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Bridge to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Bridge to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y., [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
Bridge to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y., [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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Bridge to Goat Island, 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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Bridge to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

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This view looks out from the bridge that carries visitors across the upper rapids to Goat Island, the wooded island that separates the American Falls from the Horseshoe Falls on the New York side of the Niagara River. The glass negative dates from roughly 1890 to 1910, when Niagara was among the most visited sights in North America and the Detroit Publishing Company was producing large numbers of views for tourists. Its record shows the image came to the Library of Congress through a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado. The white water of the rapids is the detail worth studying, since it shows the river's speed before it drops over the cliffs.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 030922. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsBridges. Rapids.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.United States--New York (State)--Goat Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 718 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76786

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