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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:

Ballini

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

Two photographs and one typed description of Ballini

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

Beachey, Lincoln, 1900-1915

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

Photographs of the aviator Lincoln Beachey sitting in an early plane

Dates: 1900-1915
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Beachey, Lincoln, 1911

 File
Scope and Contents

Photographs and copies of photos of Beachey's flight

Dates: 1911
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

BI(?) -1 - McP 19; Brooks, bulk: circa 1854-1865

 Box — Box GSV Box II: [Barcode: SC1866]
Scope and Contents

Box containing glass stereoviews showing images of topics such as Niagara Falls, People visiting the Falls, Ice Bridge, Table rock, Luna Island, rapids, Horseshoe Island, American Falls, Lundy's Lane Battleground, Graveyard of the Slain, and Niagara scenery. Stereoviews created by publishers Brooks, Barker, Evans, Langeheim and McPherson.

Dates: Majority of material found in circa 1854-1865
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GSVC-000-000-001, General Stereoview Collection

Blondin, 1859-1897

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

Photographs of the stuntman Blondin and a segment of the rope he walked

Dates: 1859-1897
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Blondin - B Blondin, circa 1859-1876

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Scope and Contents

Clippings from various newspapers about Blondin's tightrope walking across Niagara Falls

Dates: circa 1859-1876
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Blondin - Blondin, circa 1859-1960s

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Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs, clippings and stories about Blondin's stunts

Dates: circa 1859-1960s
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Blondin - Blondin (Jean Frances Grandetet), circa 1859-1864

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Photographs in various formats showing Blondin carrying Colcord across the Niagara River on a tight rope in 1859

Dates: circa 1859-1864
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Blondin - Loose items, circa 1970s-1980s

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Scope and Contents

Publications and pamphlets about Blondin and is tightrope walk over Niagara

Dates: circa 1970s-1980s
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-5 / Stunters

Boya, N (Fitzgerald)- Stunts, 1961

 File
Identifier: gphc.boy.115
Scope and Contents

Photographs of stunter Nathan Boya (William Fitzgerald) who went over the Falls in a rubber ball and survived. Additionally there is also present an article (1985), and photocopies of images.

Dates: 1961
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-2 / 3 People A-F Groups & Ind.

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