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Niagara. The barrell [sic] with its human freight on the way to the dreadful trip – Vintage Print

Niagara. The barrell [sic] with its human freight on the way to the dreadful trip, c1901. — historic photograph
Niagara. The barrell [sic] with its human freight on the way to the dreadful trip, 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Niagara. The barrell [sic] with its human freight on the way to the dreadful trip. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Niagara. The barrell [sic] with its human freight on the way to the dreadful trip

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A barrel with a passenger inside, bound for what the caption calls "the dreadful trip," is the subject of this stereo card. Griffith & Griffith copyrighted it around 1901, the year Annie Edson Taylor became the first woman known to survive a plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Stereo views like this one were popular with visitors who wanted the thrill of the Falls at home. The caption's details are old and unverified, so read the scene as a dramatized picture of the daredevil craze rather than a documented record of one specific stunt.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Daredevils; New York -- Niagara Falls; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,387 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136551

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