Photograph
Category
Ephemera
Date
1863
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
261 x 212 mm
Order this imageCollection
National Trust Carriage Museum
NT 272713
Summary
Postcard of Charles Stratton (1838–1883), also known as 'General Tom Thumb' and his wife, Mercy Lavinia Warren Stratton, née Bump (1842 –1919) on their wedding day in 1863 together with George Washington Morrison Nutt, also known as 'Commodore Nutt' (best man) and Miss Minnie Warren (bridesmaid). Stratton was born in the United States in Bridgeport, Connecticut on 4 January 1838, and died on 15 July 1883 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Ultimately growing to a height of 40 inches (1 metre), he became famous under the name 'General Tom Thumb' while touring the United States and Europe as a star of P.T. Barnum’s ‘American Museum’.
Marks and inscriptions
Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb on their Wedding Day in 1863