- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Tom Thumb Wedding
- Creator:
- Howe
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1900
- Subject:
- Weddings
Children--1900-1910
Clothing & dress
Entertainment--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Howell, Clark, 1894-1966
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of two unidentified children dressed as bride and groom at an event identified as a "Tom Thumb wedding" in Atlanta, Georgia. The wedding party included Clark Howell II, brother of Rosalie Howell of Atlanta, Georgia.
Victorian entertainment; pastimes; past times; Victorian traditions; Victorian Age; Victorian Era; Kids; Dress-up; Dress up; Plays; Kids role playing;
The Tom Thumb Wedding was a popular tradition and form of entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th century. The wedding involved children dressing as brides and grooms for a mock ceremony commemorating the wedding of Charles Sherwood Stratton, who performed for P.T. Barnum under the stage name, General Tom Thumb, and fellow performer, Lavinia Warren. Stratton and Warren married in Manhattan, New York on February 10th, 1863 in a lavish ceremony paid for by P.T. Barnum. President Abraham Lincoln held a wedding reception for the little couple at the White House. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4238b.001
ahc1704238b001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1598
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
