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Dwarfism

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Growth Disorders

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Images from the collections

Images about Dwarfism

147 images from works
  • Royal Court Midgets.
  • General Tom Thumb and wife : in the identical costumes worn before her majesty, Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, June 24, 1865.
  • Harold Pyott : the English midget ; aged 34 years, height 23 inches, weight 24 lbs.
  • Horns Assembly Rooms, Kennington : for one day only... Admiral Tom Trump will hold receptions at the above rooms on Monday next, Oct. 11.
  • Glässner's Liliputaner.
  • Hank, world's tallest bartender, 7 ft 8 inches : Terry, world's shortest bartender, 4ft 11 inches : see us at Bradley's 5 and 10, longest bar in the world : Fillmore Street, between Geary & Post, San Francisco.
  • Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.
  • The Zeynard's Liliput-Speciality Troupe : [evening dress].
  • Glässner's Liliputaner.
  • Van Albert : der gröbte Mann, 24 Jahre alt : Seppetoni, der kleinste Mann, 29 Jahre alt.
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Works from the collections

144 works

    • Ephemera

    Oversize ephemera. EPH+33.

    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0012306: Ancient Peruvian pots showing various medical conditions

    | Date: February 1952 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/109/94
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Extract of a letter from John Browning Esq., of Barton-Hill near Bristol, to Mr Henry Baker, F.R.S., concerning a dwarf.

    Browning, John, active 1751. | Date: 1773
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Royal Aquarium : Adonis, the African midgit on view with Wielands Realities.

    | Date: [1885?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Peter and Paul : the smallest men on Earth : John Lester's Midgets, Midget Town, the Tower, Blackpool.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
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Related topics

Dwarfs (Persons)
Freak shows
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Women
Roper, Fred.
Giants (Folklore)
General Tom Thumb
Spinal Dysraphism
Arthrogryposis
Tuberous Sclerosis

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