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[Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1920]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]

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Prospect Point, on the American side of the Niagara River, gives this view of the falls a close, direct angle on the cascade that tumbles toward the Canadian shore across the gorge. The negative is one of the glass plates made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely between about 1900 and 1920 producing views for postcards, guidebooks and tourist albums. Niagara was among the company's most popular subjects, since the falls drew steady crowds of visitors by rail and steamer during those decades. The 8 x 10 inch format, larger than the small plates used by many amateurs, reflects the commercial care that went into records like this one.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5591" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036844. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWaterfalls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68176

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