This INCREDIBLE picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp "Dodge", in Iowa.
FACTS: Base to Shoulder: 150 feet; Right Arm: 340 feet; Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet; Right thumb: 35 feet; Thickest part of body: 29 feet; Left hand length: 30 feet; Face: 60 feet; Nose: 21 feet; Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet; Torch and flame combined: 980 feet; Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000; Number of men in torch: 2,800; Number of men in right arm: 1,200; Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000; Total men: 18,000
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Mole" class="extiw" title="en:Arthur Mole">Arthur S. Mole</a> and John D. Thomas, 915 Medinah Bldg., Chicago, Illinois.
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hammergallery.com/images/peoplepictures/people%20pictures.htm">Web site of Chicago's Carl Hammer Gallery</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1918-09-22/ed-1/?sp=2&amp;r=0.653,0.414,0.455,0.215,0">New-York Tribune September 22, 1918</a></li></ul>