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Title: Miss Bertha Curtis weight 540 Lbs
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of fat lady Miss Bertha Curtis in a short dress sitting on chair.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general history of company and similar poster depicting Curtis that promotes the New York World’s Fair Museum (priJLC 000129).
Type: image
Extent: 1 screen : color printed ; overall 135.57 x 104.46 cm (53 3/8 x 41 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000127
387699
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2117
Language: English
Subject: Ripley’s believe it or not! (Ripley Entertainment Inc.)
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Curiosities and wonders--Pictorial works
Women--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1930-1940. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Circus
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000129

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