Mathew B. Brady 1863, 21 February General Tom Thumb (Charles S. Stratton) and wife at their wedding
Magazine illustration Creative Commons - Wikipedia Stratton's marriage on February 10, 1863, to another dwarf, Lavinia Warren, became front-page news. The wedding took place at Grace Episcopal Church and the wedding reception was held at the Metropolitan Hotel. The couple stood atop a grand piano in New York City's Metropolitan Hotel to greet some 2,000 guests. The best man at the wedding was George Washington Morrison ("Commodore") Nutt, another dwarf performer in Barnum's employ. The maid of honor was Minnie Warren, Lavinia's even smaller sister.
[Source: Wikipedia, "General Tom Thumb", accessed: 4 June 2010]
This photograph was taken by Mathew Brady and published as a drawing on the cover of Harper's magazine, February 21, 1863.
