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Anita, "the living doll" : smallest woman in the world : age 30 years, height 26 inches.
Date: [1912?]
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Harvey's Midgets : Princess Lottie : 20 inches in height, 14 years of age, actual weight 9 lbs.
Date: [1883?]
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Fred Roper with one of his midgets : John Tweedlie McPherson : age 19, height 40 inches.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
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Tiny Tim : Harold Pyott, the English midget : age 42 years, height 23 inches, weight 24 lbs.
Date: [1929?]
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An alphebetical list of all the parochial churches and chappels, within the cities of London and Westminster: with their respective liberties, minister's names, ... with the number of bells, organs, length, breadth and height of the church, with the height of the steeple ...
Lawlar, Lotis.Date: 1722
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Miss Japan : genuine 20, height 5' 5", 32c.22.34 : hotel visits available, Tottenham Court Road.
Date: [2000]
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Human proportions: typical increase in height of a child from the first to the sixth year. Colour lithograph, 1922.
Langstein, Leopold, 1876-1933.Date: 1922Reference: 4926i
Part of: Atlas der Hygiene des Säuglings und Kleinkindes
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On exhibition at Sedgwick's Exhibition : the Norfolk Giant : the largest youth in the world... standing nearly 8 feet in height.
Date: [1880?]
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Royal North Woolwich Gardens : 36 years old : this is his exact height: 26 in. : Admiral Tom Trump.
Date: [1875]
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The records of height and weight taken in school medical inspections in the borough of Ealing / by M.N. Karn.
Karn, Mary N.Date: 1935
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A naked woman bending and lifting a water pitcher from the ground to chest height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 2005224i
Part of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
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A snake (Pseudechis australis): held up beneath its head by an Aboriginal man, to demonstrate their similar height, Australia. Photograph, 1900/1920.
Date: 1900-1920Reference: 578478i
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The Turkish Tom Thumb (Pasha Hayati Hassid) : height 30 inches, speaks seven langauges : introduced into England by Lloyd Forsyth.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]
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The wounds of Christ and the Instruments of the Passion; Saint Francis presenting the cross which indicates the height of Christ. Engraving.
Reference: 31398i
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Three female wild goats sitting on a mountain crag with a male wild goat standing above at greater height. Coloured chalk lithograph.
Reference: 40232i
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Diagramme de l'ascension a grande hauteur du 15 avril 1875 (Diagram showing the great height of the rise of April 15, 1875)
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The British crisis; or, the disorder of the state at its height. With prognostic signs of recovery, or dissolution. By no royal physician.
No royal physician.Date: 1797
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A hymn to Neptune; occasion'd by the late glorious victory obtain'd in the height of Malaga by Her Majesty's Royal Navy.
Pittis, William, 1674-1724.Date: [1705] [1704]
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The British crisis; or, The disorder of the state at its height. With prognostic signs of recovery, or dissolution. By no Royal physician.
No royal physician.Date: 1797
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A man whose height is being measured holds a proposal of marriage that he has received. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz.
Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815.Date: [1783]Reference: 2954118i
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An investigation of the records of height and weight taken in school medical inspections in the county borough of Croydon / by M.N. Karn.
Karn, Mary N.Date: 1934
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Weight and height register : Horlick's Malted Milk "the ideal food for all ages" in powder & tablet forms ... / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
Horlick's Malted Milk Company.Date: [1916?]
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Statistical observations on the growth of the human body (males) in height and weight, from eighteen to thirty years of age / by J.T. Danson.
Danson, J. T. (John Towne), 1817-1898.Date: 1881
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Health and nutrition in the American Midwest : evidence from the height of Ohio National Guardsmen, 1850-1910 / Richard H. Steckel and Donald R. Haurin.
Steckel, Richard H.Date: 1994
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A giant, Mr. Robert Hales, named "The Yorkshire Giant," who will exhibit in Nottingham next week, is nearly eight feet in height, and weighs 462 lb.
Date: [1848]

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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.

An alphebetical list of all the parochial churches and chappels, within the cities of London and Westminster: with their respective liberties, minister's names, ... with the number of bells, organs, length, breadth and height of the church, with the height of the steeple ...

Miss Japan : genuine 20, height 5' 5", 32c.22.34 : hotel visits available, Tottenham Court Road.

Human proportions: typical increase in height of a child from the first to the sixth year. Colour lithograph, 1922.

On exhibition at Sedgwick's Exhibition : the Norfolk Giant : the largest youth in the world... standing nearly 8 feet in height.

Royal North Woolwich Gardens : 36 years old : this is his exact height: 26 in. : Admiral Tom Trump.

The records of height and weight taken in school medical inspections in the borough of Ealing / by M.N. Karn.

A naked woman bending and lifting a water pitcher from the ground to chest height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A snake (Pseudechis australis): held up beneath its head by an Aboriginal man, to demonstrate their similar height, Australia. Photograph, 1900/1920.

The Turkish Tom Thumb (Pasha Hayati Hassid) : height 30 inches, speaks seven langauges : introduced into England by Lloyd Forsyth.

The wounds of Christ and the Instruments of the Passion; Saint Francis presenting the cross which indicates the height of Christ. Engraving.

Three female wild goats sitting on a mountain crag with a male wild goat standing above at greater height. Coloured chalk lithograph.

Diagramme de l'ascension a grande hauteur du 15 avril 1875 (Diagram showing the great height of the rise of April 15, 1875)

The British crisis; or, the disorder of the state at its height. With prognostic signs of recovery, or dissolution. By no royal physician.

A hymn to Neptune; occasion'd by the late glorious victory obtain'd in the height of Malaga by Her Majesty's Royal Navy.

The British crisis; or, The disorder of the state at its height. With prognostic signs of recovery, or dissolution. By no Royal physician.

A man whose height is being measured holds a proposal of marriage that he has received. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz.

An investigation of the records of height and weight taken in school medical inspections in the county borough of Croydon / by M.N. Karn.

Weight and height register : Horlick's Malted Milk "the ideal food for all ages" in powder & tablet forms ... / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.

Statistical observations on the growth of the human body (males) in height and weight, from eighteen to thirty years of age / by J.T. Danson.

Health and nutrition in the American Midwest : evidence from the height of Ohio National Guardsmen, 1850-1910 / Richard H. Steckel and Donald R. Haurin.

A giant, Mr. Robert Hales, named "The Yorkshire Giant," who will exhibit in Nottingham next week, is nearly eight feet in height, and weighs 462 lb.