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General Tom Thumb

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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.
  • [Newspaper cutting (1865?) about appearances by Tom Thumb, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren at St. James's Hall].
  • [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].
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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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Dwarfs (Persons)
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Freak shows
Egyptian Hall (London, England)
Dwarfism
Piccadilly (London, England)
Lavinia Warren
Nutt, George Washington Morrison, 1844-1881.
Bump, Minnie Warren, 1842-1878.
Victoria

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