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Reels produced by famous manufacturers are shown
sporting and oxford types
from novice to most experienced
The updated values in each caption reflect the current market
More than 650 color photographs show the distinctive quality and over 100 archival black and white photos are largely drawn from factory sales catalogs
Midget Exhibit Carro Reels produced by famous manufacturersIn the mid 1800s, inveterate showman salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the
