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The New Midgets Palace (Pt.2/3) | Count and Countess Nicol of Montreal

In an earlier post I shared a vintage advertising card of The New Midgets Palace and introduced you to Montreal’s most famous Little People – Count and Countess Nicol of Montreal. In this post I’m sharing the English-language information on the back of the card.

Note: Typographical errors present in the original.

THE RARE BABY

Was born in Montreal, at the Mercy Hospital corner Saint Hubert and Dorechester streets, on September 19th, 1926.

He is the son of Count Philippe Nicol and Rose Dufresne; Count and Countess Nicol are the smallest maried couple on earth, without exception.

After 20 years of married life, this child, the Rare Baby, was sent to them with a mission to perform: look after his tiny Papa and Mamma in their old days. He was weighing on his birth three and one half pounds, and he is full of life. The five physicians who attended at his birth are of the opinion that he will never be taller than his father (he is now 25 inches high); but he will have a real man’s head, his father promises, and he shall be charitable and conrageous. Read more »

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The New Midgets Palace (Pt.1/3) | Count and Countess Nicol of Montreal | Sepia Saturday

Little People | Little People Entertainments | Midgets | Little People HistoryI have a very faint memory that dates back to over 50 years ago when I was a little girl growing up in Ville Lasalle, and my parents brought me downtown to visit what we called “The Dollhouse”. I remember that I was enchanted with the visit but that my mother felt vaguely uncomfortable and warned me before going in that I should “be polite”. I’ve since found out that what I was visiting was “The New Midgets Palace” which was an independant business founded by Montrealers Count and Countess Nicol. It was later bought by another person of short stature – Mme Huguette Riou-Bastien – and I’m actually not yet sure who I saw when I visited! Read more »

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