This document uses information from New York City directories and the U.S. Census of 1850 to identify which Theodore Lent married Julia Pastrana, determine his relationships with family members, and posit which newspaper stories were about Pastrana's…
Kobieta-Małpa, Kobieta-Niedźwiedź: historia spojrzenia na Julię Pastranę
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Miss Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript
Pastrana performed with Circus Renz in Berlin; Pesth, Hungary; and Vienna.
Julia Pastrana
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Julia Pastrana and Her Child
Autopsy and embalming of Pastrana and child by J. Sokolov
The Captive Schamyl at the Russian Court
Schamyl in Russia. Interview included. Wants to go to Cochetka where Pastrana is displayed.
France
Received letter that Alexandre Dumas and Julia Pastrana had arrived in Taganrog, Russia
News and Miscellany
Marriage of Pastrana and Lent. Includes detail that Theodore and his brother "were to have been exhibited with her."
Extensive Stage Stables Burned Down
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.