William "Red" Hill Junior and the "Thing" in which he lost his life August 5 1951
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- Title
- William "Red" Hill Junior and the "Thing" in which he lost his life August 5 1951
- Description
- JR
- 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 barrel constructed of inner tubes. The barrel did not follow the course he had supposed it would and the stunt ended in tragedy ; From the personal collection of George Bailey ; Image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of George Bailey ;
- en-CA Negative available
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91068
- Medium
- Photograph
- Extent
- 5" x 7" black white photograph
- Provenance
- George Bailey
- Date
- 195108
- Is Part Of
- Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections
- locator
- 10138a
- Rights
- George Bailey
- Subject
- Stunts and Stunters
- Niagara River - Lower
- Niagara Falls - General
- Portraits - Biographical
- Spatial Coverage
- Canada - Ontario
- number
- D10138A
- D10138BB
- D10138C
- D10138D
- D10138E
- Format
- Photograph
- Black and white photograph
- Black and white photograph
- Black and white photograph
- Black and white photograph
- Date Created
- 2003-06-14
- Date Modified
- 2006-07-21
