1894 Print California Midwinter World's Fair Tightrope Highwire Walker SSC1 XME9 Strobothnia

Strobothnia

Old Couple

This is an original 1927 sepia halftone print of "In the Streets

Lady's Two Blade Pearl

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1894 Print California Midwinter World's Fair Tightrope Highwire Walker SSC1 XME9 Strobothnia"The Camera on the High Wire." This is an original 1894 halftone print of the highwire performer balancing on the wire stretched between the Bonet Tower and the Liberal Arts Building at the 1894 California International Midwinter Exposition. The inset in the upper right is an image shot by the performer from his vantage point on the highwire. Photography by I. W. Taber. Period Paper is pleased to offer a rare collection of original historical halftone