[View of Niagara Falls] – Vintage Wall Art
![[View of Niagara Falls], [between 1853 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5c72661dc590-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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[View of Niagara Falls] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[View of Niagara Falls]
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This half-plate daguerreotype is a copy of an earlier plate, probably the work of Platt D. Babbitt, a daguerreotypist who photographed the falls in the 1850s. The record credits Mathew Brady's studio and notes the gold-toned surface, a Rinhart hallmark, and the number 53 scratched into the face of the plate, details that help place it among the commercial views sold to travelers. By 1860, Niagara was one of the most photographed sites in America, drawn by its size and its fame as a destination. The copy was transferred to the U.S. War College in 1920, which is how it came to the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [between 1853 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Scratched on face of plate: 53. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Copy daguerreotype, original probably by Platt D. Babbitt. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1850-1860. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116250 |
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