Acrobats Perform on Edge of Empire State Building

Acrobats Perform on Empire State Building
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Acrobats Jarley Smith, Jewell Waddek, and Jimmy Kerrigan perform a balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building in Manhattan on August 21, 1934. Watch a local news clip of the three performers setting up the human sculpture.
 

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