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Betty Williams 15 months old baby with 4 legs and 3 arms, Freda Pushnik the little half girl born without arms or legs

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Open book Betty Williams 15 months old baby with 4 legs and 3 arms, Freda Pushnik the little half girl born without arms or legs

Title Betty Williams 15 months old baby with 4 legs and 3 arms, Freda Pushnik the little half girl born without arms or legs

Date 1933

Place Illinois--Chicago

Subjects Century of Progress International Exposition, Children, Cities & towns, Women

Description Woman in a white dress sitting and holding a child with four legs and three arms (polymelia) on the left side of the card next to a photograph of a woman in a black dress sitting in a chair and holding a girl with no arms or legs (phocomelia syndrome)

Biographical/Historical Note John Monroe is a postcard collector based in Washington D.C.

Extent 1 postcard

Format Postcards, Printed ephemera, Souvenirs

Archival Collection Title John I. Monroe collection of exposition postcards

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Call Number Modern MS Monroe Exposition vol. 25 no. 84

BibID 9911519380305867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 9504px × 6336px 172.34 MB

Filename 9911519380305867_JME_vol_00025_no_000084_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11B3XM

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