I would be interested in seeing the photos of Anderson squatting with 1,200 lbs. Is this a reference to his $15,000 Mapes Hotel Challenge, or some other incident?
The newspaper accounts at the time of the Mapes fortnight performance indicated the Silver Dollar barbell weighed around 900 lbs.
I have seen the photo of Paul standing, supporting a huge, wheeled, makeshift barbell, but his legs are not bent.