Description:
Two photographs of "Happy Jack Eckert" at different times in his life. He was born in 1877 and died in either 1937 or '39. (I found differing years of death for him in online articles.) One photograph is a late nineteenth century tintype of Happy Jack when he was a six year old boy and the other is a cabinet photograph of Happy Jack taken by Wendt of Boonton, N. J. In the tintype his bare toes peek out from beneath the bottoms of his pant legs.
The tintype measures 3 1/4 by 1 7/8". Tintypes of Happy Jack are very rare. We have included a lightened image so that the young Happy Jack can be more easily seen in the tintype. The lightened image is not an accurate representation of the actual tintype which is quite dark as can be seen in the other image.
The cabinet photo measures 6 1/2" by 4 3/16". The condition of the photos can be seen in the accompanying image.The tintype is quite sharp & has excellent detail. The tintype shows up somewhat darker in our pic than it is in person. If you look closely with a glass you can see the excellent details. His cheeks are lightly tinted. Paper from the original mount is stuck to the back. The image in the cabinet is a bit faded and soft. Below the image is printed: "Happy Jack Eckert, Wendt, Photos. Boonton N.J." On the back is printed information about Happy Jack with the title: "The Original Happy Jack Eckert." Among other things it states that "Happy Jack is the Largest Moose in the World. L.O.O.M., Alexandria 861." And that he "Was awarded the Gold Medal, August 10th, 1914, for being the largest man in the U. S. A., also the largest Elk, being a member of B. P. O. E., Americus, Ga., No. 752."
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