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Willow Island bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Willow Island bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y., c1908. — historic photograph
Willow Island bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y., c1908.. Historic photograph 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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Willow Island bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Willow Island bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

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The bridge crosses over to Willow Island, a small island in the Niagara River above the falls, where the water was diverted into power canals to drive mills and factories. Those canals made the upper river a working landscape as well as a tourist destination by the early 1900s. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative was made around 1908 by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely and sold views of American scenery to a national market. The plate's catalog notes suggest it was later donated to the State Historical Society of Colorado, and the image shows how footbridges linked the islands to the mainland.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 5589" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPedestrian bridges. Canals.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls (City)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72504

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