So if 6’1” Northam is under the hood, how tall is the person in blackface?
6’8” or taller
The black-faced person I estimate at 3 inches (the distance from my mouth to my eyes) taller than the KKK person. In 1984, Northam was 25. He would have been 6’ 1” by that age. However, I think the photo was taken when he was in high school, judging from the plaid pants which were in fashion in the 1970s. He may have been shorter than the 6’ 1” then. He graduated from Onancock High School—a predominate black high school—in 1977. Perhaps the black face person is actually a black fellow high school student participating in a joke photo. Blacks are known to be quite tall in their teen years. Northam played high school baseball and basketball. He may have been on Northam’s basketball or baseball team. Check the basketball and baseball team photos.
This is just my theory, for people to think about.