Mrs. Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, aka Lavinia Warren, the wife of General Tom Thumb, continued to tour after her husband's death. In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896.
Description: Mrs. Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, aka Lavinia Warren, the wife of General Tom Thumb, continued to tour after her husband's death. In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896.
According to Sjaak Boone, Chairman of the Scheveningen Historical and Genealogical Society, this photograph depicts a group of coopers working at the wharf of the shipowner Arie van Vliet at the Badhuiskade. The name of the cooper standing at the 3d barrel from the left is Cornelis van der Toorn.
Description: According to Sjaak Boone, Chairman of the Scheveningen Historical and Genealogical Society, this photograph depicts a group of coopers working at the wharf of the shipowner Arie van Vliet at the Badhuiskade. The name of the cooper standing at the 3d barrel from the left is Cornelis van der Toorn.