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Visual Still Information
| Title: | Bridal Cake | |
| From: | Sketch Of The Life, Personal Appearance, Character And Manners Of Charles S. Stratton, The Man In Miniature, Known As General Tom Thumb, And His Wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton; Including The History Of Their Courtship And Marriage, With Some Account Of Remarkable Dwarfs, Giants, & Other Human Phenomena, Of Ancient And Modern Times, And Songs Given At Their Public Levees | |
| Original caption: | General Tom Thumb's Bridal Cake, manufactured by Barmore, 700 Broadway.; Diamond Ear-rings from the little General to his wife. Also the Wedding Ring. | |
| Creator: | n/a | |
| Date: | 1863 | |
| Format: | Illustration | |
| Publisher: | Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, New York | |
| Source: | Robert Bogdan Collection | |
| Keywords: | Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb; Employment; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Exhibits; Labor; Lavinia Warren; Marriage; MASS MEDIA, CULTURE & THE ARTS; Media; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; Publicity; Short Stature |
Objects From This Artifact:
- Basket Of Fruit (still)
- Bridal Cake (still)
- Bridal Presents (still)
- Diamond-studded Watch (still)
- Diamond Bracelets, Coral Brooch, And Earrings (still)
- Diamond Necklace (still)
- Fight Between Gen. Tom Thumb And the Queen's Poodle (still)
- General Tom Thumb And P.T. Barnum (still)
- Mechanical Bird And Box (still)
- Sketch Of The Life, Personal Appearance, Character And Manners Of Charles S. Stratton, The Man In Miniature, Known As General Tom Thumb, And His Wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton; Including The History Of Their Courtship And Marriage, With Some Account Of Remarkable Dwarfs, Giants, & Other Human Phenomena, Of Ancient And Modern Times, And Songs Given At Their Public Levees (doc)
- Sketch Of The Life Of General Tom Thumb, Cover (still)
- Tom Thumb's Residence (still)
- Wedding Scene (still)
