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Mons. Blondin's walk across the cataract – Antique Wall Art

Mons. Blondin's walk across the cataract, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Mons. Blondin's walk across the cataract, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print 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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Mons. Blondin's walk across the cataract comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Charles Blondin, the French-born tightrope walker, is the subject here, shown on his rope above the Niagara Gorge. In June 1859 he crossed on a cable about 1,100 feet long, roughly 160 feet above the rapids, and that summer he repeated the feat with stunts such as stopping midway to cook an omelet. The record names Charles Magnus as an associated figure, though that attribution is unverified and no date is recorded. Crowds that came to watch made the crossing one of the most talked-about spectacles of its era.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, Charles. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 166.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan824 × 1,666 px · prints to 3 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173086

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