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Because She Thought being the tattooed lady was the easiest way to make a living, this Philadelphia girl became Miss Stella of the circus
Because She Thought being the tattooed lady was the easiest way to make a living, this Philadelphia girl became Miss Stella of the circus

Because She Thought being the tattooed lady was the easiest way to make a living, this Philadelphia girl became Miss Stella of the circus

Date7/16/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: Because She Thought being the tattooed lady was the easiest way to make a living; this Philadelphia girl became Miss Stella of the circus.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017683F
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      Onesimus, or, The run-away servant converted : a true story : shewing what a wonderful improvement in his condition Onesimus experienced after he became a Christian : to which is added an affectionate address to all those unhappy persons, both men and women, who, like Onesimus, have left their home and have got into any bad way of living, and who have also a mind to hear how they may get out
      Hazard, Samuel, -1806
      1796
      50 Years of being separated ended yesterday for Luise Franchi (left) of Philadelphia when she was reunited with her sister, Lucia Gangolf of France. ((...)
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/21/1978
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Goode, Jeff
      6/26/1977
      Left behind in Czechoslovakia when she was only 2 months old, 7-year-old Stella Petrovic (right) has been reunited with her parents, Peter and Kathy P(...)
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      Beaty, Keith
      2/8/1976
      Skills of the circus world - balancing acts, make-up, clowning, adagio and trapeze artistry - are being taught in a North York YMCA program, believed (...)
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      Bezant, Graham
      n.d.
      TV face: Sherisse Laurence is known through her television work on Circus, but she's finding it difficult to make the jump to full-time singer.
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      Dunlop, Alan
      6/23/1983
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/11/1940
      Fierce eagle is tattooed on client's back at Poppa Joe's Emporium in Oshawa
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      Dunlop, Al
      7/8/1982
      Every day, hundreds put their possessions in hock to get the quickest and easiest loans available
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