Lavinia Warren
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Mercy Lavinia Warren Stratton, known professionally as Lavinia Warren, was an American circus performer with proportionate dwarfism. She performed under the management of P. T. Barnum, toured in the U
Lavinia Warren c. 1860
The Fairy Wedding
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The purported baby of Lavinia Stratton and her husband General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb
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Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum.
Lavinia Warren
…began at age 16, Lavinia went to work as a miniature dancing chanteuse upon a Mississippi showboat owned by a cousin. She enjoyed performing, learned of Charles Stratton's (known as Tom Thumb) success, alongside the rest of the nation, and pursued a performing career as an adult. Under the management of showman P. T…
Stratton at 10 years of age
The wedding couple as they appeared on February 21, 1863, cover of Harper's Weekly magazine
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