A low degraded specimen of the human…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

A low degraded specimen of the human race, a Mexican squaw, takes up her station at the front of the postoffice building nearly every evening, and importunes gentlemen passing along the sidewalk. When no heed is paid to her solicitations, the passerby is saluted with imprecations delivered in an undertone. She has done time before in the city bastile, and should be sent up for a good long term.