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A Fun Paper Doll Link

The 1863 wedding of “General” Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton, off-stage) and Miss Lavinia Warren, both headliners with Barnum’s “American Museum”, attracted tremendous amounts of media attention. Newspaper articles detailed elements of Miss Warren’s trousseau, the fashionable clothing made to fit her 32″, 29 pound figure was displayed and photographed, and thousands thronged the reception to greet the happy couple after the ceremony.

Harpers Fairy Wedding

Harper’s Weekly engraving of the “Fairy Wedding”

We share here a link to one set of delightful paper dolls in the likeness of Mrs Tom Thumb.

For a bit more about the “Thumbs”, click here.

A tidy sampling of the media furor surrounding their wedding can be found here.

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Elizabeth Stewart Clark has been absorbed by the mid-19th century for over 20 years. She makes her home in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, four children (from wee to not-so-wee), far too many musical instruments, and five amusing hens.

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