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R.J. James: The Ohio Fat Boy by Trav S.D.

500 lb R.J. James hailed from Wayne County, Ohio, and went by the billing "The Ohio Fat Boy". He is known to have performed with Drew's Dime Museum in Cleveland and Sells Brothers Circus in the 1880s. The fact that he was photographed by Chas. Eisennmann indicates that he almost certainly worked the dime museums […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AM on November 24, 2020

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