Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account

Roper, Fred.

On this page

  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Roper, Fred.

8 images from works
  • Fred Roper and his wonder midgets.
  • 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 and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper and seven of his 20 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 and some of his British wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.

Images featuring Roper, Fred.

22 images from works
  • Midgets wedding : George Stoddart, age 32 years, Eva Crane, age 27 years.
  • Fred Roper and his wonder midgets.
  • 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.
  • Midgets wedding : George Stoddart, age 32 years, Eva Crane, age 27 years.
  • Fred Roper's midgets : the bridal party : Winnie Yelland, 24 years old, 43 in. high and James McLeod, 26 years old, 5ft. 11in. high.
  • Fred Roper and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper with one of his midgets : John Tweedlie McPherson : age 19, height 40 inches.
  • Fred Roper's wonderful midgets : Fred Roper with General Rollason: 2 ft. 10 in. high. 18 years old.

Works from the collections

Works by this person
Works by this person
Works featuring this person
Works featuring this person

6 works

    • Ephemera
    • Online

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

    Roper, Fred. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Fred Roper and his wonder midgets.

    Roper, Fred. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Books

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

    Roper, Fred. | Date: [1938]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.

    Roper, Fred. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Books

    All about the midgets / by Fred Roper.

    Roper, Fred | Date: [1934?]

Related topics

Dwarfism
Dwarfs (Persons)
Freak shows
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Weddings

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 16:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence