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GB Bari
July 3, 2021 11:45 am
I find it amazing that this photo, taken so many years ago, actually still
exists! And now, someone has put it online for all of us to see.
This INCREDIBLE picture was taken in 1918.

It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp
at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

FACTS:
Base to Shoulder: 150 feet;
Right Arm: 340 feet; Widest part of arm
holding torch: 12 1/2 feet;
Right thumb: 35 feet;
Thickest part of body: 29 feet;
Left hand length: 30 feet;
Face: 60 feet;
Nose: 21 feet;
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet;
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet;
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000;
Number of men in torch: 2,800;
Number of men in right arm: 1,200;
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000

Total men: 18,000

These stats demonstrate that the designer realized that the width and lengths of every part of the figure had to increase steadily the farther away from the camera they would be, due to the effect of perspective. So the design fit within an inverted trapezoid (wider at the top than at the bottom) in order to appear to be more rectangular in proportion from the camera lens (or the human eye).

Happy 4th of July!