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Title:

Meinhardt Raabe, an inhabitant of the Midget Village working with the director of the Anthropometric Laboratory in the Social Science Hall

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0002_00047_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3fj29d1p

Type:

Image

Caption:

"Having pursued a two year course in accounting in the commercial classes of Northwestern College, of Watertown, Wis., Meinhardt Raabe, aged 18, who is one of the inhabitants of the Midget Village at the World's Fair gladly cooperated today (June 22nd) with Dr. C.W. Dupertius, of Harvard University in a bit of scientific research. The doctor, who is director of the Anthropometric Laboratory in the Social Science Hall, measured the heads and bodies of the midgets for the purpose of comparing the statistics with fully grown adults. Meinhardt, a resident of Johnson's Creek, Wis., is 48 1/2 inches tall, weighs 58 pounds and is crazy about tennis."

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic:

Dwarfs (Persons)

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.5 x 7.25 in.

Exhibit:

Midget Village

Building Name:

Social Science Hall

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

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Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

2

Folder:

47

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.