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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.

[Newspaper cutting (1865?) about appearances by Tom Thumb, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren at St. James's Hall].

Under the patronage of Her Majesty and the royal family : Gen. Tom Thumb : three levees daily at the Prince of Wales Bazaar, 209 Regent Street, near Conduit Street ... / Prince of Wales Bazaar.

General Tom Thumb : the American man in miniature ... at the Victoria Rooms, Hull, on Friday, Saturday, and Monday October 25, 26, and 28.

[Leaflet (1880?) advertising appearances by The Lilliputian Monarchs: the Australian General Tom Thumb and Commodore Knott at the Horns Assembly Rooms (Kennington, London, England). Printed on orange/yellow paper].

Charles S. Stratton, a dwarf known as General Tom Thumb, in his carriage. Lithograph.

General Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren : in the identical costumes worn before Emperor Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie, at the Palace of the Tuilleries, Nov. 29, 1864.

To General Tom Thumb : O little tiny Thumb, o little tiny Thumb, a precious little birch is pickling for your b---.

[Undated handbill advertising an appearance at Davidge's Royal Surrey Theatre (Lambeth, London) by the German Lilliputian Family and General Tom Thumb].

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].

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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

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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].