Accidental death of Austrian-born French tailor and inventor Franz Reichelt (1879-1912), by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design, Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Journal, February 18, 1912, Pr - from our story 'The Spectacular Televised Death Of Franz Reichelt: The Eiffel Tower Base Jumper (1912)'

Accidental death of Austrian-born French tailor and inventor Franz Reichelt (1879-1912), by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design, Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Journal, February 18, 1912, Private Collection, (Photo by Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

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