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[Small, undated handbill printed in red on yellow paper advertising Japanese Tommy at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, London].

Japanese Tommy : the celebrated negro comedian and burlesque prima donna, the most wonderful specimen of black humanity in existence, thirty-five years of age, and only thirty-six inches high, "The Tom Thumb of Africa", will appear at each presentation.

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Japanese Tommy.

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[Small, undated handbill printed in red on yellow paper advertising Japanese Tommy at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, London].

Japanese Tommy : the celebrated negro comedian and burlesque prima donna, the most wonderful specimen of black humanity in existence, thirty-five years of age, and only thirty-six inches high, "The Tom Thumb of Africa", will appear at each presentation.