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a very smiley senpai with students at western military academy in alton! :D

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i found a new pic of senpai visiting burlington in ‘39! :D

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hold up…

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Robert Wadlow being filmed by 20th Century Fox at Alton High School. 1936.

Photography by Robert K. Graul.

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you may have seen a postcard from senpai, but here’s something new- a letter!!! :o

it says (in beautiful cursive):

                                                                                  March 4, 1940

Dear Mr. + Mrs. Cline

    I just want to thank you for remembering me on my birthday. I really appreciated it very much. A gift like that never fails to come in handy, anywhere. Thanks ever so much.

    We have been having a swell trip. Greatly enjoyed Florida. It’s a paradise for people who like sun and warmth and I’m one who does.

    I hope to see you when I get back home again.

                                                                             Sincerely,

                                                                               Robert Wadlow

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i looked up the sibs on myheritage and their yearbooks can be seen in color! :D

bonus with helen in the orchestra:

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senpai and harold with the smol doorman! :D

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it’s been a week since i found these pics (and so much more)! :D

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Robert Wadlow during the fifth National Forest Festival Grand Parade in Manistee, Michigan. 4 July 1940.

This is one of the last photos known to exist of Wadlow in his final days, taken just 11 days prior to his death on 15 July.

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Robert Wadlow leaving his home for Western Tour. 22 July 1939.

Photography by Robert K. Graul.

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Robert Wadlow during his visit to New York City. 7 April 1937.

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Robert Wadlow at home with Eugene and Harold Jr, his younger brothers. 23 February 1936.

Photography by Robert K. Graul.

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Robert Wadlow with Harold Jr, his younger brother. 19 February 1938.

Photography by Robert K. Graul.

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Thinking about him (Robert Pershing Wadlow)

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OMFG I JUST FOUND THE CUTEST SENPAI PIC IN HQ AHHHHHHH

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senpai with the sibs! :)

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“good night, shorty!”

— robert wadlow, 1937