William Howard Taft: notably fat man who was frequently photographed in suits. [link] (Also, Cincinnatian.)
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Here you go, Sophia, President Taft.
::high fives flea for the xpost::
Gigantic snake: "...Don't do that."
I'm phobic but the snake is totally in the right in this case.
I thought Huey long might be good, but I looked at some pictures and he doesn't look fat. I guess he just lived large.
Oliver Hardy and Fatty Arbuckle might also merit a google.
Thank you! Taft is perfect- I don't know why I couldn't think of him! Although I may use the Australian man in my collage, since his is less recognizable!
In Googling a famously large man of the era, Diamond Jim Brady [link] I found this trove of news photos from the 1910s [link]
It's possible I may never emerge from the Library of Congress Flickr project.
Also I wish I had a snowball's chance in hell at getting a morning coat for this guy without making one- fat men look better in morning coats than sack suits. (I am doing a no money show, and can't rent one)
Winston Churchill 1920, though this does not quite count as a suit. [link]