Colonel Routh Ruth Goshon – Goshen
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1870s)
“The Middlebush Giant, whose stage name was Colonel Ruth Goshon or Colonel Routh Goshen or The Arabian Giant (but whose real name was Arthur Caley), was billed by P.T. Barnum as the tallest man in the world at 7 ft. 11 in.
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1860s)
Photograph of Colonel Routh/Ruth Goshon/Goshen a.k.a. ‘Middlebush Giant’, a.k.a. ‘Arabian Giant’. When the Giant signed the back of this photograph, he listed his age as 28, weight as 475, and height as 8 feet. Thomas Bailey, Photographer, 241 ….
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1870s)
The Giant was born as Arthur Caley on the Isle of Man in 1827. He came to America and became a popular attraction for P.T. Barnum, who billed him often as ‘The Arabian Giant’ and concocted a vast array of false claims and stories ….
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1870s)
Photograph of Colonel Routh/Ruth Goshon/Goshen a.k.a. ‘Middlebush Giant’, a.k.a. ‘Arabian Giant’. When the Giant signed the back of this photograph, he listed his age as 28, weight as 475 lbs., and height as 7 feet 11 inches. In reality he was ….
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1870s)
The Giant was born as Arthur Caley on the Isle of Man in 1827. He came to America and became a popular attraction for P.T. Barnum, who billed him often as ‘The Arabian Giant’ and concocted a vast array of false claims and stories ….
Click to view: Photograph of Colonel Routh / Ruth Goshon / Goshen (c.1870s)
Photograph of Colonel Routh/Ruth Goshon/Goshen a.k.a. Middlebush Giant, a.k.a. Arabian Giant The Giant singed the back of this photograph, he listed his age as 31, weight as 560, and height as 7 feet 11 inches. Ellisson, Photographer, sucessor to ….
