Making a Living

Items

• S. Hunter Smith & Jennie Rowe Smith (1870); Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" in their wedding costumes (1863); 2 headed girl, Millie-Chrissie (1860s)

  Hunter Smith and Jennie E. Rowe Smith. 1870. Carte de viste photograph. Seated portrait of older man with a beard, holding the hand of a younger woman sitting beside him. The man is in a specially designed supportive chair. Mathew B. Brady, (approx. 1823-1896). Mr. & Mrs. “General Tom Thumb” in their wedding costume. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, 1863. Carte de visite photograph. Portrait of little people Charles Sherwood Stratton and Lavinia Warren Stratton in wedding clothes, arm in arm, facing forward. J.H. Fitzgibbon, 2 Headed Girl, Millie-Chrissie. St. Louis: J.H. Fitzgibbon, ca. 1860s. Carte de viste photograph. Seated portrait of Millie and Christine McKoy, two young, conjoined African American women. They wear lace-up boots, lace-trimmed dresses, pearl necklaces and starred crowns. One girl holds a book, the other holds a handkerchief.
• Collins & Chambers collection

  Two pencil sketches of possible poster designs; both claiming that the sisters are the smallest people in the world. The right piece is text heavy, yet both designs include a sketch that features the two sisters with ‘normal-sized’ adults to show comparison. They are located in a natural, serene environment near a pond.
• Silhouette by Martha Ann Honeywell (1808)

  Martha Ann Honeywell (1786-1856). “Cut by M. Honeywell without hands.” Undated. Cut paper profile silhouette portrait of an unidentified man.
• Something new, or, Memoirs of that truly eccentric character, the late Timothy Dexter, Esq. : together with his last will and testament.

  A small book propped open to page 15 which features a poem written by Timothy Dexter
• Narrative and Reflections of Justin Wells (1851)

  The book’s frontispiece image (center) depicts Justin Wells writing by laying a manuscript out in front of his chair and placing a pen between his teeth. In the facsimile version of p. 72 (left), Wells describes his writing process in further detail.