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Leona Dare | Science Museum Group Collection Science Museum National Science and Media Museum Science and Industry Museum National Railway Museum Science Museum National Science and Media Museum Science and Industry Museum National Railway Museum Leona Dare 1855 - 1922 In August 1872, she performed in Indianapolis for the first time suspended under a hot-air balloon, lifting her husband and partner off the ground, holding him by his waistband only with her teeth. In the 1870s she experienced an accident and in 1884 while performing in Valencia; she dropped her partner who subsequently died of his injuries. The Science Museum Group Science Museum National Science and Media Museum Science and Industry Museum National Railway Museum Locomotion Science and Innovation Park

Biography of Leona Dare BIOGRAPHIES Leona Dare Who was Leona Dare? Leona Dare was an American trapeze artist and aerial acrobat, billed often as the "Queen of the Antilles" or the "Pride of Madrid". Add a New Bio Use the citation below to add to a bibliography: "Leona Dare." Biographies.net. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/leona_dare>. Discuss this Leona Dare biography with the community: https://www.biographies.net/people/en/leona_dare Notify me of new comments via email. Report Comment If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. You need to be logged in to favorite. Your name:*Required Log In Password:*Required Log In Add a new Biography Biographies Biographies

Stereoview of Leona Dare the American trapeze artist and aerial acrobat, billed as The Queen of Antilles or The Pride of Madrid. Famous for her stunts on trapezes suspended from ascending balloons