Giant Machnow at Taylor's Depository
Giant Machnow at Taylor's Depository, Pimlico, London. Feodor Machnow, (Fyodor Makhnov) was born in 1878 at the village of Kostyuks in the Ukraine. Machnow eventually grew to a stature of 7ft 10 (2.39m) and a weight of 365 lbs. As can be seen in this picture, he wore a tall cossack fur hat and large fur boots, which added an extra foot to his already prodigious height
Picture No
10406777
Media ID
45529496
Size
2957px x 4704px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1905
