General Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren : in the identical costumes worn before Emperor Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie, at the Palace of the Tuilleries, Nov. 29, 1864.

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General Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren : in the identical costumes worn before Emperor Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie, at the Palace of the Tuilleries, Nov. 29, 1864. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Postcard showing Charles Sherwood Stratton as General Tom Thumb, standing with his wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton, Minnie Warren and G.W. McNutt. Facsimiles of their signatures are on the reverse. The card would probably have been sold as a souvenir at places where they were exhibited as part of a freak or variety show.

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New York : E & H.T. Anthony & Co., [1864?]

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1 sheet : illustrations, portraits ; 7 x 11 cm

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E & H.T. Anthony & Co, manufacturers of the best photographic albums, 591 Broadway, New York.

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