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Piccadilly Hall (London, England)

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  • 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.
  • Farewell proclamation of Uffner's Royal American midgets / Piccadilly Hall.
  • Extraordinary attraction! : commencing Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 17th 1885 engagement of the greatest living curiosity the world has ever produced: Miss Millie Christine the Carolina twin : now on her farewell tour, so 'tis your last opportunity of seeing her ... the famous two headed nightingale ... to appear twice daily, in conjunction with Harvey's Midges the smallest people in the world ... / Piccadilly Hall.

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  • The Royal American Midgets at the Piccadilly Hall : afternoon 2 till 5, evening 7 till 9.
  • [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 Frank Uffner's latest collection of living curiosities at the Piccadilly Hall, London, featuring General Tiny Mite and Chang, the great Chinese giant (24 February 1883?). ].
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London ("The midgets, 'two little to earth-quakes')].
  • [Undated handbill (June 1886?) advertising an exhibition of "King Theebaw's Burmese sacred family". "Piccadilly Hall" has been overprinted with "Royal Aquarium"].
  • 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.
  • [Small handbill advertising Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, and Harvey's Midges (smallest people in the world), appearing at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
  • The Royal American Midgets daily... : 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.
  • Piccadilly Hall on and after Monday, Sept. 4th : Royal American Midgets : Miss Millie Edwards... two receptions daily... / Piccadilly Hall.
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    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.

    | Date: 1880
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Extraordinary attraction! : commencing Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 17th 1885 engagement of the greatest living curiosity the world has ever produced: Miss Millie Christine the Carolina twin : now on her farewell tour, so 'tis your last opportunity of seeing her ... the famous two headed nightingale ... to appear twice daily, in conjunction with Harvey's Midges the smallest people in the world ... / Piccadilly Hall.

    | Date: 1885
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Farewell proclamation of Uffner's Royal American midgets / Piccadilly Hall.

    | Date: 1881

Related topics

Dwarfs (Persons)
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Flynn, Francis Joseph, 1864-1898.
London
Uffner, Francis M.
Zarate, Lucia, 1864-1890.
Freak shows
Edwards, Millie, 1867-
Piccadilly (London, England)
Harvey's Midges

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