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A stunt performer poses on the Mack fire truck extension ladder

 

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Title:
A stunt performer poses on the Mack fire truck extension ladder
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0002_00031_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d30r9m420
Type:
Image
Caption:
Bud Fisher who climbs the high flag poles on the Avenue of Flags at A Century of Progress, gives the crowds there a real thrill when he poses as for a dive to the asphalt 90 feet below him, on the top rung of the Mack fire truck extension ladder. He performs thrilling feats on the ladder daily when not busy with the flags.


Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Flags
Flagpoles
Ladders
Fire engines
Stunt performers
Daredevils

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
10.5 x 6.5 in.

Exhibit:
Avenue of Flags

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
2
Folder:
31
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.

Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)