Date: 8/17/22
BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and Fortune
A New Play for the General - Episode 6
P. T. Barnum’s famous protegee Charles Stratton, known to the world as Gen. Tom Thumb, was quite a young child when he was first introduced to European audiences in the mid-1840s. Though he was 5, 6, and 7 over the three-year tour, Barnum billed him as five or six years older to make his diminutive stature seem all the more impressive.
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- A New Play for the General
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- Arranging All the Affairs
https://barnum-museum.org/arranging-all-the-affairs/
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