General Tom Thumb - Wikipedia
Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name " General Tom Thumb ", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a …
General Tom Thumb: P.T. Barnum's 3-Foot Sideshow Performer
2018年9月24日 · General Tom Thumb only stood about three feet, four inches tall. But he made a huge impact during his life as a 19th-century sideshow performer promoted by P.T. Barnum. …
The real Tom Thumb and the birth of celebrity - BBC News
2014年11月25日 · In the winter of 1842, legendary showman PT Barnum was stranded in Stratton's hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut. His New York based "freak shows" were …
Biography of General Tom Thumb, Sideshow Performer
2008年1月4日 · General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton, January 4, 1838–July 15, 1883) was an unusually small man who, when promoted by the great showman Phineas T. …
Tom Thumb Exhibit - City University of New York
At age four Charles Sherwood Stratton became General Tom Thumb, an immediately popular attraction at Barnum's American Museum. This daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's …
General Tom Thumb, Embraced by barnum at age four, Renamed “tom thumb …
Best known by the stage name General Tom Thumb, American entertainer and dwarf Charles Stratton (1838–1883) became an international sensation as crowds around the globe gawked …
P.T. Barnum Discovers "Tom Thumb," 1842 - EyeWitness to History
In 1842 Barnum discovered one of his most famous and profitable attractions, a diminutive child of five from Bridgeport, Connecticut named Charles Stratton. Barnum successfully persuaded the …
P.T. Barnum and Charles Sherwood Stratton (Tom Thumb) c.
Among P.T. Barnum's greatest feats of showmanship was transforming a tiny four-year old Bridgeport, Connecticut, boy named Charles Stratton into an international celebrity known as …
General Tom Thumb & the “Fairy Wedding” - The Barnum Museum
2018年2月27日 · When Charles Stratton (General Tom Thumb) married Lavinia Warren Bump in February 1863, the "Fairy Wedding" was the society event of New York.
The P.T. Barnum of the Barnum and Bailey Circus - Tom Thumb …
Determined to make the most of the occasion, Mr. Barnum put a placard on the door of the Egyptian Hall: "Closed this evening, General Tom Thumb being at Buckingham Palace by …