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Millie Betra Photograph
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 21 Nov 2025
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 21 Nov 2025
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Betra, Millie. |
| Title: | Millie Betra Photograph |
| Dates: | 1871 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Photograph of sideshow performer Millie Betra, "the Serpent Queen" |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives |
Millie Betra (dates unknown) was an American sideshow performer whose act featured snakes of various sorts.
The Millie Betra Photograph consists of one carte-de-visite with a photograph of Betra on the front, standing, with one foot up on a fake tree stump. There are no snakes in the picture.
Single item.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See the Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs for additional photographs of Betra.
Persons
Betra, Millie.
Subjects
Abnormalities, Human -- Photographs.
Cabinet photographs.
Portrait photography.
Genres and Forms
Albumen prints.
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Millie Betra Photograph,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1988.
Photographs
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| SC 898 | Millie Betra, "The Serpent Queen" | ||||||||||
| This cabinet card shows a full-length portrait of Betra, a young white woman with curly dark hair. She is standing, with her left hand on her hip and her right foot on a fake tree stump. No snakes. Text below reads "Millie Betra, the Serpent Queen." Text at left and right reads "with Ringling Bros." and "world's greatest shows." The photographer is J.V. Brown of Milwaukee. | |||||||||||