Blondin Memorial Trust

Terms and conditions

Last updated: 16 August 2025

About This Website

This website is maintained by the Blondin Memorial Trust to provide information about the life and legacy of Blondin. It is offered for educational and historical purposes only.

Blondin Memorial Trust is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others and ensuring the ethical use of historical materials.

The content on this website has been made possible thanks to the extraordinary work of Jean-Louis Brenac, Blondin’s great-great-grandson. His years of dedicated research and historical investigation underpin much of what is shared here. Jean-Louis continues to oversee and guide the content of the site.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all text and documents on this site is © Blondin Memorial Trust. You may view and print pages for personal use, but reproduction or redistribution of any content is not permitted without prior written consent.

Image Credits and Copyright

All historical images displayed on this website are believed to be in the public domain. They are presented in good faith, either because their copyright has expired or because they were published without known copyright restrictions.

Where possible, sources have been acknowledged beside the image or here below. If you believe an image has been used in error, or if you have a copyright concern, please contact the website administrator, Françoise. All queries will be reviewed and responded to with care.

Home page:

  • Banner: "Blondin crossing Niagara River", photograph by William England. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons .
  • Blondin at table. Studio photograph by Fratelli Alinari, Firenze. Publisher: KHM-Museumsverband. Source: Theatermuseum, Vienna. See europeana.eu.
  • Tightrope Walking page banner image: "Margarethe Zimmermann above Cologne Heumarkt, 1946". Unknown photographer; from Köln und der Krieg. Leben – Kultur – Stadt 1940–1950 (Greven Verlag, Köln, 2016). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons .

About Blondin page:

Blondin's Feats page:

  • Banner: "Blondin's rope ascension over Niagara River", photograph by George Barker. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons .
  • Tunis Map of Niagara River. Source: Tunis' New Map of Niagara Falls and River, 1855 .
  • Blondin cooking omelette. Source Dictionary of Sydney. Credit: From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales (Australian Town & Country Journal, 15 August 1874).
  • Blondin on bicycle by J.T.Haden, Birmingham. Publisher: KHM-Museumsverband. Source: Theatermuseum, Vienna. See europeana.eu .
  • Blondin in sac. Studio photograph by Fratelli Alinari, Firenze. ublisher: KHM-Museumsverband. Source: Theatermuseum, Vienna. See europeana.eu .
  • Blondin doing headstand. Studio photograph by Fratelli Alinari, Firenze. Publisher: KHM-Museumsverband. Source: Theatermuseum, Vienna. See europeana.eu .
  • Blondin on chair. Studio photograph by Fratelli Alinari, Firenze. Publisher: KHM-Museumsverband. Source: Theatermuseum, Vienna. See europeana.eu .
  • Spectators watching Blondin's crossing of the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope by William England. Source: Wikimedia Commons .
  • Blondin carrying his new assistant Jack. (studio photograph). Source: Wikimedia Commons .
  • Blondin, stunt: hanging by one leg. Photograph, courtesy of Niagara Falls Public Library, Niagara Falls, N.Y. .
  • Blondin carrying Harry M. Colcord over the whirlpool rapids, courtesy of Niagara Falls Public Library, Niagara Falls, N.Y. .

Funambulism page:

  • Banner: "Margarethe Zimmermann above Cologne Heumarkt, 1946". Unknown photographer; from Köln und der Krieg. Leben – Kultur – Stadt 1940–1950 (Greven Verlag, Köln, 2016). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons .

External Links

Some pages on this website may include links to external sites (marked with an icon). These are shared for reference or convenience, but the Trust is not responsible for their content or accuracy, and inclusion does not imply endorsement.

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the information on this website is accurate and up to date. However, the Trust cannot guarantee completeness or correctness, and accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or any loss that may result from reliance on the material provided.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about the terms and conditions, you can contact us through the Contact page form, or by email at 'info(at)blondinmemorialtrust.com'

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