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20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

These acrobats flipped so Simone Biles could soar.

By Carly Tennes

Published 7 months ago in Wow

For as long as we've had bodies, we've been using them in incredible ways.  Case in point? These iconic old-school acrobats, who flipped, swung, and pirouetted their way through life. 


From young Japanese gymnasts to performers balancing atop the Empire State Building, here are 20 high-flying photographs of old-school acrobats. 

  • 1

    “French acrobat Charles Blondin crossing the Niagara falls, circa 1859.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 2

    “My acrobatically skilled grandfather lifting my mother in 1958.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 3

    “Acrobats in Japan. ca. 1900.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 4

    “Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, 1934.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 5

    “My Great Grand Mother, early 1900’s, an equestrian/acrobat for Barnum & Bailey Circus.”



    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 6

    “Circus acrobat in New York City - 1950s.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 7

    “Acrobat dad entertaining his daughter, 1940.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 8

    “Actress Venetia Stevenson watches as acrobat and actor Russ Tamblyn, father of actress Amber Tamblyn, does a flip on the sidewalk, c. 1950s.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 9

    “French acrobat Philippe Petit balances on a tightrope strung between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, 1974.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 10

    “Acrobat Hans Prignitz does a handstand on top of St Michaelis Church in Hamburg - 1948.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 11

    “My friends grandfather and his twin brother showing their acrobatic skills at the top of the pyramid (1954).”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 12

    “Having a smoke during trapeze practice in 1949.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 13

    “Although This Photo Looks Photoshopped, This Is Actually Real!!! Aerial Acrobatics, 1925.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 14

    “My grandpa performing his solo trapeze act circa 1965, 5 years before experiencing a fatal fall while performing the same routine.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 15

    “John Lennon and his son Julian watch a trapeze artist at the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll circus along with Yoko Ono, Brian Jones, Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Eric Clapton. 1968.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 16

    “Trapeze, 1950s.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 17

    “My bada— grandfather showing off his acrobatic skills to impress girls, 1950s.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 18

    “My mom and aunt were acrobats and contortionists. When I was young there were lots of pictures of them performing, this is the only one I've dug up so far. Circa 1954.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 19

    “Circus acrobats in London, 1953.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

  • 20

    “Acrobats, Japan, 1880s.”

    20 High-Flying Photos Of Old-School Acrobats

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