John Dominis ::
Tamale performer
Betty Fox jumps on a tiny platform hundreds of feet above ground, downtown Chicago, 1955
John Dominis ::
Aerialist Betty Fox performing on a tiny platform hundreds of feet above ground, Chicago, July 13th, 1955
Tag: daredevil
Anonymous photographer. Cannon-men or bullet men, Zachini, ca. 1930. Vintage silver print. / src: Lumière des Roses
Firefighters in Japan show off their nerve and skill. Every-day Japan, 1909 / via
Wesley May, known as “Daredevil”, accomplished the feat of passing from one plane to another in flight.
Anonymous photographer, ca. 1920. Gelatin-silver bromide. / src: Lumière des Roses
Health and safety? That’s a new thing. Three thoroughly modern girls in their swimming costumes go for a human pyramid while riding on Wilfred and Squeak, two donkeys, on the beach at Ramsgate, Kent in the 1920’s. (Photo: Mary Evans Picture Library) / src: The Mirror
more than a dive… belly flop in the shallow end / source: unexpectedtales on Flickr / no further information
Walther Rothwell :: Playing on the boats at Sadarghat Port, Dhaka, Bangladesh [src: Instagram walther_rothwell]
Vivian Maier :: A man precariously perched on the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building, NYC, 1954. Gelatin silver print; printed later. src: Howard Greenberg
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