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Chang, Woo Gow, 1841-1893.

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Images from the collections

Images featuring Chang, Woo Gow, 1841-1893.

32 images from works
  • Chang, the great Fychow galop.
  • Royal Aquarium : Notice: the manager has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded arrangements with Chang, the great Chinese giant.
  • Royal Aquarium : Chang, the great Chinese giant : just arrived : admission one shilling.
  • [Undated handbill (August 1880?) advertising appearances at the Royal Aquarium, London by Chang, the vast Mongolian, accompanied by Henrik Brustad, the huge Norwegian, the Chinese Tom Thumb, the midget Adonis, the Anakites (giants) and midgets. Printed on off-white paper].
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's latest collection of living curiosities at the Piccadilly Hall, London, featuring General Tiny Mite and Chang, the great Chinese giant (24 February 1883?). ].
  • Royal Aquarium : on view with Wielands Realities!!! : Chang.
  • Chang, the Chinese giant : Brustad, the giant of Norway. Che-Mah, the Chinese Tom Thumb. Madaree, the real hindoo jadooger. And the midget prince 'Adonis' / Royal Aquarium, Westminster.
  • The Chinese giant ... : The Jenner monument at Boulogne.
  • [Handbill advertising appearances from Chang, the great Chinese Giant, and chung Mow, the tartar rebel dwarf, at the Egyptian Hall (Piccadilly, London)].
  • [Undated handbill (1880?) advertising appearances by Chang, the Fychow giant, at the Royal Aquarium, London accompanied by Henrik Brustad, the Norwegian giant].

Works from the collections

25 works

    • Ephemera

    Oversize ephemera. EPH+33.

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Handbill advertising appearances from Chang, the great Chinese Giant, and chung Mow, the tartar rebel dwarf, at the Egyptian Hall (Piccadilly, London)].

    | Date: 1865
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Royal Aquarium : Chang, the great Chinese giant : admission one shilling.

    | Date: [1880?]
    • Ephemera

    Freak shows ephemera. Box 3.

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Chang, the Chinese giant : Brustad, the giant of Norway. Che-Mah, the Chinese Tom Thumb. Madaree, the real hindoo jadooger. And the midget prince 'Adonis' / Royal Aquarium, Westminster.

    | Date: [approximately 1880?]

Related topics

Giants (Folklore)
Freak shows
London
Dwarfs (Persons)
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Gigantism
Twins, Conjoined
Dwarfism

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