Niagara Falls, where the Great Lakes leap to the sea. Travel by train / Fredric C. Madan. – Historic Print
![Niagara Falls, where the Great Lakes leap to the sea. Travel by train / Fredric C. Madan., Long Island City, N.Y. : Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., [ca. 1925] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/73/73154f6445c3-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Niagara Falls, where the Great Lakes leap to the sea. Travel by train / Fredric C. Madan. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Niagara Falls, where the Great Lakes leap to the sea. Travel by train / Fredric C. Madan.
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Where the Great Lakes leap to the sea" is the slogan that opens this 1920s travel poster by Fredric C. Madan, which urges viewers to reach the falls by train. Water from the upper Great Lakes flows down the Niagara River and drops over the escarpment on the border between New York and Ontario, and the poster turns that geography into a promise of spectacle. Railroads and tourism promoters relied on color posters like this one to fill passenger cars during the 1920s, and the rainbow in the mist, noted in its subject headings, was a favorite device of the genre.
| Created / published | Long Island City, N.Y. : Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., [ca. 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone, color ; 102 x 67 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters American 1920-1930.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1920-1930. Tourism--New York (State)--1920-1930. Waterfalls--New York (State)--1920-1930. Rainbows--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,006 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225132 |
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