The only rout via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge – Antique Print
(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
The only rout via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The only rout via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge
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The title promises a single route, and this print makes the Niagara Suspension Bridge its centerpiece rather than the falls themselves. Completed in 1855 under engineer Charles Ellet Jr., the bridge carried trains and carriages across the gorge just below the cataract, linking rail lines on the American and Canadian sides at a time when crossing by rail often meant changing cars or taking a ferry. Advertising prints like this one were a popular way for railroads and travel agents to win passengers. A cataloguing note links the piece to the firm Clay, Cosack & Co., though that attribution is unverified.
| Created / published | c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | G6604 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Clay, Cosack & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,655 × 1,808 px · prints to 9 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176651 |
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