50498.
Rope Ascension over Niagara River.
Wire-Walkers, Daredevils All Images
50499.
Danseur de Corde.
50500.
Multiple carte of Blondin images.
50501.
Blondin.
50502.
Blondin with a man on his back.
50503.
Signed “J.F. Blondin.” Actual signature of Jean François Gravelet Blondin.
50504.
Blondin.
50506.
Blondin.
50507.
Blondin with his rope.
50508.
Blondin.
50509.
Harry Leslie reading the newspaper.
50513.
Unidentified wire-walker.
50514.
Unidentified wire-walker. From a post on the Cincinnatus Area Heritage Society FB page: “This might just be our “claim to fame.” We discovered this image in an odd little box of glass plates. The minute we held it up to the light, we knew we were holding something magical. It’s the Brick Store, with the back of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cincinnatus (completed in 1844) slightly to the left. Oliver and George Kingman, descendants of Cincinnatus pioneer Col. John Kingman, bought the store from Halbert and Bean in 1854. Two years later, in 1856, they sold to HM and Jefferson Kingman. (Note the signage over the front of the store.) We give this image, with the circus-like entertainment that must have come to town in the springtime, when the snow was still on, when the road was still awfully muddy, a circa date of 1856. We’ll have the image enlarged, so it can hang proudly for the public to see…and delight in. This is magical.”
50515.
Unidentified wire-walker.
50516.
Inscribed and signed on verso “To my friend C. Hatch. M. John Denier, Gymnast.”
50517.
Harry Leslie “The American Blondin.”
50518.
Prof. H.A. Davenport and Master Freddie Davenport. Champion Tight Rope Walkers of the World.
50520.
Matthew Webb.
50522.
Unidentified wire-walker, South Africa.
50524.
High-wire set-up.
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.