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[View of Niagara Falls] – Vintage Photo Print

[View of Niagara Falls], [ca. 1895] — historic image
[View of Niagara Falls], [ca. 1895]. Historic image from the State Parks collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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What sets this view apart is its form. The record links it to the St. Louis Calcium Light Co. and to lantern slide cataloging, so it was probably made to be projected rather than handled as a print. Calcium, or limelight, lanterns threw a bright beam through glass slides and were a staple of lectures and traveling shows in the 1890s, and Niagara Falls was among the sights such audiences most often saw. New York had set aside the Niagara Reservation in 1885, the first state park in the country, which helped make the falls a destination. The catalog's caption details are unverified, so the exact maker and date remain open questions.

Created / published[ca. 1895]
SubjectsSt. Louis Calcium Light Co. No. 12. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. I.; Slides (Photog.); NY--N- F-; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,514 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143231

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