Ever see a guy this tall? OLD FAMILY PIC

[Whiskey River]

I was diggin through some old family photo's and ran across this one. The white guy is my Great Grandfather. The black guy is their farm hand. This was taken about 1940 in Hopkins MN at the farm where my mom grew up. That's a big old work horse.... I wonder how tall their worker was!?

 

[TheBladeMaster]

Great photo,

Randy moss would come watch my high school football games. I would put him at about that tall.

I have also gone to see a few Miami heat games when shaq played and I think he is even taller that that guy.

But check out yao Ming,

And if you think he is tall look at chimezie kudu in behind Yao and shaq in this picture.

 

[MikeH]

I am 6'8" and based on my relative height to a lot of horses I would put that guy at 6'10" or so.

 

[lsheldon]

Without a point of reference, height of your great grandfather or what type of horse it is to estimate it's height, any quess as to the mans height is pure conjecture.

However tall he was, he was a big man. If he were born 70 years later, I'm sure he would be recruited to play some B-Ball and possibly be a millionaire if he were good enough.

EDIT: It looks like a Draft horse, which range approximately between 16-19 hands (one hand eaquals 4 inches) and is measured at the whithers. (point where the neck meets the shoulders). That is a pretty big spread, so to use it as a point of reference even knowing the breed is probably not much use.

 

[Whiskey River]

Yeah, hard to say for sure! Those wagon wheels even look to be pretty good sized but I'm sure they came in all kinds of sizes too!

 

[LMT66]

He's only 3.75 tall on my screen?? That's not so big

You can see the side 2x6 and the twin upright 2x4's to help gauge height. Not sure when those dimensions became standard but they look close.

 

[LMT66]

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[RussMo]

Wow Brother, That's pretty cool to find old pics of the family. I have some from back down in Louisiana in the good ole lazy days of my Greats! No matter how you cut it, that young man is TALL!!!

 

[von Trakehnen]

I have a picture of my father and nephew standing next to a Belgium draft horse that was 21 and 1/2 hands.

 

[RobStanley]

Murray is pretty tall! He's the tallest in my family. And the heaviest...

 

[lsheldon]

My sister has one of those dogs, and she also has a Bassett Hound. They both love to fetch tennis balls. Needless to say, the Bassett Hound rarely gets the tennis ball, but he never stops trying. When I go up there, I feel so sorry for the Bassett Hound. I started throwing two tennis balls at once, each in a different direction so they both get a chance at one.

Murray is pretty tall! He's the tallest in my family. And the heaviest...

 

[tomthebaker]

Maybe you should rename Murray MOAM:

Mother Of All Mastiffs!