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That helmet which Red Hill used in his trips, saved his head from a terrific beating as he was tossed about
That helmet which Red Hill used in his trips, saved his head from a terrific beating as he was tossed about

That helmet which Red Hill used in his trips, saved his head from a terrific beating as he was tossed about

Date7/9/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: That helmet which Red Hill used in his trips; saved his head from a terrific beating as he was tossed about
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106916F
Ready to go with his crash helmet on his head and strapped to the hammock in his barrel is Red Hill in this last picture taken before he starts. All t(...)
Ready to go with his crash helmet on his head and strapped to the hammock in his barrel is Red Hill in this last picture taken before he starts. All t(...)
7/9/1945
Duplicating the trip from Niagara Falls to Queenston of the late Red Hill, famous Niagara riverman, his son, William Red, Jr., plans to make the dangerous trip July 4
Duplicating the trip from Niagara Falls to Queenston of the late Red Hill, famous Niagara riverman, his son, William Red, Jr., plans to make the dangerous trip July 4
3/16/1945
Trial run was made this week when Red Hill trundled the 780-pound steel barrel, once used by his father, out of his store at the Falls and tried it ou(...)
Trial run was made this week when Red Hill trundled the 780-pound steel barrel, once used by his father, out of his store at the Falls and tried it ou(...)
3/16/1945
Waving what could be his last farewell, Red enters the barrel for the journey
Waving what could be his last farewell, Red enters the barrel for the journey
7/9/1945
Red Hill
Red Hill
5/14/1942
Charles Blondin first made the aerial trip across the Niagara gorge in 185 and thousands watched spectacular stunt shown here. He even stopped in the (...)
Charles Blondin first made the aerial trip across the Niagara gorge in 185 and thousands watched spectacular stunt shown here. He even stopped in the (...)
12/28/1946
This is the barrel in which Red, here with an interested visitor, plans to make the hazardous journey
This is the barrel in which Red, here with an interested visitor, plans to make the hazardous journey
7/7/1945
Up on his feet on top of the wing of his plane during yesterday's performance of aerial stunts at Niagara Falls, John Kazian moves forward to take his(...)
Up on his feet on top of the wing of his plane during yesterday's performance of aerial stunts at Niagara Falls, John Kazian moves forward to take his(...)
9/1/1971
Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls - Stunts - Hill Family
Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls - Stunts - Hill Family
4/1/1938
Photographing Red inside the barrel is Ray Munro, Daily Star photographer
Photographing Red inside the barrel is Ray Munro, Daily Star photographer
7/9/1945
Just hanging around downtown. Wing walker John Kazian hangs from top wing of airplane while pilot Joe Hughes flies upside down past Toronto-Dominion C(...)
Just hanging around downtown. Wing walker John Kazian hangs from top wing of airplane while pilot Joe Hughes flies upside down past Toronto-Dominion C(...)
8/31/1972
Canada's own dynamic duo, If you want to attract attention on a Toronto street when everybody's preoccupied with cleaning up the snow, you've got to wear flamboyant clothes
Canada's own dynamic duo, If you want to attract attention on a Toronto street when everybody's preoccupied with cleaning up the snow, you've got to wear flamboyant clothes
12/6/1977