#6 Harry Gardiner scales the 17-storey Vancouver World Building (later known as the Sun Tower) at the corner of Pender and Cambie in front of a crowd.

Harry Gardiner scales the 17-storey Vancouver World Building (later known as the Sun Tower) at the corner of Pender and Cambie in front of a crowd.

Harry Gardiner: The First Human Fly Who Climbed Skyscrapers from the Ground in the early 20th Century

#6 Harry Gardiner scales the 17-storey Vancouver World Building (later known as the Sun Tower) at the corner of Pender and Cambie in front of a crowd.

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