What was tom thumb

Barnum reaped enormous profits from exhibiting a number of "human curiosities" like Tom Thumb , whom he presented ostensibly for their educational and scientific value.

This daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's studio, shows the young Stratton in full-length portrait, standing on a table. This illustrated pamphlet promoted the life and marriage of Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren, two "human curiosities" exhibited by P.

Barnum at the American Museum. The pamphlet, probably sold at the American Museum and elsewhere, details the lives, courtship, and wedding of Stratton and Warren and includes lengthy excerpts from newspaper articles about their wedding.

From the Disability History Museum Library. This illustration is one of several from a pamphlet on the life and marriage of Charles Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb. This is one of a series of engraved cartes de visite printed and sold to commemorate the wedding of Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren.

Barnum exhibited Stratton and Warren at the American Museum and elsewhere, turning the pair into the best known "human curiosities" of the era. This engraving is from a pamphlet on the life of Charles Stratton, who, thanks to the promotion of P. Barnum, was known to the world as General Tom Thumb. Similar Luna Park — Who Knew? Trouble in the Connecticut Suburbs: Revolutionary Road. Rock and Roll vs. Launching of the USS Nautilus Other CT Humanities Programs. We could not locate your form.

Tom was smuggled ashore in his mother's arms as Barnum wanted to conceal his new marvel from the eyes of the non-paying public. Upon his arrival in England the British showmen were amazed that Barnum was hoping to attract so much business for simply exhibiting a dwarf.

However, Barnum in the shape of Tom Thumb, created a novelty act which would become one of the greatest attractions of the Victorian Era. Early appearances in London were not as successful as Barnum hoped so he arranged to exhibit Tom at perhaps the most famous sideshow venue in London in the nineteenth century, the Egyptian Hall.

Part natural history collection, sideshow and magic venue it would be the scene for many of the greatest sideshows and magic acts of the Victorian period.