"The Thing" used by William "Red" Hill Jr. to go over the Horseshoe Falls being retrieved from the Lower Niagara River
item
- Title
- "The Thing" used by William "Red" Hill Jr. to go over the Horseshoe Falls being retrieved from the Lower Niagara River
- Description
- People line the banks of the Niagara River hoping to see Hill survive ; In the rescue boat are L-R: Danny White (wearing hat), Joe Smith, Norman "Corky" Hill brother of Red Jr., person in bow of boat not identified ;
- 23.79 x 19.24 cm
- 12.7 x 10.6 cm
- 12.7 x 10.6 cm
- en-CA Red Hill Jr., son of the famous riverman Red Hill Sr., died Sunday August 5 1951 attempting to go over the Horseshoe Falls in a flimsy contraption constructed of old inner tubes and netting. The barrel did not follow the course he had supposed it would and the stunt ended in tragedy ; his body was recovered August 6th ;
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=248644
- Type
- Still Image
- Medium
- Black and white photograph
- Extent
- 20.39 x 12.57 cm
- Is Part Of
- General Photograph Collection
- Date
- 19510805
- Provenance
- Courtesy of Ron Roels
- Subject
- Stunts and Stunters
- Niagara River - Lower
- Spatial Coverage
- Canada - Ontario
- Source
- Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library
- number
- D421723
- D421723A
- D421723B
- Format
- Black and white photograph
- Black and white photograph
- Black and white negative
- Date Created
- 2005-10-21
- Date Modified
- 2005-10-31
