Famous stars of P T Barnum's 19th century shows - Commodore Nutt, Lavinia Warren, unidentified "giant" + General Tom Thumb.
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Portrait photo circa 1860 of the tiny stars of P T Barnum's 19th century shows standing alongside a "giant". Pictured left to right are Commodore Nutt, Miss Lavinia Warren, the unidentified giant man and General Tom Thumb. General Tom Thumb was the famous stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 – 1883), a dwarf who grew to a height of just 102cm (3.3ft) and weighed 32kg (71lb). He married fellow dwarf Lavinia Warren in 1863 and over 10, 000 people attended his funeral when he died suddenly of a stroke at the age of 45. Lavinia (1841 - 1919), born Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, had a form of proportionate dwarfism caused by a pituitary disorder and lived until her late 70s. Commodore Nutt was the stage name of George Washington Morrison Nutt (1844 - 1881) and he was best man at Stratton's wedding. He was just 36 inches (91cm) tall when he went to work for Barnum and was often advertised as "The smallest man in the world" but grew to a height of 43 inches (109cm) during his lifetime. Photo by Mathew B Brady.