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Manuscripts, Autograph Letters,
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And Featuring: A Significant Offering Relating to Jews in the American Civil War.
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LOT 28:
CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH of “Admiral ...
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CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH of “Admiral Dot.”
Subject stands on table holding top hat and cane. Caption notes: “Fourteen years old, 25 inches high, and weighs only 16 pounds. Photographer: Anthony, New York. Light soil does not detract.
P. T. BARNUM’S JEWISH LILIPUTIAN.
Discovered and exhibited by P. T. Barnum, Admiral Dot was an Orthodox Jew named Leopold S. Kahn who hailed from San Francisco. Leopold was more diminutive than Tom Thumb who received great publicity during the Civil War. Leopold married a fellow dwarf who converted to Judaism. He resided in White Plains, New York where he owned a hotel and was a volunteer firefighter. Along with a daughter, Leopold died in the influenza pandemic of 1918.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Dot.
