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Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara gorge on a tightrope. Maria Spelterini (sometimes spelled Spelterina and occasionally referred to as Marie, July 7, 1853 – October 19, 1912) was an Italian tightrope walker who was the only woman to cross the Niagara gorge on a tightrope, which she did on July 8, 1876, as part of a celebration of the U.S. Centennial.
The most striking, influential, and surprising photographs published by TIME in 2024, selected by TIME's photo editors.
TIME Photo Department November 27, 2024 at 11:08 AM Lava crosses the main road to Grindavik and flows on the road leading to the Blue Lagoon, in Grindavik, Iceland, on Feb. 8.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
The Bozeman Trail followed many north–south trails which the American Indians had used since prehistoric times to travel through Powder River country. On July 6, 1863, forty-six wagons, eighty-nine men and an unspecified number of women and children crossed the North Platte at Deer Creek (present-day Glenrock, Wyoming ) and became the first ...
Cramond Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chair Amain) [citation needed] is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond . It is 1 ⁄ 3 mile (0.54 km) long and covers 19.03 acres (7.70 ha).
The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern times, it was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law (1671–1729). Cramond was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh by the Edinburgh Boundaries Extension and Tramways Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvii). [1]
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