Undated photograph of "The Irish Giant". James Hugh Murphy Jr. (1842-1875) was known as the Irish Giant and the Baltimore Giant. He toured with Barnum. He was billed as being over 8 feet tall though his actual recorded height was 7 feet inches ta

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Undated photograph of "The Irish Giant". James Hugh Murphy Jr. (1842-1875) was known as the Irish Giant and the Baltimore Giant. He toured with Barnum. He was billed as being over 8 feet tall though his actual recorded height was 7 feet inches tall. He known by many names, including Barnum's Famous Irish Giant, the Irish Giant, the Colossal Irish Giant, James Murphy, Patrick Murphy and Captain Murphy.

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Size: 2803px × 3900px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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