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Josephine Myrtle Corbin (May 12, 1868 [1] – May 6, 1928) was an American sideshow performer born as a dipygus.This referred to the fact that she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down, as a result of her body axis splitting as it developed.
His successful practice in New Britain led to his election as the second, was born at New Britain, May 22d, 1825. ... He was elected mayor of the city of New Britain in 1872, and held that office for five consecutive years from date of first election. mayor (1872–77). Republican: 1877: 1877: David Nelson Camp (1820-1916) Republican: 1879: ...
Gertrude A. Richardson, first woman mayor of Taree, New South Wales, Australia [116] also the first woman mayor of a municipality in New South Wales Beryl Archbald Crichlow, first female mayor of San Fernando, and the first woman elected mayor in Trinidad and Tobago Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States
The upper half of the body was never recovered. [1] Huntington's Second Presbyterian Church held a funeral for Kelsey with his recovered legs in September 1873. At the time, the body's identity was still contested [1] and the minister would not allow the legs inside the church. [3] The event was known as "the funeral of the legs". [2]
Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey [249] 1943. Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey [250] 1950. Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey [251] 1951. Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey [252] 1967
A small-town Alabama mayor died apparently by suicide just days after a conservative news site published pictures of him allegedly wearing women's clothes and makeup, officials said Sunday.
Bustles and elaborate drapery characterize gowns of the early 1870s. The gentleman wears evening dress. Detail of Too Early by James Tissot, 1873.. 1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s.
Thousands of people have gathered in the City of London to watch the Lord Mayor’s Show, a parade dating back more than 800 years. Alderman Nicholas Lyons marked his election as the 694th Lord ...