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The Royal American Midgets at the Piccadilly Hall : afternoon 2 till 5, evening 7 till 9.

[Leaflet advertising the "midgets' return to London":  General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, adjoining the Royal Aquarium, London (1882?). It has a cartoon of General Mite being arrested by two policemen].

[Newspaper cutting advertising the Royal American Midgets:  General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's American Midgets: Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London, 22 November 1880. Printed on white paper].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London ("The midgets, 'two little to earth-quakes')].

Commencing Monday, Nov. 22nd, 1880 : the smallest man and woman in the world! Frank Uffner's Midgets ... Miss Lucia Zarate, the smallest woman in the world ... General Mite, the smallest man in the world ... / Piccadilly Hall.

Midgets farewell to London : reduction of prices on or after Monday, January 31st, 1881 ... Uffner's Royal American Midgets, the smallest people in the world.

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's American Midgets: Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London. Printed on white paper].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's American Midgets: Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London. Printed on green paper].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Uffner's Royal American Midgets: General Mite and Lucia Zarate at the Piccadilly Hall, London. Shows the General standing on a table covered by a cloth].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's American Midgets: Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London. Printed on yellow paper].

Frank Uffner's marvellous midgets : the only midgets, the world's wonders! : Piccadilly Hall, opposite St. James's Church, Piccadilly : commencing Monday, Nov 22nd ...

[Newspaper cutting (4 July 1882) advertising the Royal American Midgets:  General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on pink paper].

Frank Uffner's American Midgets : actual comparative life size.

[Leaflet with a poem about General Mite and Millie Edwards : 'Midgets at home', advertising the Royal American Midgets:  General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (December 1882)].

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Flynn, Francis Joseph, 1864-1898.

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Images featuring Flynn, Francis Joseph, 1864-1898.

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Frank Uffner's marvellous midgets : the only midgets, the world's wonders! : Piccadilly Hall, opposite St. James's Church, Piccadilly : commencing Monday, Nov 22nd ...

[Newspaper cutting (4 July 1882) advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on pink paper].

Frank Uffner's American Midgets : actual comparative life size.

[Leaflet with a poem about General Mite and Millie Edwards : 'Midgets at home', advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (December 1882)].

Flynn, Francis Joseph, 1864-1898.

Images from the collections

Images featuring Flynn, Francis Joseph, 1864-1898.

Works from the collections

Frank Uffner's marvellous midgets : the only midgets, the world's wonders! : Piccadilly Hall, opposite St. James's Church, Piccadilly : commencing Monday, Nov 22nd ...

[Newspaper cutting (4 July 1882) advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London].

[Leaflet advertising appearances by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on pink paper].

Frank Uffner's American Midgets : actual comparative life size.

[Leaflet with a poem about General Mite and Millie Edwards : 'Midgets at home', advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (December 1882)].

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