Stage name of Charles S. Stratton, internationally famous “little person” through his work for PT Barnum
He was married to Livinia Warren in 1863, and received by Abraham Lincoln at the White House afterwards. At the time, he stood 2 feet 9 inches tall. Great carte-de-visite photograph showing Tom Thumb, his wife Livinia, and their friends and fellow Barnum performers "Commodore" Nutt and Minnie Warren
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