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Frances O’Connor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francis1a.jpg

Born without arms, Frances O’Connor (1914-1982) was billed as a living Venus de Milo in popular sideshows, eating, drinking, and smoking a cigarette with her feet.

See also Carl Herman Unthan.

November 25, 2006November 24, 2010 | Oddities

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