After that we walked off.” Robert Wadlow, 17, of Alton, Illinois, holds open the door of a taxicab for his father, Harold, at Union Station after their arrival in Chicago on Jan. 5, 1936.

At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of Alton, where he grew up ...

Cancel anytime. People still refer to him as "The Alton Giant." Through the years since his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow, known as the tallest man in recorded history, has evolved into a most ...

Robert Wadlow was known as the "Gentle Giant." Despite his dramatic height (eight feet 11.1 inches at his tallest), Wadlow was known as a quiet man, beloved by those in his hometown of Alton ...

One of Alton's most notable shoe emporiums was Wadlow's Shoes on College Avenue in Upper Alton operated by Harold Wadlow, the father of Alton's most famous citizen, Robert P. Wadlow. He was active ...

Robert Wadlow. Wadlow grew to be 8 feet 11 inches before dying at the age of 22 in 1940. Now, on what would have been his 103rd birthday, one Alton business is honoring one of their most famous ...

When Oscar Wilde said moderation is fatal, and nothing succeeds like excess, he was not thinking of Robert's situation.

Robert Wadlow died at age 22, weighing 491 pounds. Eighteen men were needed to carry his 855-pound casket. Thousands came to Alton to pay their respects. Fearing souvenir hunters or the morbidly ...