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Identifier
10017789
Description
Plennie L. Wingo, age 81, walks backward in downtown Fort Worth, watching his progress with a periscopic rear-view mirror; he is the world's backward walking champion according to Ripley's Believe It or Not. Wingo (1895-1993), a native of Abilene, Texas, was given the Guinness World Record title of "greatest extent of reverse pedestrianism" after walking backwards from Santa Monica, CA to Istanbul, Turkey from April 1931-October 1932.
Archival Date
1976-11-05
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-6863 [frame 18]
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Mirrors; World records
Names
Wingo, Plennie L.
Subjects
Mirrors; World records