There were 7 Shields Brothers from White Rock, Texas, but only four of them were tall enough to tour with P.T. Barnum’s circus as “giants”. Even so, though they were billed to all be nearly eight feet tall, the reality is that they were all between 6’8″ and 7 feet — puny things, really. the effect [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:29AM on November 4, 2012