Title

Blondin On The Rope

Date

1977

1859

Creator

Campbell, Donna Marie

Extent

26.01 x 35.45 cm

Is Part Of

Watercolour Collection

Description

en-CA Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Government of Canada Local Initiatives Grant AK 2403-9 1974 - 1975 ; Artistic recreation based on a stereograph by Platt D Babbit held at the Earl W Brydges Public Library Niagara Falls NY ; Research by George Seibel ; "In JUne 1859 Blondin stretched his rope across Niagara Gorge midway between the Falls and The Whirlpool Raoids at a place known as Hubbard's Point on the Canada side and White's Pleasure Gardens on the US side. It was about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th when he started out on the rope cable from the America side. When about 100 feet out he sat down, lay on his back, stood on one foot and then resumed his journey. At intervals of about 150 feet he repeated this performance. He was on the rope for 18 minutes, as he landed the Gorge rang with cheers. His was the first rope walk across the Niagara Gorge ", excerpted from "Anthology & Bibliography of Niagara Falls by Dow volume 1 page 416" ;

Type

Still Image

Medium

Watercolour

Subject

Niagara River - Lower

Stunts and Stunters

Niagara Whirlpool and Rapids

Location

CA

Canada - Ontario

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=102713

locator

WC 4

Date Created

2005-02-10

Date Modified

2005-02-10