Stunt performers -- Niagara Falls -- N.Y. and Ont.

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The Great Blondin's Crossings of the Niagara Gorge in 1860: Transcriptions of Newspaper Articles

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Photographs of Jean Lussier, who went over the falls in a ball

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Photographs (22) and facsimiles of photographs of Lussier who went over Niagara Falls in a rubber ball uninjured in 1928.

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Topics of manuscripts are many and include: stunters, bridges, individuals, schools, hotels, Native Americans, Local History, television, famous visitors to NF and more.

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List of stunt performers (wirewalkers) in Niagara Falls

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Photos of various stunt performers, horseshoe falls, and the Whirlpool rapids

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Any books or biographies that are not part of a larger category such as DeVeaux School or a particular author.

Manuscripts, academic papers, master's theses and scientific writings related to the Niagara Falls area. Topics include natural history, stunt performers, engineering feats, phonology of the Tuscarora and historical essays related to Niagara County, Niagara Falls, and Niagara Frontier.

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Manuscripts, academic papers, master's theses and scientific writings related to the Niagara Falls area. Topics include natural history, stunt performers, engineering feats, phonology of the Tuscarora and historical essays related to Niagara County, Niagara Falls, and Niagara Frontier.

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17 photographs and documents related to Munday's stunts going over Niagara Falls in a barrel

Scope and Contents Box of various sized photographic negatives showing various events, topics, and individuals throughout the history of Niagara Falls. Topics documented include stunters such as Blondin, Spelterni and Loker, a 1930s bridge collapse, farms, fireworks, library staff; an old French stone chimney; Upper's Livery Coach and Sales Stables, Milling, views of the falls including Horseshoe and the American falls, the Power Plant construction in the 1950s, hotels and other historic structures in the...