Niagara. General view of the Horseshoe Fall from Biddle's Stair Case – Historic Photograph Print
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(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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This rare historic photograph captures Niagara. General view of the Horseshoe Fall from Biddle's Stair Case in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Niagara. General view of the Horseshoe Fall from Biddle's Stair Case
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The view looks down on the Horseshoe Fall, the great curved cataract on the Canadian side of Niagara, from Biddle's Stair Case, a wooden stairway that gave visitors access to the rocks and spray below. The card is a stereograph, one of a pair of nearly identical photographs meant to be seen together in a stereoscope, which made the falls seem to rise up in three dimensions. Edward Anthony, a New York photographer and publisher, issued many such cards of American and Canadian scenery, and Niagara was among the most photographed sites of the period. Around 1860, tourists flocked to the falls, and cards like this one carried the sight to parlors far from the gorge.
| Created / published | [c1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860.Photographic prints 1860. |
| Notes | Copyright by E. Anthony. No. 248. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1860. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,316 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177613 |
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