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PMC 1898,DIXON CROSSING WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS NIAGARA FALLS

$ 39.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    GREAT ANTIQUE POSTCARD
    -*** DIXON CROSSING WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS NIAGARA FALLS,INTERNATIONAL FLAG BORDER ***
    Photographer and tightrope walker Samuel J. Dixon, of Toronto, walked the high wire over Niagra on September 6th 1890. Wearing brown tights, black silk trunks, and his "lucky" Civil War cap, Dixon walked a seven-eigths inch wire over the Niagara River Gorge, above the most turbulent portion of the Whirlpool Rapids. His sixteen-foot-long balancing pole was made up of three pieces of gas pipe. After crossing from the Canadian side to the American side, on his return walk he further thrilled the crowd by standing on one foot, lying on the rope with the pole resting on his chest, and hanging from the wire by one hand.
    UNUSED,WOF 1939,DOPS,
    AND IN  CONDITION AS SHOWN,WEAR,CREASES & WRINKLES.
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