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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

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  • General Tom Thumb and wife : in the identical costumes worn before her majesty, Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, June 24, 1865.
  • General Tom Thumb : the celebrated American dwarf : exhibiting every day and evening, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
  • King of Lilliputians : the original and only Australian General Tom Thumb, the smallest well-formed man in the world... the world-famed court dwarf and jester, Commodore Knott.
  • [1934 cigarette card (no.25 in a series of 50 : Believe it or not) featuring Tom Thumb, who had kissed 1,500,00 women in 3 years. From Carreras high class cigarettes (Arcadia Works, London)].
  • Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" in their wedding costume.
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    An account of the life ... of Charles S. Stratton : the American in miniature, known as General Tom Thumb, 25 years old, 25 inches high, and weighing only 15 pounds. With some account of ... dwarfs / [Tom Thumb].

    Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883. | Date: 1845
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