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OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

Scanned from Frank Leslie'S Illustrated Newspaper, 1855
OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
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Ae January 12 1878 FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER EULALIA PERREZ THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD MONG the remarkable objects to which the A members of the Frank Leslie Transcontinental Excursion had their attention attracted while in California last Spring not the least interesting was the venerable lady whose name heads this article and whose portrait is likewise given on this page A lively account of an interview with this survivor of one hundred and forty Summers is given in. Mrs Frank Leslies recent book From Gotham to the Golden Gate from which we transcribe the fol lowing tracts. While in San Francisco we had been shown the photograph of Eulalia Perrez of Los Angeles the oldest woman in the worldand now finding ourselves in the close vicinity we resolved on pay ing her a visit. Mr Baldwin accordingly drove us to her house a quaint old brown adobe structure with a projecting roof sloping steeply from the centre and two or three old winevats built against the walls.

We mounted to a piazza where we were met by a very pretty and very typical Spanish girl wear ing a high comb and speaking English with a very charming accent.

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