Tom Thumb Monument
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1949
- Description
Tom Thumb grave and monument. His real name is Charles Stratton. Barnum gave him the name of Tom Thumb when he first exhibited him at his American Museum in New York City. The monument was much higher but it had to be cut down when it was falling down. June 19, 1949.
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois State University
- Subjects
- Monuments
- Location
- Bridgeport (Conn.)
- Type
- image
- Format
- Color slides
- Rights
- In copyright
- Chicago citation style
- Tom Thumb Monument. 1949. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1509. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1949) Tom Thumb Monument. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1509
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1509>.