P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb; ca. 1850.
Just for those who thought this picture seemed a little off and possibly some of Barnum’s, shall we say, “showmanship”, Tom Thumb is indeed a child in this photo… a 10 year-old child. He stopped growing at about 6 months old and didn’t start growing again until he was in his late teens when he “shot up” (by which I mean never stopped growing for the next 25 years) from about 2’5″ to 3’3″
This entry was posted on April 23, 2014 by Miep. It was filed under History, Photography, Weird and was tagged with AMERICA, black and white photography, Child, circus, Freak Show, Funny, General Tom Thumb, History, Interesting, P.T. Barnum, Photo, Photography, Tom Thumb, Weird.
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