Tom Thumb Wedding - 1920 - Lancaster SC Photos

 

100 years ago, Main Street was dirt. 

 

Here, children pose in front of The Bank of Lancaster at the corner of Main and Gay streets after a Tom Thumb wedding in 1920. A 'bank closed' sign can be seen on the right door. 

 

Tom Thumb weddings, an acting out of a wedding ceremony by children, was popular in the early 1900s. 

 

They were inspired by the 1863 wedding of General Tom Thumb, who was a dwarf that achieved fame as a performer under P.T. Barnum.

(The Lancaster Archive/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)