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[Terrapin Point and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y.] – Antique Wall Art

[Terrapin Point and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Terrapin Point and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Niagara Falls 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Terrapin Point and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Terrapin Point and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]

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Terrapin Point is a rocky overlook on Goat Island that juts out toward the brink of the Horseshoe Falls, so this view places the viewer almost level with the cataract's curve rather than looking at it from the shore. The negative is an 8 by 10 inch glass plate from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that sold views of American and Canadian scenic sites to tourists and publishers in the early 1900s. Dated between 1905 and 1915, it comes from a period when Niagara Falls drew large crowds of visitors and was becoming one of the most photographed natural landmarks in North America. The plate later passed to the State Historical Society of Colorado and reached the Library of Congress, which holds the company's collection.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7209" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039860. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWaterfalls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan816 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69333

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