Ethel Granger archive of photographs and ephemera

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 7772

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes cardboard box addressed to Ethel Granger from Kurt Ingerl, containing a ring-binder with 87 gelatin silver prints, ca. 1970. (Ingerl, an Austrian artist, used these photographs as the basis for a series of sculptures.) 2 c-type (chromogenic color) and 91 gelatin silver prints showing candid photographs of Granger from ca. 1933-ca. 1980; a pencil sketch of Granger signed by J.G. Wolcott, 1957 and 5 photographic reproductions of other works by Wolcott; 67 gelatin silver prints of other like-minded individuals; "Tiny Waist Stories," typed manuscript (4 leaves); two of Granger's earrings (which appear in some of the photographs), a belt buckle, and a button.

Dates

[ca. 1933-1980]

Creator

G., Ethel (Ethel Mary), 1905-1982. (Person)
Ingerl, Kurt. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ethel Granger was a British woman who, through the practice of tightlacing, achieved a waist measurement of thirteen inches. She was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the smallest waist on record until 1998, when the category was changed to "smallest waist on a living person."

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Abstract: Includes cardboard box addressed to Ethel Granger from Kurt Ingerl, containing a ring-binder with 87 gelatin silver prints, ca. 1970. (Ingerl, an Austrian artist, used these photographs as the basis for a series of sculptures.) 2 c-type (chromogenic color) and 91 gelatin silver prints showing candid photographs of Granger from ca. 1933-ca. 1980; a pencil sketch of Granger signed by J.G. Wolcott, 1957 and 5 photographic reproductions of other works by Wolcott; 67 gelatin silver prints of other like-minded individuals; "Tiny Waist Stories," typed manuscript (4 leaves); two of Granger's earrings (which appear in some of the photographs), a belt buckle, and a button.