Not just a small village, but inhabited by little people...
Item # 698061
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MIDGET VILLAGE NEWS, Chicago, June, 1933 The masthead notes: "The World's Smallest Newspaper". This is the volume 1, number 1 issue.
This newspaper is not about a small village, but rather about a community of little people, created during the Expo Chicago in 1933. The Midget village, populated by Lilliputians, is a miniature-scale reproduction of the old Bavarian town of Dinkelspuhl, one of the few fortified towns in Europe. It was inhabited by115, had 45 buildings, its own municipal building, police, fire brigade, church, school, craft shops featuring dwarfs, miniature taxis, a petrol station and this newspaper. The town's mayor was Major Doyle, 85 centimeters tall.
Fourteen pages, 8 3/4 by 11 inches, nice condition.
This newspaper is not about a small village, but rather about a community of little people, created during the Expo Chicago in 1933. The Midget village, populated by Lilliputians, is a miniature-scale reproduction of the old Bavarian town of Dinkelspuhl, one of the few fortified towns in Europe. It was inhabited by115, had 45 buildings, its own municipal building, police, fire brigade, church, school, craft shops featuring dwarfs, miniature taxis, a petrol station and this newspaper. The town's mayor was Major Doyle, 85 centimeters tall.
Fourteen pages, 8 3/4 by 11 inches, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #367 - released for June, 2026
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$42
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.
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