An image of the intrepid photographer Frédéric Boissonnas who scaled a rickety ladder
in 1907 to capture several of the most amazing views of the Parthenon. Unknown photographer. / source: JohnTrikeriotis
more [+] Fred Boissonnas posts
Tag: daredevil
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
Photographer
Thomas Kelley*, 1930’s. / via coolkidsofhistory
(*) Photographers Charles C. Ebbets, Thomas Kelley and William Leftwich
were all present the day ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ was shot [Sept. 20, 1932] so their identities are often confused.
Funambulists
“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
Workmen high above on the Gantry of Tower Bridge, London, ca. 1900’s
Henri Roger (1869-1946), French photographer climbing the lightning conductor of the School of Law, December 10, 1899. (Roger Viollet Agency) / src: paris-d-antan
Russell Froelich :: Aerial acrobat performing on a bi-plane with a
race car driving below, 1920’s | src: Missouri History Museum
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