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Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printed material, 1695-1937.

Title: Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printed material, 1695-1937.

The collection consists of images, chiefly prints, but also some photographs; broadsides and playbills of shows; and other materials concerning human curiosities. Most of the human curiosities are medical anomalies, giants, dwarfs, etc., such as Józef Borusławski and Patrick Cotter, but collection also contains images of people known for unusual activities or feats, such as Captain Robert Barclay, who walked 1000 miles in 1000 days; André Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute; and Laura Dewey Bridgman, an educated deaf-blind woman.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (1 linear ft.)

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Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printed material, 1695-1937.

Title: Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printedmaterial, 1695-1937.

Collection of printed material concerning human curiosities, chiefly peopleexhibited in and around London and the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (1 linear ft.)

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