Prospect Point, Niagara – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Prospect Point, Niagara, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Prospect Point, Niagara
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Prospect Point sits on the American side of the Niagara River, where visitors have long looked across the gorge at the falls and the Canadian shore. This photochrom print, dated around 1901, reflects the color process developed in Switzerland in the 1880s, which the Detroit Publishing Company used to reproduce American scenery for sale. The company compiled such prints into catalog albums, so this view was meant to show buyers what was available, and it still shows the crowds and railings that drew tourists to the park's overlooks in the early 1900s.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51344. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls. Parks.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,478 × 1,195 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218394 |
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