Barnum’s Freaks, American Museum 1865

CARTE DE VISITE. The 1865 cast of the American Museum, including two Circassians, Anna Swan “Giant Woman,” Colonel Noah Orr “Giant Man,” albino, midgets, John and Hannah Battersby “Thin Man and Fat Woman,” and Ole Andreas Hansen “Norwegian Giant.” #001F……Ole Andreas Hansen (Norway, (1824-1876) was a mason in Glasgow, Scotland and also a Major in the U.S. Army. He joined the Union army in 1863 as Able Andrew Hansen. According to his biography, Ole Andreas Hansen joined Barnum’s circus in the autumn of 1865. He was Barnum’s original Norwegian Giant. He was also known as Andrew Huren. —from http://www.thetallestman.com/oleandreashansen.htm