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Title
Portrait of Trinidad Rodriguez, the "smallest woman in the world" in Midget Village at the California Pacific International Expo, San Diego, 1935
Contributor
Rupert, Lois D. (donated 1981)
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a portrait of Trinidad Rodriguez, the "smallest woman in the world" in Midget Village at the California Pacific International Expo, San Diego, 1935. At center a very short woman with heavy eye makeup can be seen standing with her right hand on the post of a gazebo. The woman is visible wearing a long dress while rocks can be seen piled underneath the gazebo. It has a terracotta roof, and foliage is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
14 x 8 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7151
USC-0-1-1-1795 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45339
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7151
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45339.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Gardens
San Diego County--San Diego--General
Time Period
1935
Place
California
Midget Village
San Diego
USA
Source
45339 [Accession number]
CHS-45339 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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