A period sixth plate ruby ambrotype copy of a carte de visite of General Tom Thumb and wife Lavinia Warren. Housed in a scroll Union case (Krainik-322), with a trimmed carte de visite of a young girl under the plate. Carte by Geo. G. Crane of Taunton, Mass., affixed on verso with a two cent revenue stamp initialed and dated 1866. The wedding of General Tom Thumb (real name Charles Stratton, 1838-1883) and Lavinia Warren (1841-1919) took place February 10, 1863. Arranged by their employer P.T. Barnum, the event was front page news across the United States -- despite the raging Civil War -- and also in Europe. 10,000 attended the reception, and President Lincoln even received the couple at the White House. Condition: Case with a small chip in one edge.
A period sixth plate ruby ambrotype copy of a carte de visite of General Tom Thumb and wife Lavinia Warren. Housed in a scroll Union case (Krainik-322), with a trimmed carte de visite of a young girl under the plate. Carte by Geo. G. Crane of Taunton, Mass., affixed on verso with a two cent revenue stamp initialed and dated 1866. The wedding of General Tom Thumb (real name Charles Stratton, 1838-1883) and Lavinia Warren (1841-1919) took place February 10, 1863. Arranged by their employer P.T. Barnum, the event was front page news across the United States -- despite the raging Civil War -- and also in Europe. 10,000 attended the reception, and President Lincoln even received the couple at the White House. Condition: Case with a small chip in one edge.
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