tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post86893011392233064..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Friday Video: Dancing on a Very High High-Wire, 1931Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-17288766758295982712014-05-12T14:20:06.120-04:002014-05-12T14:20:06.120-04:00According to this, http://bit.ly/1jk6DmO the woman...According to this, http://bit.ly/1jk6DmO the woman is Bird Millman O'Day, and she was a circus woman who performed these dance-like acrobatic acts in various places, this one likely being New York.Elise Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638249743337748685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-20696621649251493972014-05-04T23:29:44.437-04:002014-05-04T23:29:44.437-04:00If she really did this as high up as it appears, s...If she really did this as high up as it appears, she's either crazy or really, really confident. Either way, it gave me the chills.Regency historical romance author Donna Hatchhttp://www.donnahatch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79865425783692905412014-05-02T20:12:14.974-04:002014-05-02T20:12:14.974-04:00You guys are great - you had the setting of this i...You guys are great - you had the setting of this identified by mid-morning! <br /><br />Carolyn, special thanks to you for spotting the Rogers Peet building, and then finding a photo in the NYPL files. Really cool! (And I suppose it shows how terribly old I am that I can remember Rogers Peet in NYC.)<br /><br />As for whether this is fake or real - I can see both sides. In its favor - high-wire artists have regarded crossing between skyscrapers in NYC as the ultimate challenge for generations. It's against the law now, of course, and I doubt the civic authorities would have smiled upon it in 1931, either. <br /><br />More recently, in the 1970s, Philippe Petit walked between the Twin Towers (he was arrested for it, too.) And apparently one of the famous Wallenda family wants to do the same between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building now: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/06/24/kelly-to-wallenda-you-will-not-be-doing-an-nyc-skyscraper-high-wire-act/<br /><br />So could be early camera trickery, or perhaps a net slung just out of view, or...she really did it. :)<br />Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-22390241016686693932014-05-02T11:00:54.671-04:002014-05-02T11:00:54.671-04:00If this stunt was legitimate, we must be at City H...If this stunt was legitimate, we must be at City Hall (given that we're looking south at the Woolworth and the Singer buildings). Is there any information on how they got permission to do circus tricks on City Hall, or is it just another case of Mayor Jimmy Walker letting good times roll?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658983213828361462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-9356788258135369812014-05-02T10:21:50.378-04:002014-05-02T10:21:50.378-04:00The tall, pointy building is NYC's Woolworth B...The tall, pointy building is NYC's Woolworth Building. In '31, it would've just finished its term as the world's tallest, having just been surpassed by the Chrysler and the Empire State.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658983213828361462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36018883132632968702014-05-02T10:05:45.726-04:002014-05-02T10:05:45.726-04:00Only because no one on the ground seems to be watc...Only because no one on the ground seems to be watching her, here's another vote for it being filmed against a background that has a film of the city projected against it. They did that all the time in movies for conversations in moving cars, etc.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52192156223215651262014-05-02T07:34:52.088-04:002014-05-02T07:34:52.088-04:00I was thinking it might be doctored. They really ...I was thinking it might be doctored. They really only show the rope from one angle.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800278294559232038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65522959076484419392014-05-02T07:19:49.402-04:002014-05-02T07:19:49.402-04:00The film footage was made in New York City. An in...The film footage was made in New York City. An inscription reading Rogers Peet Company at Broadway and Warren St. appears in a Wurts Brothers photograph in the NYPL Digital Gallery. This is dated 1912. Here is that image. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=406983&imageid=717185f&total=1&e=wCarolyn Lallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240212193164773808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10124471171008455132014-05-02T07:12:24.668-04:002014-05-02T07:12:24.668-04:00It could be a faked picture with her superimposed ...It could be a faked picture with her superimposed against a picture of a city. Did you see any shots of people down below watching with hearts in mouths?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-73885223486345245892014-05-02T03:12:43.198-04:002014-05-02T03:12:43.198-04:00Hi there! While I don't really recognize the b...Hi there! While I don't really recognize the buildings, I saw a sign for what looks like Rogers Feed Company behind her at one point. There's a mention of a Rogers Feed Company in Denton, TX, Live Oak, FL and Asheville, NC in American feed and poultry reports from the 1930s.<br /><br />British papers are a bit more difficult to research, so this may not be the answer.<br /><br />Nene AdamsBunnyOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048474214391179711noreply@blogger.com