Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Clowns/ Paul Harmon


Ringling-Barnum Circus/ Paul Harmon and giant.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who is the giant?
Also would you have any photo's of circus giants from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries?How tall were their real heights?
Its well known the circus
use to exagerrate giants heights.

Buckles said...

I have quite a few giant pictures that have already been sent out. I don't have exact measurements on any of them since their height was exaggerated by top hats, cowboy hats and boots even a Viking helmet with horns.
However I have a picture of Robert Wadlaw of Alton, Ill. said to be the tallest man in Medical History at 8' 11". He was not in show business and died in 1941.

Anonymous said...

Robert Wadlaw was related to my grandmother on the maternal side of the family. He had died before I was born. I remember the people talking about him when I got older.