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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:

Stunters - SV29- SV29w; SV30-SV30w; SV31-SV31w; SV32, bulk: circa 1860

 Box — Box Box 31: [Barcode: SC1879]
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Box containing stereoviews includes images of various scenes of Niagara Falls and the area. Images show scenes such as Three Sister's Island, the railroad, and suspension bridge, among others. A number of images show stunters including Blondin, Belleni, Campbell, Annie Taylor, Graham, and others. Images of the DeVeaux School are also present. Stereoviews were created by publishers including Girffith & Griffith, Barker, and Bierstadt, American Scenery, and others.

Dates: Majority of material found in circa 1860

Stunts, 1952-1980

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Toronto Daily Star, Saturday Evening Post, Upstate New York (HAI 2020).

Dates: 1952-1980

Stunts, circa 1982

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC1061]
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German magazine article about Niagara Falls and Stunts (original)

Dates: circa 1982

Stunts

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC1061]
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Image of tightrope walkers (published copy), images of Beachy flying under the bridge (published copies), Text about Captain Matthew Webb (original), "Stunts at Niagara" (photocopy)

Dates: 1792 - 2010

Stunts, 1998

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC1061]
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Welcome to Niagara leaflet featuring Niagara's Daredevils (original), Miracle at Niagara booklets (originals), "The Day they turned off the falls" (originals)

Dates: 1998

Stunts (AKA Daredevils), 1995

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC1061]
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Niagara Falls! Milk Chocolate Almond Bar wrapper (original), "Dare Devils of Niagara" (original)

Dates: 1995

Stunts - Beachey, 1911

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Newspaper clippings about Aviator Lincoln Beachey's flight across Niagara Falls

Dates: 1911

Stunts - Farini and Blondin, 1861

 File — Drawer G1: [Barcode: SC1061]
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Notes on Farini's life (photocopy), Notes about Farini? (handwriting is difficult to read, photocopies), Notes on when Blondin was mentioned in Newspapers (originals)

Dates: 1861

Stunts - Graham - Flack, Robert Wm., undated

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A facsimile of a photograph in the Dunlap collection

Dates: undated