Human Cannonball Size:20" x 25" Pictorially

Pictorially

the Twentieth Century made the Chicago-to-New York run in 15 hours 40 minutes and paid passengers $1 for each hour it was late

especially in this illustration by Olimpia Zagnoli

I think it still remains something that is of interest and intrigue

The Prohibition Era lasted until Dec

Human Cannonball Size:20" x 25" Pictorially"Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages. You are about to watch an incredible, death defying feat like no other in the world two men shot out of a cannon at the same time!" After the ringmaster's words of hype came a flash, a puff of smoke and a deafening roar as Hugo Zacchini and his brother Mario were catapulted more than 150 feet through the air into a net. The first human cannonball, launched in 1877 at the Royal Aquarium in London, was a