Looking for a photo of a lumpy lady

July 7, 2020 2:19 PM

I'm trying to find a photo I've seen online several times, but Google has failed me.

The photograph is a b&w head shot picture of an late middle-aged/elderly lady, probably taken between 1940-1955. She seems to be suffering from neurofibromatosis, as her facial features are almost completely obscured by dozens and dozens of lumps and bumps of varying sizes. But she is smiling and her eyes are very kind.

Please help me find this picture.

posted by essexjan to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

Could this possibly be the Lady in the Radiator from Eraserhead?
posted by mr_roboto at 8:16 PM on July 7, 2020

Unlike Google, Tineye searches for an exact match to the photo you upload.
posted by Homer42 at 3:26 AM on July 8, 2020

Response by poster: Thank you, mr_robato, but it's not the Lady in the Radiator. This is a real person, not a fictional character.

Homer42, I don't understand how Tinyeye could help me search for a picture that I don't have a copy of. Could you explain further? The issue is that I am trying to find the picture from the description of it that I've given.
posted by essexjan at 5:06 AM on July 8, 2020

Is it this one?
posted by greta simone at 11:44 AM on July 8, 2020

Or maybe this? But it's from the 80s.
posted by greta simone at 11:48 AM on July 8, 2020

Response by poster: Thanks greta simone, those aren't her either.
posted by essexjan at 12:24 PM on July 8, 2020

This sounds so familiar to me! Maybe something on shorpy.com? I looked around on there but didn't find it.
posted by apricot at 11:21 AM on July 9, 2020