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.
Mons. Blondin.
Unidentified wire-walker,
Rescue of Mrs. Taylor.
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.
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.
W.J. Kendall, the Boston policeman.
Harry Warner.
Captain Matthew Webb and the Wave that Killed Him.
Capt. Matthew Webb.
James E. Hardy “The High Wire King” in 1912. Autographed.
Capt. Klaus Larsen and his boat.
Bobby Leach after his trip over the Horseshoe Fall.
Bobby Leach and the steel barrel in which he went through the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara.
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.
Calverley walking Peer’s Cable over the Niagara Rapids.
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.
Carlisle D. Graham as he was dressed for his swim of Sept. 7, 1901.
Maud Willard and Barrel. Lost her life, Sept. 7, 1901.
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.
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.”
Bobby Leach, and his Barrel.
Bobby Leach and his Barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls, July 25th, 1911.
Boat in which Peter W. Langgaard went through repids, Oct. 23, 1913. Gasoline launch.
P.W. Langgaard, Detroit, Mich. Oct. 23, 1913.
Jean A. Lussier, Over Niagara Falls in Rubber Ball, July 4, 1928.
Jean A. Lussier Coming out of Ball Smiling. Signed on verso “Aug. 24/’30 Jean Lussier.”
Over Niagara Falls, July 4, 1928. Jean A Lussier.
Signed “Jean Lussier, July 4, 1935.”
Unidentified wire-walker.
“Compliments of Dan ??, Slack-wire artist.” Just can’t tell what this man’s last name is.
Rosa from The Seven Grunathos, incomparable lady acrobats.
Rosa from The Seven Grunathos, incomparable lady acrobats.
Trade card for the Merrick Thread Co. and for the dealer J.H. Cline, Brooklyn, NY.
Business card for Blondin. The Hero Chevalier Blondin of Niagara.
Satiric card. Monsieur et Mademoiselle Blondin.
Dixon Performing on his Wire Cable over the Whirlpool Rapids.
James E. Hardy.
Unidentified wire-walker.
Unidentified wire-walker.
No. 677. One misstep and certain death awaits him on the jagged rocks 600 feet below-Prof. Ivy Baldwin on the high wire at Eldorado Springs, Colo.
Tight rope walking by John Denier, in Havana [NY] on Thursday October 5th 1876.
Niagara Falls & Blondin. A Guide & Souvenir. With a new Series of Views from Photographs taken [by Evans] on the Spot to which is added a Complete Guide in both French and Spanish Published by Sage Sons & Co., Arcade Building, Buffalo, N.Y. The twelve lithos are included but the Guide Book is not.
No. 1. Bridge & Rapids above the Falls.
No. 2. Niagara Suspension Bridge.
No. 3. Terrapin Tower & Horse Shoe Fall.
No. 4. Table Rock & Horse Shoe Fall.
No. 107. P.W.W. Pump House, Poughkeepsie.
No. 5. View of the Entire Falls, from Victoria Point.
No. 6. American Falls & Steamer Maid of the Mist.
No. 7. Blondin’s Ascension before the Prince of Wales.
No. 8. View of the Rapids, Opposite the Cataract House.
No. 9. Clifton House & Canada Side from Prospect Point.
No. 10. Whirlpool & River.
No. 11. Blondin’s Rope & Suspension Bridge.
No. 12. Porter’s Lodge. Brock’s Monument.
