- Harold Pyott. Le plus petit homme du monde.
Harold Pyott (1887-1937), a Stockport native, was a well-known British sideshow performer. With a height of ca. 58 cm he was slightly smaller than the famous American Tom Thumb. His nicknames included “Tiny Tim”, “The English Midget” and “The Living Doll”.
- L’Homme le plus petit du monde vous souhaite une bonne année. Baron Paucci de Messine, 19 ans, 62 centimètres, 7 kilogrammes 800.
Baron Paucci, incorrectly advertised as “the smallest man on earth”, was apparently employed by Dreamland Circus Side Show at Coney Island.
- Nouveau cirque, 251, rue-St-Honore Galerie des Phénomènes, La Poupée Vivante.
- M. Bagonghy. Le plus petit ecuyer du monde. Age de 22 ans, son poids: 20 kilos.
- M. Bagonghy. Le plus petit ecuyer du monde. Age de 22 ans, son poids: 20 kilos.
- Andenken an Prinzessin Elisabeth.
Crease in the lower left hand corner.
Elisabeth performed in Friedrich Wilhelm (Willy) Siebold’s side show in Germany. She died in 1937.
- “Tom Pouce II” chez Bostock. Le plus petit adulte du monde.
Two creases in lower right and left hand corner.
- Chiquita. Bostock Hippodrome.
Used as a postcard. The front with annotation: “Souvenir du 1 Avril 1904”, sent to a “mademoiselle” in Paris. Crease in the upper right hand corner.
Her real name was Alize Espiridiona Cenda del Castillo (1869 – 1945), a singer and performer from Cuba. Cuban author Antonio Orlando Rodríguez wrote a novel about her.
- L’homme miniature, unique au monde entier.
The front with an annotation: “Souvenir d’une visite a Bosto[c]k Eugénie”.
- Minola (with blindstamp of “studio A. Pasta Torino”.
Circus side show performers: Set of 10 postcards of dwarfs
[Circus - Freaks - Dwarfs]
Set of 10 circus postcards showing dwarfs.
France, Germany and Italy, early 20th century.
Overall well preserved, and all but one not used as a postcard.