William "Red" Hill Junior posing in the "Thing" in which he lost his life August 5 1951
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- Title
- William "Red" Hill Junior posing in the "Thing" in which he lost his life August 5 1951
- Description
- JR norman candler
- Left of photograph Norman Candler designer of the craft ;
- 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 ;
- en-CA Negative available
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91353
- Medium
- Photograph
- Extent
- 5" x 5" black & white photograph
- Is Part Of
- Francis J. Petrie Collection
- General Photograph Collection
- Date
- 195108
- locator
- 10138b
- Subject
- Stunts and Stunters
- Niagara Falls - General
- Portraits - Biographical
- Spatial Coverage
- Canada - Ontario
- number
- D10138B
- Format
- Photograph
- Date Created
- 2003-07-18
- Date Modified
- 2005-10-31
