Midget Race Feature Winner and World's Tallest Man

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Title

Midget Race Feature Winner and World's Tallest Man

Subject

Defrates, Port
Midget car racing
Automobile racing drivers
Wadlow, Robert, 1918-1940
Conners, Johnny
Wadlow, Harold F. (Harold Franklin)

Description

A crowd gathers while Port DeFrates, winner of the midget races feature race at the L.S. Speedway, poses for a picture with Robert Wadlow (the world's tallest man) and Wadlow's father, Harold Wadlow. Johnny Connors is in the background. Wadlow, a native of Alton Illinois, at 8 feet, 11.2 inches, remains the tallest man in recorded medical history.

Creator

Georg, Herbert

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1936-08-13

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

401146
Herbert Georg Collection
75-88

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

26 x 21 cm