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Erie Canal at Little Falls – Antique Wall Art

Erie Canal at Little Falls, [between 1880 and 1897] — historic photograph
Erie Canal at Little Falls, [between 1880 and 1897]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Erie Canal at Little Falls

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The Erie Canal at Little Falls, in the Mohawk Valley of central New York, is the particular place this negative records, a town where the canal had to climb and descend through a narrow gorge carved by the Mohawk River. The canal opened across the state in 1825 and carried grain, lumber and manufactured goods between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes, so barges like those in the view were a common sight along its towpath. The negative is a 5 by 7 inch glass plate, and its record links it to the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American scenery and commerce for decades, and to the W.H. Jackson catalog, which suggests the photograph may be Jackson's work.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1897]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution to Jackson based on similarity of title to photo no. 4018 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). 07881" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7626. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBarges. Canals.United States--New York (State)--Little Falls.United States--New York (State)--Erie Canal.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 713 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76278

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