Circus side show performers: Set of 10 postcards of dwarfs

- Harold Pyott. Le plus petit homme du monde.

Harold Pyott (1887-1937), a Stockport native, was a well-known British sideshow performer. With a height of ca. 58 cm he was slightly smaller than the famous American Tom Thumb. His nicknames included “Tiny Tim”, “The English Midget” and “The Living Doll”.

- L’Homme le plus petit du monde vous souhaite une bonne année. Baron Paucci de Messine, 19 ans, 62 centimètres, 7 kilogrammes 800.

Baron Paucci: a small man with a big mouth. Often (and probably incorrectly) billed as the “the smallest man on earth”, Baron Paucci was born in Sicily as Peppino Magro. He made his way to America to become a sideshow star at Coney Island Dreamland. Known for his foul mouth, he could swear in four languages. Never one to back down, he once challenged boxing legend Jack Dempsey—on the condition that the champ trained down to his size! (see: Hartzman, American Sideshow).

- Nouveau cirque, 251, rue-St-Honore Galerie des Phénomènes, La Poupée Vivante.

- M. Bagonghy. Le plus petit ecuyer du monde. Age de 22 ans, son poids: 20 kilos.

- M. Bagonghy. Le plus petit ecuyer du monde. Age de 22 ans, son poids: 20 kilos.

- Andenken an Prinzessin Elisabeth.

Crease in the lower left hand corner.

Elisabeth performed in Friedrich Wilhelm (Willy) Siebold’s side show in Germany. She died in 1937.

- “Tom Pouce II” chez Bostock. Le plus petit adulte du monde.

Two creases in lower right and left hand corner.

- Chiquita. Bostock Hippodrome.

Used as a postcard. The front with annotation: “Souvenir du 1 Avril 1904”, sent to a “mademoiselle” in Paris. Crease in the upper right hand corner.

Her real name was Alize Espiridiona Cenda del Castillo (1869 – 1945), a singer and performer from Cuba. Cuban author Antonio Orlando Rodríguez wrote a novel about her.

- L’homme miniature, unique au monde entier.

The front with an annotation: “Souvenir d’une visite a Bosto[c]k Eugénie”.

- Minola (with blindstamp of “studio A. Pasta Torino”.