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

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Photographs including stereographs showing Samuel Dixon crossing the Niagara River Gorge and the Whirlpool Rapids on a 3/4 inch wire and a 7/8 inch wire. Folder also includes to facsimiles of images.

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Photographs of Samuel J. Dixon and a note about him

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Photographs with text descriptions of various dogs, many of which went over the falls, as well as an unpublished article by Orrin E. Dunlap of dogs going over the falls.

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Orrin E. Dunlap's articles related to stunt performances at the Falls

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Glass plates 032-037

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Plate 032-005 broken. Topics include: President McKinley's 1901 visit to Niagara Falls, Bobby Leach's trip over the falls in a barrel, and houses.

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Glass plates 046-050

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: Native Americans and crafts, Red Hill Sr., George Stathakis' turtle, Goat Island and Three Sisters Island in the winter, Upper Arch Steel Bridge, and frozen American Falls.

Scope and Contents Glass plates 056-061Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Plate 60.001 broken. Topics include: Peter Nissen and his "Foolkiller" boat, various businesses including Ackerman & Tierney Store, Max Amberg's Store, A. Goodman's, Max H. Elbe Jewelry, M.B. Butler Grocery, Simon Beir and Son, Robido & Morton, S. Hirsh, S.D. True & Co., P.C. and Sons, John Irwin & Co., G. Chormann, Christ Blessing Shoe Repair, H.C. Fuch's...

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Glass plates 062-065

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: Peter Nissen and his boat the "Foolkiller", the Niagara Gorge, a railway wreck near the Falls Street Station, Niagara Falls Power Company construction, Native American children, and the Suspension Bridge.

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Glass plates 099-104

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: Widening of the Hydraulic Canal, winter scenes, construction on the Incline Railway, Niagara Research Laboratories, Capt. Matthew Webb, Carlyle Graham, and Marth Wagenfuhrer.

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Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Plates labeled 1000 and higher are not present in the index. Topics include: the Ontario Power Company, William Kondrat, and stuntman George Stathakis