Content: Printed on border: "The Tchankats are shepherds of Landes, in France, a race who passed their lives on stilts, crossing forests and rivers of venomous snakes without danger. They have now almost died out, and Sylvain Dornon, whose portrait we give, is one of the last of the tribe. He made himself notorious by walking from his native village to Paris on his stilts and even ascending the Eifel Tower on those wooden supports." Includes additional text. Written on border: "v.2, 1893".
Source Note: The picture magazine. (London : George Newnes Ltd., 1893-1896).

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17960472
Barcode: 33333159489026
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 469e8b00-c564-012f-a902-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1893

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The last of the Tchankats-Sylvain Dornon knitting on his stilts ; A stilt race at Arcachon-going to the starting post" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1893. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/469e8b00-c564-012f-a902-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1893). The last of the Tchankats-Sylvain Dornon knitting on his stilts ; A stilt race at Arcachon-going to the starting post Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/469e8b00-c564-012f-a902-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The last of the Tchankats-Sylvain Dornon knitting on his stilts ; A stilt race at Arcachon-going to the starting post" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/469e8b00-c564-012f-a902-58d385a7bc34

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