LeFever family album mystery photo

[Southpaw]

Sara you have a great family legacy. My uncle once had a really nice LaFever gun that he loved. He built a new house with a built in hidden gun closet and two weeks after moved in someone came and stole all his guns and his Lafever. Came in thru a back wall and someone with builder tipped of the thief(s) at a minimum.

I was just a kid when he bought it and it was the first true nice damascus gun I had
ever seen. This way back in the 70's and that is when everyone was afraid to shoot damascus guns and I don't think there were a whole lot of low pressure shells or loads being offered, if at all. Still remember my dad, uncles, grandad and myself ogling that gun and listening to family debate about bird dogs and shooting damascus guns and fear of blowing up. All I know is that was about the same time my dad had the bug for an old sxs and he really got the Parker bug.

That is an extremely rare human being. I think that dude is definitely over 7 feet and maybe closer to 7.5 feet. I found a list of tallest humans recorded in modern history and some over 8 feet tall. He could be that tall even but there is not scale. I did see a guy listed that was famous that lived from 1916 to 1959. His name was Lock Martin and he was reportedly 7'7". He was born in Pennsylvania but went to Hollywood and did some acting. He was the robot Gort in the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" That may be him.
http://www.thetallestman.com/lockmartin.htm

BTW did not see others post of same website showing some one else. Its possible it could be that Tomain guy as well. Hard to say. Did see a picture of Lock Martins hands and then looked at your picture. Lock had some massive hands as well that would swallow a shotgun like in your picture. Good stuff hope you find out who it is.

[B. Dudley]

Sara,

I would supbit the photo to The Guinness folks and see if they may be able to study and compare it and give you a good idea of who it may be. I think we may be kn to something with Tomani

[Southpaw]

Brian this is up your alley but did you notice the stock and fit on the gun the man is holding. No way that is an off the shelf gun stock. There can't be that many guns out there modified for 7.5 feet men. I wonder if that pic was delivery of that modified gun to the big guy.

A friend of mine that is 7' and played a bit in NFL as a backup lineman for the Giants (fitting), once went shooting with me. I am 6 feet and I let him borrow my Ruger Sporting Clays gun that I added a slip on leather stock pad. Had some extra closed cell foam and added about 1.5 inches into the bottom of pad. It helped some but it still looked like a toy gun on him. Still such a good athlete he was able to pick it up with a little instruction and shoot great. Seriously the guy said he could count on one hand how many times he used a shotgun and he hit around 50 out of 100 and no station really waxed him. It was tough trying to hit some of the crossers at first but he was getting better.

[Ken Hill]

This seems to look like the car with Al's wife in it http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...ini%20(57).jpg.

Ken

[TroutSetter]

Originally Posted by Ken Hill

This seems to look like the car with Al's wife in it http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...ini%20(57).jpg.

Ken

In the photo that Sara posted, the man's waist is well above the roof line of the car. Unlike i
this second picture. Not the same guy or perspecitve/focal length distances are different?

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Michael Meeks

In the photo that Sara posted, the man's waist is well above the roof line of the car. Unlike i
this second picture. Not the same guy or perspecitve/focal length distances are different?

In the original photo on this thread, one can see they are standing above the car, on what looks to be a sidewalk.

The cars do match; unusual two-tone for the time period. Vent glass and side trim also match. I would say the mystery is solved.

[Southpaw]

I noticed that as well Jerry. Good catch. Ken maybe right and it is compelling circumstantial evidence with similar looking car in another photo. That last photo Ken posted is more clear. You can even tell that the pants on his suit were creased at the knee from being bunched up on hanger. Still I will agree even with that curb and standing next to supposedly Frank LaFever that guy is Sara's picture looks bigger. I know those big dudes have all kind of back issues and their heights varied. They also would claim to be taller than they were sometimes. Jack Earle was another potential guy and supposedly he was 8.5 tall and worked with ringling brothers and also became noted as Pecos Bill. I think I read where he was being deposed in court and listed his actual height of 7' 6. Its interesting.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_people

[B. Dudley]

I think the man in the Lefever photo appears taller than the car due to the angle that the photo was taken at. But it is hard to say.

There is this photo with the same car in it where he is standing a little more upright and appears taller compared to the car than he does in the other photo.

http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...ini%20(56).jpg


However, the cars are a very good match. Even that same vent in the fender can be seen in both photos. That is a very strong connection.

[B. Dudley]

One will also notice that the same shirt appears to be worn in these three photos as with the Lefever photo. With the lighter collar and sleeves. There are several others on the site with the same shirt.

http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...aini%20(7).jpg

http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...ini%20(44).jpg

http://www.thetallestman.com/images/...ini%20(79).jpg

It really is amazing what is on the internet.

[Dean Romig]

The car in the picture Sara posted has a vent window where the one in Me. Dudley’s picture does not.






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