Marriage of Captain Martin van Buren Bates
Marriage of Captain Martin van Buren Bates to Anna Swan, at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, June 17, 1871. They met at a circus in Halifax where Martin Van Buren Bates was performing. Anna was hired to tour with Martin, and giant couple fell in love. They had two children, both over-sized. Her first died at birth, the second, weighed 23 pounds 9 ounces and was nearly 30 inches long, lived for only 11 hours
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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