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Bobby Leach Barrel Niagara Falls Postcards

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Bobby Leach Barrel Niagara Falls Postcards
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One is signed. Bobby Leach (born Lancaster, England; 1858 – April 28, 1926) was the second person and first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, accomplishing the feat on July 25, 1911while Annie Taylor did it on October 24, 1901. He spent six months in the hospital recovering from injuries he sustained during the fall, which included two broken knee caps and a fractured jaw. Leach had been a performer with the Barnum and Bailey Circus and was no stranger to stunting. After watching a stuntman die attempting to dive from a platform over 150 feet (45 m) into a pool 5 feet (1.5 m) deep, he made the dive successfully. Prior to his trip over the falls he owned a restaurant on Bridge Street and would boast to customers that anything Annie could do, he could do better.