AUTOGRAPHED CDV COMMODORE NUTT & MISS MINNIE WARREN PT BARNUM CIRCUS SIDE SHOW

AUTOGRAPHED CDV COMMODORE NUTT & MISS MINNIE WARREN PT BARNUM CIRCUS SIDE SHOW (image 1/[null, null, null])
AUTOGRAPHED CDV COMMODORE NUTT & MISS MINNIE WARREN PT BARNUM CIRCUS SIDE SHOW (image 2/[null, null, null])
AUTOGRAPHED CDV COMMODORE NUTT & MISS MINNIE WARREN PT BARNUM CIRCUS SIDE SHOW (image 3/[null, null, null])
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Up For Offer We Have a very rare and very unique CDV depicting the P. T. Barnum circus side show performers Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren. The card is signed on the back by both Commodore Nutt and Millie. Measures Approx. 4 1/4" X 2 1/2" Commodore Nutt (George Washington Morrison Nutt; April 1, 1848 - May 25, 1881) was an American entertainer. He was a dwarf born in New Hampshire. In 1861, he was touring New England with a circus when P. T. Barnum hired him to appear at the American Museum in New York City. Barnum gave Nutt the stage name Commodore Nutt, a wardrobe that included naval uniforms, and a miniature carriage in the shape of an English walnut. Nutt became one of the Museum's major attractions Nutt was in love with Lavinia Warren, another dwarf at the American Museum. Lavinia was several years older than Nutt. She thought of him only as a "nice little boy". She married General Tom Thumb in a spectacular wedding masterminded by Barnum in 1863. Nutt went to the wedding as Thumb's best man, but resented his place in the show. He stayed away from women for a long time after the wedding. In 1879, he married Lilian Elston of Redwood City, California. Nutt toured the world between 1869 and 1872 with the Thumbs and Lavinia's sister, Minnie Warren. They returned to America rich beyond their dreams after appearing before royalty read more
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