circa 1870: Average sized citizens only measure up to the waist of giantess Anna Swan. Anna is 8 ft and 3 ins tall and wife of the giant Captain Bates. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
circa 1870: Average sized citizens only measure up to the waist of giantess Anna Swan. Anna is 8 ft and 3 ins tall and wife of the giant Captain Bates. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)