Ella Harper
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title:
Ella Harper
text:
Ella Harper, known professionally as The Camel Girl, was born with an extremely rare orthopedic condition that caused her knees to bend backwards, called congenital genu recurvatum. Her preference to walk on all fours resulted in her nickname "Camel Girl". In 1886 she was featured as the star in W. H. Harris's Nickel Plate Circus, appearing in newspapers wherever the circus visited. The back of her pitch card reads: I am called the camel girl because my knees turn backward. I can walk best on my
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description:
Folk figure and circus performer (1870–1921)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Harper
date created:
2010-04-24T21:02:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:30:59Z
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