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Photographs of circus performers, including Tom Thumb, circus set-up, etc. (# 1-14, 16)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.068.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1920s Pagination: 15 photographs Order a Copy

Three carte de visites, two of Tom Thumb and wife. Twelve cabinet cards featuring various circus performers, most wearing street clothes.

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