Newberry Library - 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 Depictions, Postcards, Printed ephemera, Souvenirs

Archival Collection Title John I. Monroe collection of exposition postcards

Link to Catalog View record

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

BibID 9911519380305867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

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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