Keywords: Tom Thumb
Item 20120
Tom Thumb performance flyer, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 68359
Children acting in "Tom Thumb's Wedding," Swan's Island, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Theater
"There are several other pictures in the Historical Society collection of "Tom Thumb" performances. It is known that they were very popular and the…"
