Cooperstown, N.Y. -- Workmen stand in mock reverence at the side of the famed Cardiff Giant, sensational American hoax of 1869, in an open grave at the Farmers’ Museum here. The stone giant, measuring 10 feet, 4½ inches and weighing 2,990 pounds, was brought here from Des Moines, Iowa to be added to New York’s historical collection.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Cooperstown, N.Y. -- Workmen stand in mock reverence at the side of the famed Cardiff Giant, sensational American hoax of 1869, in an open grave at the Farmers’ Museum here. The stone giant, measuring 10 feet, 4½ inches and weighing 2,990 pounds, was brought here from Des Moines, Iowa to be added to New York’s historical collection.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1948]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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