Front:
PHOTO Y
GERNARD
SISITERS
FILIPINO MIDGETS
Awarded me dals by the Government at the
St. Louis Exposition.
Smallest on Earth.
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Back:
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FILIPINO MIDGETS
These tiny people are brother and sister. two
children of a family of five born in the village
of Tanlagan, Province of Capiz, Island of Panay
P. I. The little lady, Miss Martina de la Cruz,
is the second child born in that family of five,
40 years of are, height 21 inches, weight 25
pounds
height 24 inches, weight 27 lbs.
people have every joint. bone and muscle in
their body the same as any normal person. They
are very bright and intelligent, having mastered
three of the dialects of the Philippine language,
neme'v, Taga log, Viscayan. Pampamga, Spanish
and Englis, practically five distinct languages.
The parents were
also the other
The midget man was married to an average sized
Filipino woman.
baby, Maria, about 3 years of age, which was
of normal size and just as tall as her papa.
The baby died in the town of Daytona, Flerida.
March 15th, 1907.
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The Filipino Midgets are the smallest living
adults known to be alive to-day in the World
It is amusing to watch these tiny bits of hu-
manity dance together, and the little man
through his
brother. an average sized Filipino, furnishes the
music
Her brother, Juan, is 36 years of age
These little
averaged sized Filipinos
three children in that family
They had a
very pretty girl
Buried in Sea Breeze Ceme-
go
acrobatic performance while his
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