Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Acrobats on the Empire State Building


These acrobats did some amazing feats up on the Empire State Building in August 21, 1934:



Several dates have been linked to this performance, however, the photograph from the Corbis archives is dated with the year '34.


Featured image: "Acrobats Jarley Smith (top), Jewell Waddek (left), and Jimmy Kerrigan (right) perform a delicate balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building in Manhattan." Copyright Bettmann/CORBIS.


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