Alberta Vaughn dons a mask (and executes some amazing diving skills) to catch her cheating, shoe-clerk, husband (Harry Langdon) in the act, in “Picking Peaches”, 1924.
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Tag: acrobatics
French aerialist Philippe Petit holds a balancing pole as he crosses a steel cable suspended between the not-yet-completed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, 1350ft above ground, New York City, 7 August 1974 [AP]
Dancer Dinah Grace, 1930s
Stunts: a Zeppelin flying low over a steam locomotive. Below the airship is a man on a rope. Place and date unknown. ~ source: vintage everyday
Funambulists
Ferdinando Scianna ::
Carmona,
Andalusia, Spain, 1983.
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Russ Saunders, 1939, Gimli (written on verso) / src: eBay
“Aerial Daredevils Performing Two Miles Up”. Aerial daredevils Wesley May and Clarence Dragunier perform their stunts two miles above the New York countryside.
Uncredited photographer.
International Newsreel Photo. 5 January, 1929. / src: Univ. of Texas
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