page_title: Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly
hierarchical_section_title: Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly
caption_attribution_description: English: Associated Press photo of Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly (1893-1952) sitting on a flagpole in College Park, Md., in 1942
context_page_description: Aloysius Anthony Kelly, popularly known as Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, was a pole sitter who achieved fame in the 1920s and 1930s, sitting for days at a time on elevated perches throughout the United States.
context_section_description: Aloysius Anthony Kelly, popularly known as Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly (May 11, 1893 [some accounts say 1885] – October 11, 1952), was a pole sitter who achieved fame in the 1920s and 1930s, sitting for days at a time on elevated perches throughout the United States.
caption: "Shipwreck" Kelly pole sitting in 1942
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