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![The "Human fly" otherwise known as John Reynolds giving an exhibition of his skill on the roof of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWh1bWFuLWZseS1vdGhlcndpc2Uta25vd24tYXMtam9obi1yZXlub2xkcy1naXZpbmctYW4tZXhoaWJpdGlvbi1vZi1oaXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/501/jpg "The \"Human fly\" otherwise known as John Reynolds giving an exhibition of his skill on the roof of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C.")
!["Position is everything in life", anyway its a lot in the life of John Reynolds better known as the "human fly". He is shown doing his stuff on the flag pole of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvcG9zaXRpb24taXMtZXZlcnl0aGluZy1pbi1saWZlLWFueXdheS1pdHMtYS1sb3QtaW4tdGhlLWxpZmUtb2Ytam9obi1yZXlub2xkcy02NDAuanBn/40/83/webp "\"Position is everything in life\", anyway its a lot in the life of John Reynolds better known as the \"human fly\". He is shown doing his stuff on the flag pole of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C.")
![[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol building with portrait of George Washington at Dorchester Heights by Gilbert Stuart and unidentified portrait of a man, possibly John Adams, on display]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvaW50ZXJpb3Itd2FsbC13aXRoLWFyY2hpdGVjdHVyYWwtb3JuYW1lbnRzLW9mLXRoZS11cy1jYXBpdG9sLWJ1aWxkaW5nLXdpdGgtMTdlZTRkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol building with portrait of George Washington at Dorchester Heights by Gilbert Stuart and unidentified portrait of a man, possibly John Adams, on display]")
![[Floor detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvZmxvb3ItZGV0YWlsLWxpYnJhcnktb2YtY29uZ3Jlc3Mtam9obi1hZGFtcy1idWlsZGluZy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWVhZTAxYS02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[Floor detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![The Men Who Learned to Fly, The Wright Brothers Story of Their Experiments, the Sensations of Flight, and their Estimate of the Future of the Airplane [George Kibbe Turner, McClures Magazine, February 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1lbi13aG8tbGVhcm5lZC10by1mbHktdGhlLXdyaWdodC1icm90aGVycy1zdG9yeS1vZi10aGVpci1leHBlcmltZW50cy10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "The Men Who Learned to Fly, The Wright Brothers Story of Their Experiments, the Sensations of Flight, and their Estimate of the Future of the Airplane [George Kibbe Turner, McClures Magazine, February 1908]")
![Man May Now Fly at Will [E.B. Grimes, The Technical World Magazine, June 1906]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWFuLW1heS1ub3ctZmx5LWF0LXdpbGwtZWItZ3JpbWVzLXRoZS10ZWNobmljYWwtd29ybGQtbWFnYXppbmUtanVuZS0xOTA2LTUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "Man May Now Fly at Will [E.B. Grimes, The Technical World Magazine, June 1906]")
