Front of postcard of Robert Wadlow with his father

statue of Robert Wadlow in Alton, Illinois, outside Alton Museum of History and Art on the campus of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine, August 2009

Robert Wadlow shoe located at Snyder Shoes in Manistee, Michigan

Robert Wadlow shoe (size 25) compared to normal size 12.

Address side of postcard of Robert Wadlow with his father showing no copyright notice

Wadlow, aged 9, beside an average-sized 10-year-old, circa January 1928.

Front of postcard of Robert Wadlow (left) with his average-size father (right).

My son next to a statue of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man, inside Spiece Fieldhouse

"Robert Wadlow (left) and Jack Grissom, playmates at Alton, IL, are both 10 years old. Robert is six feet, six inches tall and weights 211 pounds. Jack is four feet, two inches-about normal for a boy of his age."