There is something coming to Wonderland (Whitechapel Road), adjoining St. Mary's Station) ... on Saturday, July 18th, 1896 ... : The world renowned Man in a Trance asleep for 8 days & 7 nights. Mistaken for dead (Alfred Wootten, from the Royal Aquarium) unconscious the whole time ... / Wonderland.

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There is something coming to Wonderland (Whitechapel Road), adjoining St. Mary's Station) ... on Saturday, July 18th, 1896 ... : The world renowned Man in a Trance asleep for 8 days & 7 nights. Mistaken for dead (Alfred Wootten, from the Royal Aquarium) unconscious the whole time ... / Wonderland. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Small poster advertising appearances by Alfred Wootten, the Man in a Trance who appears to have been famous for sleeping for 8 days. He was to be hypnotized by Professor Carl Jerome. Printed by F.F.W. Oldfield & Co., Ludgate Square, London E.C.

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1896.

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1 sheet ; 39 x 13 cm

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