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

Drawer containing photographs, documents, bound histories, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting the various stunts, stuntmen and stuntwomen who performed stunts going over the Niagara Falls, going through the Niagara Rapids, and walking over the Gorge on tight ropes. Also present is documentation about rescues of individuals who accidentally fell into the Niagara River and went over the falls.

"Roll Out the Barrel: The Story of Niagara's Daredevils" a publication by Francis J. Petrie

Photo of Bill Suitor at the 1984 Summer Olympics

List of individuals who rode over the falls in a barrel (photocopies)

"Blondin" from Niagara: Its History and Geology (original), "The Man Who Defied the Niagara Gorge" (original), Hobbies "Tight Rope Dancers as Depicted by Prints" (original)

Facsimile of a newspaper clipping about Brodie

Newspaper clippings and narratives about stunters and individuals who accidentally went over the Niagara Falls.

Facsimiles of the 1896 handbill for Hardy's event. Includes copies of materials from Canada

Photographic 35mm negatives and contact sheets showing photographs taken of prints and cabinet cards showing 20th century stunters.

Newspaper clippings about Robert Overacker (originals)