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Niagara Falls nature's throne – Antique Print

Niagara Falls nature's throne, Denver, Co. : Published by The Williamson-Haffner Co., c1907. — historic print
Niagara Falls nature's throne, Denver, Co. : Published by The Williamson-Haffner Co., c1907.. Historic print from the State Parks 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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A window into the past: Niagara Falls nature's throne, 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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Rather than a straightforward view of the falls, this color halftone served as the cover of a viewbook called *Niagara Falls, Nature's Throne*, published in Denver around 1907 by the Williamson-Haffner Company. Its subject headings point to Native American figures and a legend of sacrifice at the cataract, a story that tourist publications of the period often used to give Niagara a dramatic human past. Because the print reproduces a painting, it also shows how publishers marketed the falls to a national audience through romantic imagery as well as scenery.

Created / publishedDenver, Co. : Published by The Williamson-Haffner Co., c1907.
Medium2 photomechanical prints : halftone, color.
GenreCovers (Illustration) Color 1900-1910.Viewbooks 1900-1910.Paintings Reproductions 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910.
NotesA169323 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Willimason-Haffner Co., Denver, Colorado. Illus. in: Niagara Falls, nature's throne. Denver : Published by The Williamson-Haffner Co., c1907, cover.
SubjectsIndians of North America--1900-1910. Legends--1900-1910. Sacrifices--1900-1910. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,457 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218616

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