A Victorian Curiosity Carte De Visite Album c.1860s

TOM THUMB & FRIENDS, c.1860s, Carte De Visits relating to performers famous for their stature (12) including Commodore Nutt & Minnie Warren, Tom Thumb in a unusual gem sized portrait on embossed card, Martin Van Buren Bates "The Kentucky Giant", Anna Swan, Chang Woo Gow, John Harris (2) including one composite, and a Bearded lady, Photographers include Mathew B. Brady (1823-1896), Edward & Henry T Anthony, Charles D. Fredericks & Co. (1823-1894) and the London Stereoscopic Company, together with 19 Carte De Visite by an unknown photographer relating to Fairy Tales, house in a full leather Carte De Visite album with exotic leather boards