Carte-de-Visite Portrait of Admiral Dot (Leopold Kahn)

Carte-de-visite (CDV) portrait photograph of Leopold Kahn, known professionally as Admiral Dot, a famous 19th-century American dwarf comedian and performer. The photograph, likely taken by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., was produced in New York, New York sometime before 1918. The image shows Admiral Dot at an unknown age, before his death in the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Associated People/Businesses

  • Admiral Dot, -1918
  • E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.
  • Kahn, Leopold

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 11, Folder 14