An extraordinary original press photograph capturing daredevil wire artist Jing Kline suspended high above the promenade at Playland Amusement Park in Rye, New York. Below, a massive crowd gathers along the park’s formal Art Deco mall, underscoring the scale, danger, and spectacle of early 20th-century aerial performance.

Produced during Playland’s golden era in the early 1930s, this image reflects America’s fascination with risk, entertainment, and public daring during the interwar years. The photograph retains original press stamps on the verso, including the photographer’s mark “Elrod,” confirming its period journalistic provenance.

A rare and visually commanding document of amusement-park culture, crowd psychology, and daredevil performance in Depression-era America.