Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.

Date:
[1912?]
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Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Souvenir card showing 5 views of Anita, in black on white card overprinted with blue. There are 2 photographs next to a carved, wooden chair, one portrait, one with a fan and the fifth on top of a pedestal. It would probably have been sold as a souvenir at places where she was exhibited as part of a freak or variety show.

Publication/Creation

Lübeck : Nordische Kunstanstalt Ernst Schmidt & Co., [1912?]

Physical description

1 sheet : illustrations, portraits ; 14 cm

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    EPH499
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    Closed stores
    EPH499:12

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