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American Fall and Rock of Ages, Niagara – Historic Print

American Fall and Rock of Ages, Niagara, c1898. — historic print
American Fall and Rock of Ages, Niagara, c1898.. Historic print 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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American Fall and Rock of Ages, Niagara 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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Few pictures on this board show the American Fall with the rock outcrop called Rock of Ages beside it, which makes this view of Niagara Falls on the New York side distinctive. The Detroit Publishing Company made it around 1898 using the photochrom process, which turned a black-and-white photograph into a color print by layering several hand-prepared lithographic stones. The company produced the image to build a catalog of its views, and the album it appears in was kept in its office as a reference. Its soft, saturated tones show how the firm marketed Niagara and other American scenery to travelers in the years before color photography became common.

Created / publishedc1898.
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color.
NotesIn album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53252. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsWaterfalls. Rock formations.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan768 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-78969

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