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  • Swinborne's patent refined isinglass gelatine for invalids and confectionary purposes... / G.P. Swinborne ; Francis H. Leggett & Co., wholesale agents.
  • [Elephantiasis of the legs] : post card.
  • [Elephantiasis of the legs] : post card.
  • Carrie Holt.
  • Carrie Holt.
  • Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.
  • Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.
  • Maxi Schommer.
  • Maxi Schommer.
  • Post card : [2 views of a female midget with a baby next to a carved chair].
  • On exhibition at Sedgwick's Exhibition : the Norfolk Giant : the largest youth in the world... standing nearly 8 feet in height.
  • The Great Versatile Midgets, Leonard, Semon & Sonia and two yards of human assistance : in conjuring, bending, dancing, whistling, song and patter.
  • On exhibition at Sedgwick's Exhibition : the Norfolk Giant : the largest youth in the world... standing nearly 8 feet in height.
  • The Great Versatile Midgets, Leonard, Semon & Sonia and two yards of human assistance : in conjuring, bending, dancing, whistling, song and patter.
  • Miss Rosie (weight 36 stone) holding a bouquet of flowers
  • Crecraft's exhibition, 15 Tichborne Street : important engagement and great success of the giant sisters... Miss Minnie... Miss Eliza.
  • Hans and Gretel : tango midgets from Germany.
  • Hans and Gretel : tango midgets from Germany.
  • Glässner's Liliputaner.
  • Glässner's Liliputaner.
  • Fred Roper and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper and seven of his 20 wonder midgets.
  • Gruss von Hede.
  • "Little Nickoli" : the smallest comedy mystic man in the world.
  • "Little Nickoli" : the smallest comedy mystic man in the world.
  • Gruss von Hede.
  • Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.
  • Fred Roper and some of his British wonder midgets.
  • Souvenir from the Hungarian Fat Boy : age 18 years. Weight over 30 stone.
  • Souvenir from the Hungarian Fat Boy : age 18 years. Weight over 30 stone.