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  • Height chart / Tesco.
  • Measurement of height of schoolchildren in India
  • Antibiotic distribution to children: height-based dosing
  • [Major Page : age 28 years, height 26 inches].
  • [Major Page : age 28 years, height 26 inches].
  • Johnny Trunley : the Peckham Fat Boy : age 15 years. Height 5ft. 8in. Weight 36 stone.
  • Queen of the Liliputians : height 31 inches, age 26.
  • Queen of the Liliputians : height 31 inches, age 26.
  • 36 years old : : this is his exact height 26 in.
  • 36 years old : : this is his exact height 26 in.
  • A man in a posing pouch holds a dumb-bell in his right hand, straightening up as he raises it from knee height to shoulder height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Machnow : the Russian giant : the tallest man on Earth : Height, 9ft 2 1/2 inches. Weight, 360 lbs. Age, 28.
  • Machnow : the Russian giant : the tallest man on Earth : Height, 9ft 2 1/2 inches. Weight, 360 lbs. Age, 28.
  • "Colosso" : age: 19 years, weight: 44 st., height: 6ft, 2 1/2 ins.
  • Boys dressed as sailors in a line, varying in height. Colour process print, 191-.
  • Boys dressed as sailors in a line, varying in height. Colour process print, 191-.
  • "Colosso" : age: 19 years, weight: 44 st., height: 6ft, 2 1/2 ins.
  • Geography: the comparative height of various waterfalls. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.
  • Geography: the comparative height of various waterfalls. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.
  • Harold Pyott : the English midget ; aged 34 years, height 23 inches, weight 24 lbs.
  • University Children's Hospital, Vienna: a row of girl patients, outdoors, being measured for height. Photograph, 1921.
  • Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.
  • Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.
  • Harvey's Midgets : Princess Lottie : 20 inches in height, 14 years of age, actual weight 9 lbs.
  • Fred Roper with one of his midgets : John Tweedlie McPherson : age 19, height 40 inches.
  • Tiny Tim : Harold Pyott, the English midget : age 42 years, height 23 inches, weight 24 lbs.
  • Fred Roper with one of his midgets : John Tweedlie McPherson : age 19, height 40 inches.
  • Howick Falls, South Africa: a waterfall in Natal of height 865 feet. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Royal North Woolwich Gardens : 36 years old : this is his exact height: 26 in. : Admiral Tom Trump.
  • Royal North Woolwich Gardens : 36 years old : this is his exact height: 26 in. : Admiral Tom Trump.