Greatest Wonder of the Age! Senorita Lucía Zárate, the Mexican Lilliputian!
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Greatest Wonder of the Age! Senorita Lucía Zárate, the Mexican Lilliputian!
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 9.5 x 5.6 cm
Overall: 10.4 x 6.3 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2013
2013.0239.0017
Inscriptions verso (in ink): GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE!
SENORITA LUCIA ZARATE!
The Mexican LILLIPUTIAN!
THIS YOUNG LADY IS 13 Years of Age!
20 Inches High!
AND WEIGHS Only 5 Pounds!
IS PERFECT IN FORM AND FEATURE
TOM THUMB IS A GIANT!
COMPARED WITH HER.
This Wonderful Mexican Pigmy; it would be difficult to exaggerate the wonder of this human curiosity. The plain truth makes it strange enough. You must see, hear and feel, and even then you will leave wondering.
J. Wood, Photo. 208 Bowery.
SENORITA LUCIA ZARATE!
The Mexican LILLIPUTIAN!
THIS YOUNG LADY IS 13 Years of Age!
20 Inches High!
AND WEIGHS Only 5 Pounds!
IS PERFECT IN FORM AND FEATURE
TOM THUMB IS A GIANT!
COMPARED WITH HER.
This Wonderful Mexican Pigmy; it would be difficult to exaggerate the wonder of this human curiosity. The plain truth makes it strange enough. You must see, hear and feel, and even then you will leave wondering.
J. Wood, Photo. 208 Bowery.
