Niagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the falls – Vintage Wall Art
![Niagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the falls, c1901. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/66/6676a0b10140-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Niagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the falls. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Niagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the falls
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Anna Edson Taylor, the schoolteacher named in the title, is the reason this card stands out from other Niagara views. In October 1901 she became the first person known to survive a trip over the falls in a barrel, a feat she attempted on her 63rd birthday. This stereograph, issued by the Niagara Falls firm Griffith & Griffith, was a tourist souvenir meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, and it shows the moment before her descent. Her stunt drew crowds and newspaper attention, and it remains one of the more unusual episodes in the falls' history.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Daredevils; New York -- Niagara Falls; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,510 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136553 |
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