A porter at a fruit and vegetable market carrying fifteen baskets on his head.

In the field outside his house in Plaistow, East London, 62-year-old railway worker Mo Harris balances a bicycle on top of a broom on his chin, watched by a couple of incredulous youngsters. Harris is known as 'the chin-up boy of...More

Portrait of American basketball player Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters balancing a basketball on his finger, May 15, 1968.

Wheel gymanstics Five women hang on to a gym wheel, fully balanced and in a static position - 1930 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Mary Ann Mobley gets a good look at New York City from a ladder atop the Park Lane Hotel as her twelve year old sister, Sandra, holds on to her legs beneath her pageant dress.

An Alsatian dog balancing four cups and saucers on its head.

Chinese acrobats from Chungking performing their amazing chair balancing act at the Dominion Theatre in London.

Perched on a girder at the edge of a building under construction, a confident daredevil balances on the back legs of a chair atop another chair set on a table, from a height of 20 stories - without a safety net.

Acrobats balanced on top of each other

Harold (left) and Fayard Nicholas so dome high steps in a high place, the Eiffel Tower to be exact, as they get around to see the sights in Paris. The two Americans, nightclub entertainers, are currently at the Paris Music Hall. Harold...More

Soldiers doing handstands on parallel bars at the Army Physical Training School, Aldershot, Hampshire.

While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch, these intrepid steel workers atop the 70 story RCA building in Rockefeller Center get all the air and freedom they want by...More

Portrait of men sitting on top of a precarious rock formation

Relma Brewster, 17, of Venice, California, who has been raised on a scientific physical culture since babyhood, demonstrates her strength. She is holding, left to right, Verdenia Silma, Georgia Halbeck and Jeanette Petty.

Ten Chinese acrobats balancing on a bicycle in Paris.

Members of the Manchester YMCA practising for a fitness display at the Free Trade Hall.

Couple with dog standing on their shoulders, 1910s. Couple with dog standing on their shoulders, c 1910s.

Bill Haley (1925 - 1981) And His Comets rehearsing at the Dominion Theatre, London. Bass player Al Rex plays his double bass while lying on it.

High school marching band parading during re-opening ceremonies for World's Fair.