John "The Alligator Boy"

Printed Photo Postcard. Printed on brownish paper (or browned by age) this portrait of John Williams shows him standing, naked to the waist, wearing a sarong-type garmet, and looking straight at the camera. On verso: "I am known as John, the Human Alligator or Crocodile Boy. I was born near Elwood, Ind., May 17, 1884, in the condition you see me now. I have been a puzzle to the medical profession ever since I can remember.

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