In the Best Tradition
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Photograph
In the Best Tradition
July 20, 1975
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0339.0017
Inscriptions recto (printed): (EDITORS: ADVANCE FOR AMS OF MONDAY JULY 28 WITH AP STORY) / (NA1) PERU, Ind., July 20 - IN THE BEST TRADITION -John Poe spins by his / teeth (left) and the strong arm of Craig Miser and "The Human Cannon ball" / W.W. Wilno (right) helps a performer up a rope. Poe fell a year ago, / crushing his hip and disabling him for seven months. He returned knowing / that another fall could put him in a wheelchair forever. Wilno, in his 70s, trains the amateur performers of the Circus Capital of the World but once / was fired out of a cannon over two ferris wheels. (AP WIREPHOTO) (MSH/11945) / stf 1975
