[View of Niagara Falls] – Vintage Wall Art
![[View of Niagara Falls], [between 1853 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/89/89a441caf075-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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Step back in time with [View of Niagara Falls], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[View of Niagara Falls]
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The plate is a half-plate daguerreotype, gold toned to deepen its tones, with the number 53 scratched into its face. The record describes it as a copy of an original probably made by Platt D. Babbitt, a daguerreotypist who photographed the falls in the 1850s, and it was produced in Mathew Brady's studio. It later passed to the U.S. War College, which received it in 1920. Mid-century visitors to Niagara would have found a busy tourist destination, and the plate preserves how the cataract looked to them before later hydroelectric projects altered the river.
| Created / published | [between 1853 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Scratched on face of plate: 53. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Copy daguerreotype, original probably by Platt D. Babbitt. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1850-1860. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,464 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218627 |
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