Midget Exhibit Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display |
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| Author:
| Martin, Mary L.
Skinner, Tina |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7643-2114-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the unusual.
In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the unusual.