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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 233 Collections and/or Records:

Patch - B. Patch, circa 1969-1970

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3 items - bound copies of N.Y. Folklore Quarterly articles about Sam Patch

Dates: circa 1969-1970
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Patch - Patch, Sam, circa 1829

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2 items - One print of an 1829 sketch and one facsimile of the print. The Sketch shows the 90 foot ladder Sam Patch jumped from into the Niagara River in 1829

Dates: circa 1829
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Patch, Sam

 File — Box 250: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2110]
Identifier: Box 1
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Sketch of Sam Patch who leapt into the rapids and a photograph of the gorge with the sketch superimposed

Dates: 1876-1933
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

PC 132 - 145, circa 1905-1939

 Box — Box Box 21: [Barcode: SC1950]
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Box containing postcards showing illustrated images of topics such as Niagara Falls, trolleys, stuntmen, VIP visitors, Whirlpool Rapids, Various bridges, Railway, Niagara scenery and others. Blondin, Dixon, Hill, Larson, Leach, Lussier, Taylor, Wagenfuhrer, and Webb.

Dates: circa 1905-1939
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / PC-000-000-117, Postcard Collection

Peer, Steve, 1887

 File — Box 250: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2110]
Identifier: Box 1
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Photographs of Steve Peer and a segment of the wire he walked on, currently in the library collection as 2012.24.10

Dates: 1887
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Peer, Steve, circa 1887

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16 items - photographs and facsimiles of photos showing Prof. Stephen Peer's walks across Niagara River on a wire.

Dates: circa 1887
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Percy, Charles A., 1902

 File — Box 250: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2110]
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents

Two matted photographs of Alexander Percy rowing his boat on the Niagara River by O.E. Dunlap

Dates: 1902
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Percy, Charles A., undated

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3 items - 1 photograph and two facsimiles showing Charles A Percy

Dates: undated
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Percy, Charles Alexander, 1887-1902

 File — Box 250: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2110]
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Charles Alexander Percy, "Percy the Water Lily", and his boat

Dates: 1887-1902
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Petit - B Petit, 1975

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Folder contains a copy Readers Digest including a relevant article

Dates: 1975
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

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