Midget Exhibit
Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display
Will be published approx. on 16. October 2004
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-7643-2114-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the unusual.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
22 images
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-2114-6 (9780764321146)
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Persons
Mary L. Martin Postcards is a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. E. Ashley Rooney has written many non-fiction books on architecture, interior design, and gardens, especially in New England where she lives. Tina Skinner has authored and edited numerous books on architecture and design.