-
Search within Results
-
Content-Type
-
Collection
Refined by:
Subject: Shoes Collection: Digital Dress Collection Subject: Mules (Shoes) Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Subject: Mules (Shoes) Subject: Thumb, Tom , 1838-1883 Collection: Digital Dress Collection-
Mules, about 1870
Mrs. Tom Thumb (1841-1918), was known variously as Lavinia Warren, Countess M. Lavinia Magri, and Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump. She was a dwarf who stood just 32 inches high. Lavinia Warren went under contract to P.T. Barnum in 1862, who indulged her preferences for fine clothing and jewelry.She married Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton, 1838-1883) in 1863 and the two toured with P.T. Barnum's Circus until Thumb's death in 1883. These fine slippers offer an indication of her size (very small) and style (…