Stunts Collection (#4)

Housewives Stunt School
Housewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s

Stunt cyclist
Bicyclists (trick), Prof. Fourcher at Manhattan Beach. Trick bicyclist Professor Fourcher practicing in an empty outdoor auditorium at Manhattan Beach, N.Y

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Lunching with lions in Shepherds Bush
An unusual luncheon party which took place at the Imperial International Exhibition in Shepherds Bush (White City). Twenty people in a large cage with four full-grown lions belonging to Bostocks

Two seaside stunts
The new Aero-Bathing Machine: A remarkable invention to assist those who - hesitate upon the brink. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Bob Leach & his Barrel
Bobby Leach and his barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls

American Pole-Percher
A pole-sitter at Atlantic City, USA, sits at an altitude of 68m for 16 days, and plans to beat the 23 day record

Over Niagara in Sphere
Jean Albert Lussier goes over Niagara enclosed in a steel sphere and comes out smiling, despite hitting a rock

Brodie & Brooklyn Bridge
Scenes from Steve Brodies leap off the Brooklyn Bridge

Steve Brodie, Stuntman
A portrait of Steve Brodie, who performed the feat of jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

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