Clarence Dale "The Big Head Boy"

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Lindsey Birdseye, aka Clarence Dale, was born in Texas around 1882, and was first exhibited in about August 1890 by a manager named Davis as a 6-year-old in Buffalo at The Wonderland Museum:

"To open the season Wonderland proposes to show the worst case of big head on record. The disease is not uncommon, but such a case as Clarence Dale is really unique. The boy...weighs 83 pounds while his head weighs 45 pounds. It is plain to be seen that his head is a great Dale too big for his body. Notwithstanding the fact that he wears a 40-3/4 hat, the boy is intelligent."