The diamond wedding [and] Tom Thumb's wedding : Scrapbook, 1859-1864.

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The diamond wedding [and] Tom Thumb's wedding : Scrapbook, 1859-1864.

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Contains newspaper clippings describing two celebrated public weddings in New York: the "Diamond Wedding" of Miss Frances A. Bartlett to Don Esteban Santa Cruz de Oviedo, October 13, 1859; and the wedding of the famous dwarf, General Tom Thumb to Miss Lavinia Warren, February 10, 1863. Includes poems The Diamond Wedding, (excerpt from Poems, Lyrical and Idyllic) by Clarence Edmund Stedman, and The Pigmies and the Priests; newspaper illustrations; cartoons of dwarf couple; and, 9 mounted photos of Gen. Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, published by E. & H.T. Anthony, N.Y., from photographic negatives by Brady.

1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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