I. W. Sprague
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  I. W. Sprague

Isaac Sprague was the Original Thin Man. Born in Massachusetts in 1841, he was a normal child until around age twelve when he began to lose weight. Sprague joined the circus in 1865, eventually working with P.T. Barnum. In this vintage photograph by Eisenmann, he is 44 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 43 pounds.

 

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