M0015552: Show bill for an exhibition of "the Aztec Lilliputians" and "Earthmen or Erdmanniges"

Date:: December 1956

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/139/10

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0015543-M0015641WT/D/1/20/1/139
        M0015552: Show bill for an exhibition of "the Aztec Lilliputians" and "Earthmen or Erdmanniges"WT/D/1/20/1/139/10

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Show Bill- exhibition of Aztecs and Earthmen both groups of pigmies

Description

Advertisement for a show starring a group of purported Aztecs and South African Earthmen ranging between 2 foot 10 inches and 3.5 foot high, held 26 December 1853.

Publication/Creation

December 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.