Snapshots of the Past

Niagara: Helping Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor over the rocks below the falls – Vintage Print

Niagara: Helping Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor over the rocks below the falls, c1901. — historic photograph
Niagara: Helping Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor over the rocks below the falls, c1901.. Historic photograph 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.)

Description

A window into the past: Niagara: Helping Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor over the rocks below the falls, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Niagara: Helping Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor over the rocks below the falls

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Mrs. Anna E. Taylor is the woman being helped over the rocks below Niagara Falls, and the scene recalls her October 1901 barrel ride over the Horseshoe Falls, the first such trip by a woman known to survive. Stereo cards like this one, issued by firms such as Griffith & Griffith, were bought in quantity by tourists eager to see the falls and its daredevils. The caption tags are old and unverified, but they place the card within that trade. Through a stereoscope, the rough shoreline shows how close visitors could get to the water.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Daredevils; New York--Niagara Falls; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,504 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136555

More from the State Parks collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Niagara. Assisting Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor out of the barrell [sic] after her terrible trip over the fallsNiagara. Assisting Mrs. [Anna E.] Taylor out of the barrell [sic] after her terrNiagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the fallsNiagara. Mrs.[Anna E.] Taylor ready to start above the fallsNiagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara Falls]Niagara - Mrs. Taylor in her barrell to make her daring trip [over Niagara FallsNiagara. Mrs. Taylor starting for the upper rapids preparing to risk her life in the Cataract of NiagaraNiagara. Mrs. Taylor starting for the upper rapids preparing to risk her life in[Niagara Falls, N.Y., close-up view from below] / Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y.[Niagara Falls, N.Y., close-up view from below] / Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N.[Niagara Falls - American falls from below, New York][Niagara Falls - American falls from below, New York]