Acrobatics Collection (#11)

A Skater On His Hands
Brooklyn, New York: January 18, 1923. This skater is amusing the crowd with his hand springs this afternoon

Ice Skater Triple Exposure
San Francisco, California: August, 1942. Betty Atkinson, Ice Follies skater, does an Arabian Cartwheel that is caught in a triple exposure by the photographer at Winterland

Figure Skating Merry-Go-Round on the Ice
St. Moritz, Switzerland: c. 1935. World-renowned New York figure skaters Freda Whitaker and Phil Taylor show some amazing acrobatics as they prepare for the next Winter Olympics

Acrobatic Vaudeville Couple
Portland, Oregon: c. 1920. An acrobatic couple display their overhead lift

A Rhoen Wheel Demonstration
Wurzburg, Germany: 1928. The Rhoen Wheel, invented by Otto Feick of Wurzburg. Here is a group of trainees enjoying themselves atop the Europa House

Acrobatic Trio
Miami Beach, Florida: November 15, 1951 The Wayne-Marlin trio rehearses atop the chimney of the Lord Tarleton Hotel. George Wayne Long holds Glen Marlin Sundby

High Up Acrobatics
Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1954 Betty Fox performs her acrobatic routine on a tiny platform extended from the roof of the Ambassador Hotel. She is 100 feet above the sidewalk below

Somersault Through Flames
New York, New York: c. 1960 An acrobat somersaults through a flaming hoop

A southern California girl has her own way of inbibing in an ice
Los Angeles, California: 1927. A bonny southern California girl has her own way of inbibing an ice-cream soda

Acrobatic Beach Exhibition
Long Beach, California: c. 1933. A boy and a young girl do an acrobatic seaside exhibition on the beach

Beach Performers Toss Woman
New York, New York: 1929. Three performers from the stage production, Broadway Nights practice their moves on the beach. Eddy and Douglas toss Dolores 16 feet at a height of more than 20 feet

Acrobatic Swandive
Lawrence, Kansas: November 11, 1926. A member of the University of Kansas acrobatics team makes a swan dive over four of his teammates

Georges-Marie Guynemer (1895-1917) French air fighter ace shot down 8 times. Died in combat 1917. Credited with 53 air victories. Broadsheet showing dog fights with German biplane and Fokkers

Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, killed in action 1915. Looping-the-loop: dropping bombs: shooting- up observation balloon. From a contemporary broadsheet

Fresco depicting taurokathapsia (acrobatics with bull or bull-leaping), from east wing of Palace of Knossos
Minoan civilization, 18th-15th century b.C. Fresco depicting a taurokathapsia (acrobatics with a bull or bull-leaping). From the east wing of the Palace of Knossos

NFS (London Region) dispatch riders display team, WW2
NFS dispatch riders demonstrate their motorcycle riding skills with a acrobatic display at Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

Male and female trapeze performers. Date c1875

Cirque dehiver... Tous les soirs, e 8 heures
Cirque dhiver... Tous les soirs, e 8 heures. French circus poster shows an aerialist floating with arms outstretched above a city skyline with a balloon in the background. Date between 1880 and 1900

Woman dancing in two scenes, performing acrobatics in third. Date c1898 i.e. c1899

Group of servicemen doing acrobatics in a field
A group of young servicemen doing acrobatics in a field, perhaps as part of their military training

Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells

Indian child gymnast atop a long pole
A tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!

A boy balances on a Circus horse
A young boy acrobat stands on one leg on the back of a performing horse in a circus. Ink drawing with watercolour wash by Malcolm Greensmith

The Risley Family Acrobats, London, 1846
Engraving showing Richard Risley Carlisle (1814-1874), who went by the stage-name Professor Risley, performing acrobatics with his two sons at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1846

Horseback Acrobatics
A couple with Barnum & Baileys circus, perform an impressive feat. He controls two horses, with a foot on eachs back, while she stands balanced on his knee

A young Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) spinning in the AuAu Channel off the coast of Maui, Hawaii
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Italian Aerobatics
A squadron of Italian fighters perform acrobatics over Le Bourget airfield, near Paris

Aerial Acrobatics
Acrobats will turn into aerobats in the circus of tomorrow - high-wire acts will be more thrilling than ever !

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