M0015553EA: Show bill for "Barnum's Prize Ladies" / M0015553EB: Show bill for "American Giant Sisters"

Date:: December 1956

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/139/11

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0015543-M0015641WT/D/1/20/1/139
        M0015553EA: Show bill for "Barnum's Prize Ladies" / M0015553EB: Show bill for "American Giant Sisters"WT/D/1/20/1/139/11

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M0015553EA: Show bill for "Barnum's Prize Ladies" / M0015553EB: Show bill for "American Giant Sisters". Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Two images on one negative: an advertisement for an appearance by Barnum's Boston Prize ladies (Minnie and Rhoda Holland), "weighing together nearly half-a-ton" and an advertisement for Mr Crecraft's exhibition, featuring Miss Minnie and Miss Eliza, known as the "Cab-breakers".

Publication/Creation

December 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds one of the items depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.