Vintage Photograph Shows NYC Daredevil Balancing on a Stack of Chairs 20 Stories Up Circa 1920

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A daredevil balances on the back legs of a chair atop other furniture, 20 stories up in New York, circa 1920.
A daredevil balances on the back legs of a chair atop other furniture, 20 stories up in New York, circa 1920.
Photo: OldSchoolCool

This great vintage photograph from around 1920 shows a young well-dressed daredevil balancing precariously on top of a stack of chairs 20 stories up on the rooftop of a New York City skyscraper.

via r/OldSchoolCool

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