Tom Thumb Ticket (ca. 1862)
TICKET. Letterset 2"x3-1/4" pass printed on heavy coated cardstock for "General Tom Thumb's ENTERTAINMENT." This pass pre-dates Charles Stratton's marriage to Lavina Warren. "ADMIT ONE, COMPLIMENTARY, Alfred Cately, Agent." .....................................From the CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 1, 1862: "Will Positively Close Saturday, January 4th, the Original celebrated and world-renowned American Man in Miniature, Gen'l Tom Thumb, Smallest Man Alive!