50524.
High-wire set-up.
50525.
Peinture Pompeii. (D)
50526.
229. Graham in the Rapids.
50527.
Carlisle D. Graham. The Hero of the Whirlpool Rapids and His Barrel. He was the first to use a barrel to go over the Falls.
50528.
Prof. Stephen Peer’s Last Walk across Niagara River, on a 5/8 in. wire, June 22nd, ’87.
50529.
Prof. Stephen Peer’s Last Walk across Niagara River, on a 5/8 in. wire, June 22nd, ’87.
50530.
Maria Spelterini on the high wire.
50531.
The rescue of Mr. G. Hazlett and Miss S. Allen, at the Whirlpool, Canada side, after their perilous voyage through the Whirlpool Rapids in their barrel, on November 28th, 1886.
50532.
George Hazlett and Sadie Allen. In the days of real sport, George Hazlett invited Sadie Allen to shoot the rapids with him in this barrel, so they did in 1886.
50533.
John Lincoln Soules, aged 30, attempted to swim the rapids July 4, 1890. He landed near the rapids elevator on the Canadian side. His knee was badly cut on a rock in landing.
50534.
Walter G. Campbell and his dog.
50535.
W.J. Kendall. Swam Niagara Whirlpool Rapids, Aug. 22nd, 1886.
50536.
Robert Wm. Flack of Syracuse who lost his life July 4th, 1888 in a trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in a boat of his own construction. His manager was an undertaker.
50537.
Unidentified wire-walker carrying another man.
50538.
Unidentified wire-walkers.
50539.
Geo. N. Dauphin, Light and Heavy Balancer.
50540.
Louise Boochel.
50541.
Unidentified wire-walker.
50542.
Unidentified wire-walker.
50543.
Bobby Leach and the Barrel in which he went over the Falls.
50544.
Samuel J. Dixon.
50545.
James E. Hardy, “Hero of Niagara” who ended Niagara rope and cable walking July 4, 1896.
50546.
Blondin, Hero of Niagara, 1859 Medal.
50547.
A piece of Blondin’s cable.
50548.
James E. Hardy on the high wire.
50549.
Mons. Blondin and Harry Colcord, the man he carried across the gorge on his back, August 17, 1859. This photo taken at Battery elevator, at rapids, on or about August 6, 1888, when Blondin revisited Niagara. Colcord was from Chicago and was Blondin’s manager. A note on verso indicates that there is some question as to whether or not the man with Blondin is actually Colcord.
50550.
Mons. Blondin.
50551.
Unidentified wire-walker,
50552.
Rescue of Mrs. Taylor.
50553.
Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor shot the Horseshoe Falls Oct. 24th, 1901, and survived. Drop 165 feet. A feat never before accomplished. Entered Barrel, 1 1/2 miles above Falls. Had 32 pounds of air in Barrel. 100 pound weight on foot of Barrel. Was in Barrel 1 hour and 15 minutes. Rescued on Canadian Shore at Bass Rock, six hundred yards below Falls.
50554.
Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor shot the Horseshoe Falls Oct. 24th, 1901, and survived. Drop 165 feet. A feat never before accomplished. Entered Barrel, 1 1/2 miles above Falls. Had 32 pounds of air in Barrel. 100 pound weight on foot of Barrel. Was in Barrel 1 hour and 15 minutes. Rescued on Canadian Shore at Bass Rock, six hundred yards below Falls.
50555.
W.J. Kendall, the Boston policeman.
50556.
Harry Warner.
50557.
Captain Matthew Webb and the Wave that Killed Him.
50558.
Capt. Matthew Webb.
50559.
James E. Hardy “The High Wire King” in 1912. Autographed.
50560.
Capt. Klaus Larsen and his boat.
50561.
Bobby Leach after his trip over the Horseshoe Fall.
50562.
Bobby Leach and the steel barrel in which he went through the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara.
50563.
This cigar shaped barrel was designed for a trip over the Falls but it was sent over with only a cat as occupant to test its strength on Dec. 13, 1910, and smashed as shown.
50564.
Calverley walking Peer’s Cable over the Niagara Rapids.
50565.
Carlisle D. Graham and William J. Glover, Jr., left their clothes behind and leaped into the Niagara rapids for a race to Lewiston in 1901.
50566.
Carlisle D. Graham as he was dressed for his swim of Sept. 7, 1901.
50567.
Maud Willard and Barrel. Lost her life, Sept. 7, 1901.
50568.
The last photo taken of Mrs. Taylor previous to her trip over the Horseshoe Fall. Mrs. Taylor did not leave the barrel after the picture was taken until rescued below the Falls. The men in the picture are William Halloran and Fred Truesdale, who towed her out into the Canadian current.
50569.
Cap’t Larsen, Conqueror of the Whirlpool Rapids, Sep. 18th, 1910. Captain Klaus Larsen, on September 18, 1910, went through the rapids in this gasoline engine boat, which he described as “a peach.”
50570.
Bobby Leach, and his Barrel.
50571.
Bobby Leach and his Barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls, July 25th, 1911.
50572.
Boat in which Peter W. Langgaard went through repids, Oct. 23, 1913. Gasoline launch.
50573.
P.W. Langgaard, Detroit, Mich. Oct. 23, 1913.