Acrobat on a Minneapolis skyscraper

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    An acrobat executes a headstand on the roof edge of a skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis. The Foshay Tower looms behind the acrobat; Marquette Avenue recedes into the distance to his right. Captured by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on September 27, 1942.

    For details, view the image in our online collections database.

    Featured on the Minnesota Historical Society's Collections Up Close blog on September 25, 2012 (the link will not be viable until that date).

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