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Title:

The smallest man in the world, Capt. Werner Ritter visits the smallest distillery bottling line in the world at the Hiram Walker Exhibit.

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0006_00252_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d34q7qq5f

Type:

Image

Caption:

The smallest man in the world, Capt. Werner Ritter (age 21, height 18 inches, weight 19-3/4 pounds) visits the smallest distillery bottling line in the world at the Hiram Walker Exhibit, a new attraction at A Century of Progress. As the picture was snapped Capt. Ritter was being kidded out of a miniature rage which developed when one of the 22 co-eds who attend the bottling line, tried to cuddle him like a baby. 'Das ist nicht gut,' asserted the midget (he speaks only German). The reason for his anger was revealed when he asked permission to keep the miniature souvenir bottle, held in his left hand, as a present to his pint-sized sweetheart in the Midget Village.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Distilling industries

Dwarfs (Persons)

Alcoholic beverages

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.25 x 7.25 in.

Exhibit:

Hiram Walker

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

6

Folder:

252

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.