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- General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, 1863-1870 - The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren to circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. Publishers distributed cartes-de-visite featuring the famous couple. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- 1863-1870
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General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, 1863-1870
The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren to circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. Publishers distributed cartes-de-visite featuring the famous couple. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.