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Pastrana courted, possibly in Russia

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Wikimedia, Julia_Pastrana Dancer.JPG
Pastrana in dance pose

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Broadside includes an image (woodcut) of Pastrana and details about her performances. Red and blue on white background.

Rose, Julia.doc
Poem narrated from the perspective of Pastrana who is pregnant with her child. She has a dream about her fate after her death and seeks reassurance from her husband.

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Russia, Paranormal News.jpg
Pastrana courted possibly by Englishman Roger Burke.
OCLC, WorldCat summary: "Bearded woman on left holding a flower stands facing a very tall man with gigantic stomach on right; between them a smaller image of the man balances on a scale with a…

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"Sisinka" describes her travels, including details (in the last paragraph) about seeing Julia Pastrana perform in Toronto

New York Times, A Literary Curiosity.pdf
Column about publications in 1854 and 1855 with implicit critique of texts written by Americans. Rumors that Julia Pastrana is writing an autobiography that includes details about her father's rough behavior.

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Russian Carriage Ride.JPG
Pastrana is seated in a carriage driven by one man with two men standing in back of her. Rather than horses, three men pull the carriage and two additional men seem to be emerging from the smoke of a chimney. Pastrana wears a red dress and hat and is…

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Photo from Russian physician Nikolai Mansurov’s Klinicheskiĭ sbornik po dermatologīi

Baltimore Sun, Marriage Brouhaha.pdf
Complaint by J.W. Beach about Pastrana's marriage to Theodore Lent. Justice Lawder investigates the complaint.
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