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I love the 'second take' expression on the tall guy.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Curiouser and curiouser!, and we'd love to have this added to the group! you are also welcome to join the group if you wish :-)

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This photo is mislabeled. I don't know the identity of the gentleman on the left, but he's definitely not P.T. Barnum.

The photographer's comment engraved on the negative is that Jack Barrett was with "Barnum," meaning "Barnum's show" which is Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth. Barnum was long dead, but people still refer to the show by his name. No idea who the man on the left is. The right side of the negative indicates that Jack Barrett was 28 inches high. Cannot tell if it identifies the other man. The photograph almost certainly was taken at Madison Square Garden, where the B&B show opened every Spring. A check with Circus World Museum's index would reveal what years Barrett was with that show.

Wonderful image. These guys were legends!

Hi, this photo has been used as part of a project in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!

I can tell you all about Jack. For some reason the photo is labeled wrong.The midget is my great uncle and his name is Jack Barnett.He's from Roxboro, NC and was 42 inches tall. He and his brother were with Barnum and Bailey for over 20 years.Herbert was 36 inches tall. I love collecting anything and everything about them.If anyone has photos my email is mag7girl@hotmail.com. I have many photos of them both and know lots more info about them.My name is Luanne

Another Bain/LOC photo of the circus midget Jack Barnett ,with unidentified man:

New York Times feature story about circus freaks, Sunday, April 6, 1913, mentions Jack Barnett: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D04E... He was toastmaster at a birthday banquet of Barnum and Bailey freaks held at Healy's Restaurant in New York, April 5, 1914. New York Times story, April 6, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950CE3DF143EE7...

Definitely the earlier part of your date estimate! Possibly even a little earlier...

McSweeney - Owners of a Boot Shop in Census 1901 It suggests North Main Street? There is also a Michael Barrett a Tobacconist two doors away McSweeney and Barrett were both still there in 1911

Oh goody! Another chance to watch this 1910 animation by the Horgan brothers - youtu.be/Cir8DGQnFbQ

Streetview: goo.gl/maps/orSVyjaoVQy

B-59 I see the Merrick Shop at no 80 is still there!!

Lady Eustace Percy would be Stella Drummond Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy_of_N...

"John Barrett (November 28, 1866 – October 17, 1938) was a United States diplomat and one of the most influential early directors general of the Pan American Union."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrett_%28diplomat%29

The photo was taken in front of the Pan American Union building in Washington (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Union_Building, Streetview: maps.google.com/maps?q=17th+Street+NW&ll=38.892893,-7...)

The photo is perhaps taken at the same occasion as this (and others, see comments):

The woman on the photo is much too old to be Stella Katherine Drummond. She was born in 1895, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Drummond and records.ancestry.com/Stella_Katherine_Drummond_records.as.... She married Lord Eustache Percy not before 1918. Eustache Percy was third secretary of the British embassy at Washington in 1913, see e.g. The Washington times., November 14, 1913, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Page 12, but this woman could rather be his mother.