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- Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts from an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- September 01, 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts from an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts with an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- circa 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts with an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Aerial Stunt Performer Lillian Boyer Standing Atop an Airplane, circa 1922 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- circa 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Aerial Stunt Performer Lillian Boyer Standing Atop an Airplane, circa 1922
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Lillian Boyer Performing a Stunt, Transferring from Moving Car to Airplane in Flight, 1922-1927 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- 1922-1927
- Collections - Artifact
Lillian Boyer Performing a Stunt, Transferring from Moving Car to Airplane in Flight, 1922-1927
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Air Show Poster, Miss Lillian Boyer, "Empress of the Air," 1926 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Air Show Poster, Miss Lillian Boyer, "Empress of the Air," 1926
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Lucky Lee Lott Hell Drivers Baseball Cap, 1970-1990 - Stunt car driver "Lucky" Lee Lott and his Hell Drivers entertained audiences throughout the United States from 1935 to 1955. Lott crashed, jumped, flipped and demolished thousands of cars during his career. He survived, sustaining only one major injury during his career. Lott signed this cap well after he retired.
- 1970-1990
- Collections - Artifact
Lucky Lee Lott Hell Drivers Baseball Cap, 1970-1990
Stunt car driver "Lucky" Lee Lott and his Hell Drivers entertained audiences throughout the United States from 1935 to 1955. Lott crashed, jumped, flipped and demolished thousands of cars during his career. He survived, sustaining only one major injury during his career. Lott signed this cap well after he retired.
- "Jersey" Ringel Performing a Stunt on an Airplane in Flight, circa 1921 - In the early 1920s, barnstorming swept the United States. Pilots in surplus World War I airplanes toured the country performing sensational stunts for enthusiastic audiences. Many flyers lost their lives to these dangerous aerobatics. Barnstormer Philip "Jersey" Ringel died following an airplane crash in 1930 -- ironically, it was a routine flight and not a stunt performance.
- circa 1921
- Collections - Artifact
"Jersey" Ringel Performing a Stunt on an Airplane in Flight, circa 1921
In the early 1920s, barnstorming swept the United States. Pilots in surplus World War I airplanes toured the country performing sensational stunts for enthusiastic audiences. Many flyers lost their lives to these dangerous aerobatics. Barnstormer Philip "Jersey" Ringel died following an airplane crash in 1930 -- ironically, it was a routine flight and not a stunt performance.
- Aerial Stunt Performer "Jersey" Ringel, circa 1921 - In the early 1920s, barnstorming swept the United States. Pilots in surplus World War I airplanes toured the country performing sensational stunts for enthusiastic audiences. Many flyers lost their lives to these dangerous aerobatics. Barnstormer Philip "Jersey" Ringel died following an airplane crash in 1930 -- ironically, it was a routine flight and not a stunt performance.
- circa 1921
- Collections - Artifact
Aerial Stunt Performer "Jersey" Ringel, circa 1921
In the early 1920s, barnstorming swept the United States. Pilots in surplus World War I airplanes toured the country performing sensational stunts for enthusiastic audiences. Many flyers lost their lives to these dangerous aerobatics. Barnstormer Philip "Jersey" Ringel died following an airplane crash in 1930 -- ironically, it was a routine flight and not a stunt performance.
- Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts on an Airplane in Flight, 1922 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- January 09, 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts on an Airplane in Flight, 1922
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts with an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922 - Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.
- circa 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Lillian Boyer Performing Stunts with an Airplane in Flight, circa 1922
Would you climb out on the wing of an airplane? In 1921, Lillian Boyer did after only her second time in the air. This fearless decision led her to become a wing walker, performing death-defying aerial feats. She hung by her teeth, ankles, and toes. She balanced on her head. She even changed planes in midair. Her stunts garnered headlines wherever she performed.