Freakshow: Die schöne Ferdinanda oder der weiblich Coloss. - 1865

Freakshow. - Grand extraordinary performances. First: The beautiful Ferdinanda or the female Colossus. The lady, who is only 22 years old, possesses an enormous corpulence, weighs about 300 pounds, enjoys a fine physique, and yet has a very delicate hand and a small foot, will have the honor of performing several musical pieces on the guitar. Second: The Wonder Woman, called the European Pastrana, who is a very rare spectacle, since, despite all feminine delicacy, she has a head endowed with masculine features, wears a strong beard, and has masculine arms and legs. Frankfurt, printed by Reinhold Baist, about 1865. A single-sheet print on green paper, with a small woodcut illustration showing the “European Pastrana.” Sheet size: 42 x 31 cm. After the viewing of the two pitiable women, the well-known Mainz Fritz will also have the honor to present his fully trained poodle, named Perripo."