Elmer Chickering photographs of "Chiquita" Espiridiona Cenda, ca. 1890-1920.

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Elmer Chickering photographs of "Chiquita" Espiridiona Cenda, ca. 1890-1920.

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Portraits and group portraits of the dwarf entertainer, Chiquita. Includes 40 cabinet photographs and 1 photomechanical print. All cabinet card photographs are by Elmer Chickering Photographic Studio, Boston. Images of Chiquita with others include her manager, Frank Charles Bostock.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7951108

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Cenda, Espiridiona, 1869-1945

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Bostock, Frank Charles (1866-1912).

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Chickering, Elmer

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Alize Espiridiona Cenda del Castillo was a 26 inch-tall dwarf, who was born in 1869 either in Cuba or Mexico, and died in 1928, 1939 or 1945 (sources disagree). She was a vaudeville artist who traveled in side or freak shows across the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was also known as "Chiquita", "The living doll", "The Cuban atom," "Mrs. Anthony C. Woeckner," and "Alice Zenda." She first came to the United States with Frank Charles Bostock (1866-1912), the anima...