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[drlaferriere]

#Daily #Drawing #Challenge for #March #10 #Brothers #Grimm #Challenge #Tom #Thumb ————— @inebriart6 #inebriart #brothersgrimm #tomthumb #theme #artist #penandink #dailysketch #draweveryday #drawingprompt #drawingChallenge #dailydrawing #drawingcontest #cartoon #character #draweveryday #artsy #art #artistsofinstagram #AdobeFresco #artsyfartsy (at Attleboro, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpqUh3TPcRt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chappythegardener]

Tom Thumb Lettuce Seeds

Grow your own salad bar! With Tom Thumb Lettuce Seeds, you can grow delicious, healthy lettuce right in your own backyard. These heirloom seeds are Non-GMO, so you can feel good about what you're feeding your family. Grow the freshest, most delicious lettuce with Tom Thumb Lettuce Seeds, Heirloom. This NON GMO seed is a great choice for those looking to cultivate their own heirloom variety of lettuce right in their garden. With its traditional and unique flavor profile that has been passed down through generations, you'll be sure to enjoy this leafy green treat. Read the full article

[yatescountyhistorycenter]

The night Tom Thumb came to town

By Jonathan Monfiletto

The Yates County History Center is fortunate to have an extensive collection of digitized photographs along with a thorough index of this collection to quickly and easily locate photos depicting all kinds of history. It is just as quick and easy to get lost in a magical experience of virtual time traveling through this collection.

Boy, did I go down some rabbit holes recently. We tend to turn to this collection for our social media posts since the photos are already scanned and digitized. I accessed the collection looking for a couple of specific items I wanted to use for posts, but as I browsed through the index and then scrolled through the photos, I caught myself finding even more things I wanted to share in posts.

And that is how I discovered General Tom Thumb and his company made at least one appearance in Penn Yan, on April 20, 1864. I found two photos of General Tom Thumb – one of him with his wife, Lavinia Warren, and another of him with his company, which included Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren along with Lavinia Warren. I assume those photos are from that appearance.

Using our collection of digitized newspapers, I found an advertisement in the April 7, 1864 edition of the Yates County Chronicle that promoted a performance by General Tom Thumb and his company – “the four smallest human beings, of mature age, ever known on the face of the globe,” according to the advertisement – on Wednesday, April 20, 1864 at Washington Hall in Penn Yan.

According to the advertisement, there would be two performances – from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and from 7:30 to 9 p.m. – with doors opening a half hour in advance each time. Admission cost 25 cents, with children under 10 years of age charged 15 cents.

According to ConnecticutHistory.org, General Tom Thumb was born Charles Sherwood Stratton on January 4, 1838 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Seven months after his birth, Charles’ growth slowed dramatically and he reached only 3 feet in height during his lifetime. His diminutive stature helped make him famous around the world.

P.T. Barnum discovered and hired Stratton at age 4 for Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, and the boy performed various comedy and musical routines. Seeking greater publicity, Barnum changed the boy’s name and added years to his age, promoting 11-year-old General Tom Thumb as an entertainer from Europe. Tom Thumb soon began touring the United States as the smallest man alive.

On February 10, 1863, 25-year-old Stratton married Lavinia Warren, a fellow Barnum performer. Following their honeymoon in Washington, D.C. – where they received an invitation from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln – the Strattons embarked on a three-year tour performing in more than 580 cities around the world. It was likely during this tour that General Tom Thumb came to Penn Yan.

The Chronicle advertisement describes the company this way: “Here are a Married Couple, a Bachelor and Belle, all four weighing but 100 lbs., perfect in form and features. The world never saw anything half so wonderful! No larger than so many babies!”

The Lost Museum Archive, a virtual recreation of Barnum’s American Museum, notes exhibitions of people with disabilities or abnormalities would be considered offensive and inappropriate in today’s culture, but such presentations “were not uncommon in mid and late nineteenth-century popular culture.” Barnum “reaped enormous profits” by exhibiting and presenting these human curiosities such as Tom Thumb, whom he taught to sing, dance, and imitate famous people and who both performed at the American Museum and toured the world as one of the best-known midgets.

In Penn Yan, according to the advertisement, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren would open their act wearing the wedding costumes they wore on the day they got married, a little more than a year before at that point. The copy goes on to describe the various characters and acts each of the four performers would present: “They will appear in a great variety of fascinating performances and costumes.”

Adding to their performances, the four performers would ride through the streets of Penn Yan, according to the advertisement, in “a magnificent miniature coach … no larger than a ‘bushel basket,’ drawn by four of the smallest ponies in the world and attended by elfin coachman and footman in livery” and would ride to and from the hall and their hotel in this coach. Also, “the rich, rare and costly wedding presents, also the magnificent jewels presented … by the crowned heads of Europe” would be exhibited at each performance.

According to ConnecticutHistory.org, Tom Thumb performed with his wife and remained popular until his death on July 15, 1883 at age 45. Lavinia lived for another 36 years and died in 1919. The couple is buried together in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

[tv21pollshowdown]

Bonus poll

I've just realised we've all three of Troy's dream episodes in Round2Group A. Cool caveman, raptures of the Deep and TomThumb Tempest. And the clip show aquanaut of the Year.

Also do you have favourite out of the three?

[tactical-tomthvmb]

hello tomthumb

👉👈

-@pinterest-real

Hi, do you need something?

