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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post

Cleaning out canals in Venice in the 1950s.




The Hugo Brothers, also known in France as The Giants of the Alps, photographed with their family in 1910. Baptiste Hugo was 7ft. 7 inches (2.31m) tall and his younger brother Antoine was 7 ft. 5 inches (2.26m).

Imagine, 7.5 feet tall, and you are still the "little brother"
You're either getting the same FB feed from "Historic Photos" that I am or you're perusing their website. I've seen most of these on FB in the past week or so.

Reminds me a bit of Shorpy, which also has some great old photos.



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