PARACHUTING.
[BALDWIN, WILLIAM IVY.] Cabinet Card albumen print, 4 by 6 1/2 inches, of parachute drop at Baker's Beach, San Francisco, with inset of Baldwin at lower right corner, photographer's imprint ("Hugo Weitz / St. Louis Art Studio / 34 Third Street / San Francisco") to lower mount and verso, with text in unknown hand identifying the jumper as Ivy Baldwin and dating image to 1890, mild creasing, a few pinholes, wear to image.
A rare 19th century "action shot" of daredevil Ivy Williams jumping out of a balloon with a parachute at Baker's Beach.
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