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An average-sized Filipino woman stands next to two short-statured Filipinos.
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Title: "Filipino Midgets"
Original caption: Filipino Midgets
Smallest Living Adults in the World.
Miss Martina de la Cruz; age 36; height, 27 inches.
Mr. Juan de la Cruz; age 32; height, 29 inches.
Mrs. Gregoria de la Cruz; age, 21; an average size Filipino lady, wife of the midget man.
Creator: n/a
Date: Circa 1905
Format: Photograph
Source: Syracuse Univ. Library, Special Collections
Control no.: Ronald G. Becker Collection of Chas. Eisenmann Photographs, Box 3
Location: No.1001
Keywords: Entertainment; Freak Show; Gregoria De La Cruz; Juan De La Cruz; Martina De La Cruz; Philippines; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; Portrait; Short Stature; Side Show
Topics: n/a