![ca. 1880, [cabinet card portrait of Adah Briggs, “The Giant Lady”, in a fake snow scene and fur coat], Charles Eisenmann
via Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6fz37EgO91qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1880, [cabinet card portrait of Adah Briggs, “The Giant Lady”, in a fake snow scene and fur coat], Charles Eisenmann
via Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs
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