Admiral Dot: The Smallest Man in the World

This 1874 pamphlet is a souvenir from P.T. Barnum's Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome. It features engraved portraits of Admiral Dot (Leopold Kahn), a dwarf performer, and his mother. The pamphlet, priced at 5 cents, includes 16 numbered pages plus covers, advertising Barnum's Great World's Fair, and depicts various animals on the back cover. It's a first edition and a rare item; WorldCat lists only one other copy.

Associated People/Businesses

• Kahn, Leopold

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Subjects

• Dwarfism
• Circus

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