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Title
"Little Benella" at Walter Main Circus
Creator
Wendt, Frank
Date Created and/or Issued
1880-1920
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Studio portrait of a young girl in a shiny dress with horizontal edging along the bodice and puffed sleeves. She is pulling up the right side of her dress to reveal the slip underneath. Written on the reverse: "Little Benella 6 years old Walter L. Mains Circus." Taken by Frank Wendt, Boonton, New Jersey. From an album of cabinet cards that may have belonged to a Nelson family.
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
586395CD-A46F-462F-A331-292056362419
2013-71-30
Subject
Portrait photographs
Walter L. Main Circus
Girls
Circuses & shows
Dresses

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