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Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls] – Antique Print

Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls], c1901. — historic photograph
Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls], c1901.. Historic photograph from the State Parks collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls]

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Mrs. Taylor is shown in her barrel just before her plunge over Niagara Falls. Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old former teacher, rode a wooden barrel over the Horseshoe Falls on October 24, 1901, and became the first person known to survive such a trip. Stereo cards like this one, made as pairs for viewing through a stereoscope, were popular souvenirs of the falls in the early 1900s, and publishers sold scenes of daredevil stunts alongside views of the cataract. Some details on the card are unverified, so it is best read as a record of the public fascination the falls drew at the time.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo published by M.H. Zahner (Griffith & Griffith). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 751 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159722

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