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Midgets wedding : George Stoddart, age 32 years, Eva Crane, age 27 years.

Fred Roper and his wonder midgets.

Fred Roper and his 20 wonder midgets : Edith Rollason, 19 years, 32 inches high : Jack Bacon, 18 years, 31 inches high.

Fred Roper's wonderful midgets : Fred Roper and Little Lady Godiva : 18 years old, 34 in. high, 29 1/2 lbs weight.

Morris Gest's Little Miracle Town : with the world's greatest midget artistes : New York World's Fair.

Fred Roper and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.

Fred Roper and the wonder midgets : souvenir / [by Fred Roper].

Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.

All about the midgets / by Fred Roper.

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Fred Roper and his 20 wonder midgets : Edith Rollason, 19 years, 32 inches high : Jack Bacon, 18 years, 31 inches high.

Fred Roper and his wonder midgets.

Fred Roper and the wonder midgets : souvenir / [by Fred Roper].

Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.

All about the midgets / by Fred Roper.