Artoria Gibbons (also known by her stage name, Mrs. C.W. (Red) Gibbons) was an American tattooed lady.[1] She worked at carnival sideshows and at circuses for more than 35 years, including the Ringling, Barnum & Bailey Brothers Circus from 1921 to 1923 and the Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus in 1924.[2][3]
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- ^ Osterud, Amelia Klem (2008). "Gibbons, Artoria (1893-1985), tattooed lady". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001906. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 2021-03-19.