Category:Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara Rapids
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English: In July 1876, Maria Spelterini crossed the Niagara Rapids on a tightrope. She performed the stunt various times that month as spectators lined the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, on July 8 for the US centennial, on July 12 with peach baskets on her feet, on July 19 with a blindfold, on July 22 with her ankles and wrists manacled, and on July 27.
Media in category "Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara Rapids"
The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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Maria Spelterini at Suspension Bridge (cropped).jpg 600 × 321; 70 KB
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Maria Spelterini at Suspension Bridge.jpg 750 × 758; 147 KB
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Signorina Maria Spelterini crossing Niagara Rapids, N. Y (NYPL b11708196-G91F067 160F).tiff 2,988 × 1,728; 14.77 MB
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Signorina Maria Spelterina in her high rope performance (left view).jpg 1,072 × 1,140; 305 KB
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Signorina Maria Spelterina in her high rope performance (right view).jpg 1,072 × 1,140; 312 KB
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Categories:
- Stunts at Niagara Falls
- Tightrope walking
- Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
- Spectators in Canada
- Spectators in the United States
- July 1876 in Canada
- July 1876 in the United States
- Niagara Falls, Ontario in the 1870s
- 1876 in Ontario
- 1876 in New York (state)
- 1870s events in Canada
- 1876 events in the United States
- Niagara Falls in the 19th century