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ECKERT, Jack (1874-1937). Real photo postcard of Happy Jack Eckert. Logan, W. Va.: Carter & Carter, ca. 1908. Silver print postcard. Printed back with purple hand-stamp billed as the “World’s Prize Fat Man,” at age 34, 739 pounds, and the “largest Elk, Moose, and Woodman of the World.” Small tear at edge repaired with clear tape on verso. This photograph was published in The Circus (Taschen, 2008), p. 468.