[Niagara Falls, N.Y.] – Antique Wall Art
![[Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/3062abb4bc97-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [Niagara Falls, N.Y.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Niagara Falls, N.Y.]
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Taken from Prospect Point on the American side, this view of the falls was made on a large glass dry plate negative, about 14 by 11 inches, a format that gave photographers of the period exceptional sharpness and detail. The Detroit Publishing Company produced and sold views like this one in great numbers in the years before 1920, when travel by rail had made Niagara one of the most visited sites in North America. The negative's markings also show how such plates were catalogued and later preserved, having reached the Library of Congress after a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 14 x 11 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. From Prospect Point. G 5562" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 035044. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Waterfalls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 785 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77817 |
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