[brucedinsman]

C.H. Spurgeon - Words of Warning for Daily Living

“Though One Rose from the Dead”They do not exercise their judgments at all. Thinking is such hard work for themthat they never trouble themselves at all about it. Now, if a man were to rise from thedead tomorrow these people would never be startled. Yes, yes, they would go andsee him once, just as they go and see any other curiosity, the living skeleton, or TomThumb; they would talk about him a…

[marvelman901]

Squadron Supreme . 1st - 4th slide is from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v3 28 (1993) by Keith Pollard and Josef Rubinstein. . See my YouTube-channel for more details about the characters! . #marvel #squadronsupreme #comics #90s #superhero #keithpollard #hyperion #josefrubinstein #alexross #tomthumb #nighthawk #shape #doctorspectrum #skylark #powerprincess #whizzer #haywire #moonglow https://www.instagram.com/p/COREUGbheBi/?igshid=18vw8w6yuuxgb

[oldillustrations]

Leslie Brooke’s Children’s Books

The Three Little Pigs and Tom Thumb. Written and Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.

F Warne & Co.

London and New York

Undated, but circa 1905

[jfsanta]

Bridgeport, Connecticut‼️ #god #bridgeport #abba #Connecticut #jesus #parkcity #holyspirirt #tomthumb #charlesstratton #mountgrovecemetery #sunset #deer #faith #hope #love #video #peace #videooftheday #photooftheday #harmony #outdoors #hiking #biking #joy #happy #Franciscan #Stratford https://www.instagram.com/p/CZsThmKv2zd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[peeperspuntersandpedants]

FROM THE ARCHIVE 2016: Celebrating Jasleen Kaur & ‘Langar’ an artist partnership @ Hantverk & Found. 

An Artist Led Walk by Julia Riddiough with Architect David Kitt featuring artist Jasleen Kaur Margate Festival 2016

Sightseeking or Siteseeking?

An artist and architect led tour of Margate and Cliftonville. Artist Julia Riddiough will share local knowledge about artists and artist practices, laced with history and the odd artful anecdote, alongside lashings of architectural asides from architect David Kitt. Beginning in Central Margate the walk will weave its way to Cliftonville, with a stop at Hantverk & Found where Jasleen Kaur will share and introduce her project; ‘Floor, Wall, Garage, Magazine Rack’ and specifically, a Langar experience. Langar is a Sikh practice where food is served free of charge to all visitors, without distinction of background. It focuses on equality, with everyone sharing the tasks of preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning.

[kimieye]

Drawlloween 2021 Day 11: Tom Thumb Synopsis: Tiny boy has big adventures, consistently gets eaten by cows. was not really interested in a tiny man. So I drew a big toad. @nata_vedana #witchart #illustration #drawlloween #drawlloween2021 #grimmstober #grimmsfairytales #fairytales #fairytaleillustration #drawingpromptlist #fuckinktober #digital @procreate #tomthumb (at Allston–Brighton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU85KJUIKWm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[twoconchs]

@twoconchs Stopping by the Tom @mytomthumbstore on our way back to Marathon with the new whip @yellowfinyachtsoffshore @yellowfin_life #twoconchs #tomthumb #floridakeys (at Key Largo, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGKwc8lu_n/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tv21pollshowdown]

While we wait for the tiebreaker to finish up here's the rosta for the next round.

Group A

Trapped in the Depths vs Aquanaut of the Year.

Secret of the Giant Oyster Vs TomThumb Tempest

Easten Eclipse/Loch Ness Monster. VS The Invaders/Plant of Doom

Rescue from the Skies Vs Hostages of the Deep.

Stingray (pilot) VS Subterranean Sea

Titan goes Pop. VS Raptures of the Deep.

The Light House Dwellers Vs The Cool Cave Man.

The Master Plan. Vs The Ghost of the Sea.

Group B

The Big Gun. / Deep Heat VS Tune of Danger

Stand by for Action. vs The Man from the Navy.

Nut for Marineville. VS The Golden Sea /Set Sail For Adventure

Christmas To Remember. Vs Sea of Oil.

Emergency Marineville. Vs In Search of the Tajmanon.

An Echo of Danger. vs Treasure Down Below.

The Ghost Ship. Vs Marineville Traitor.

Invisible Enermy Vs Count Down.

There will be a abstain/show results option this round and next unless in the event of another tie breaker week.

Edit updated for tie breaker. Group A Votes start Saturday

[juanbjuan]

Tom Thumb Retouching illustration #illustration #juanbjuanillustration #classictale #Tomthumb #classictale #bookillustration #fairytale #juanbjuan #pulgarcito #sparrow #sleeping #ilustracioninfantil #giant #cuento #birds #pillow https://www.instagram.com/p/COhYKXoDdVB/?igshid=1jrfkymj9wyis

[goldenweek]

Tom Thumb Food, a cultural heritage in Eastern North Carolina

Tom thumb food is a cultural relic In eastern North Carolina. The reason why I can say that is because this type of food is more than just sausage and has also been around for a long time especially in eastern North Carolina.

Until about forty years ago, saving meat for winter was an important annual ritual in the rural South. One type of sausage that you can find in this place is tom thumb. Therefore, it is a cultural heritage and must be preserved until now.

[oldillustrations]

Leslie Brooke’s Children’s Books

The Three Little Pigs and Tom Thumb. Written and Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.

F Warne & Co.

London and New York

Undated, but circa 1905