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Cabinet Card Photograph: Admiral Dot (Leopold Kahn) and Major Atom (Samuel Kahn), circa 1880

Cabinet card photograph depicting Admiral Dot (Leopold Kahn) and Major Atom (Samuel Kahn), two performers in P.T. Barnum and Bailey's circus sideshow. Photographed by Charles Eisenmann in New York City, circa 1880. Admiral Dot, born Leopold Kahn circa 1857, was the uncle of Samuel Kahn, known as Major Atom.

Associated People/Businesses

Kahn, Samuel
Kahn, Leopold
Admiral Dot, -1918
Eisenmann, Charles
Kahn, Samuel / Kahn, Leopold

Geography

New York City

Subjects

Circus performers
Dwarfism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 100