Name/Title
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb and 2 other couples, 1890sEntry/Object ID
1978.8.1Description
ACC. NO. 78.8.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY:
DATE OR PERIOD: 1890's
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: CABINET SIZE. SEPIA TINT. SUBJECT, 6 MIDGETS
BASE OF PHOTO, SIGNED WENDT, BOONTON, N.J. IVORY PROCESS.
SIZE: 6 1/2" X 4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF TOM THUMB & WIFE (STANDING ON TABLE) WITH TWO OTHER COUPLES, UNKNOWN. FAMOUS MIDGETS OF THE VICTORIAN PERIOD, GENERAL TOM THUMB & WIFE VISITED FASSKING GARDEN (GRAND STREET), ALAMEDA, IN THE EARLY 1870's.
THE PHOTO BELONGED TO THE DR. TWICHELL FAMILY, EARLIEST RESIDING DOCTOR IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
ACQUIRED FROM:
JUANITA HENDRICKSON
DATE: JULY 23, 1978
