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