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Niagara Falls nature's throne – Antique Wall Art

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 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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This color halftone served as the cover of a Denver viewbook, published by The Williamson-Haffner Co. around 1907, that retold Niagara Falls through the lens of Indigenous legend. Its subjects point to a sacrifice story tied to the falls, a tale that by then had been repeated for decades in tourist literature and was often built around a young woman offered to the waters. Publishers like Williamson-Haffner produced colorful souvenir booklets like this one for travelers and armchair readers, so the cover was meant to sell a romantic idea of the place as much as a view of it. The image is worth noticing for how it blends the falls' natural power with the stylized storytelling of the period.

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 scan4,718 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222349

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