Major Mite (The Smallest Man of the Age)
Photograph
Royal Photo Co.
Maker
Major Mite (The Smallest Man of the Age)
ca. 1890
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12.7 x 9.5 cm
Mount: 16.9 x 11.2 cm
Museum accession
1981.4066.0001
Inscriptions mount recto (pencil): Major Mite
(printed in brown): Royal Photo. Co. / 229 Bowery, / New York.
verso (printed in black): MAJOR MITE, / THE SMALLEST MAN OF THE AGE, / AT THE BOSTON / ZOO / FOR A BRIEF ENGAGEMENT, / Commencing Monday, APRIL 12. / CHARLES F. ATKINSON, / FRANK C. BOSTOCK, / Proprietors and Managers. / A pocket Edition of the Famous Albert Chevalier. "London / Coster."-N.Y. World
(printed in brown): Royal Photo. Co. / 229 Bowery, / New York.
verso (printed in black): MAJOR MITE, / THE SMALLEST MAN OF THE AGE, / AT THE BOSTON / ZOO / FOR A BRIEF ENGAGEMENT, / Commencing Monday, APRIL 12. / CHARLES F. ATKINSON, / FRANK C. BOSTOCK, / Proprietors and Managers. / A pocket Edition of the Famous Albert Chevalier. "London / Coster."-N.Y. World
