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Niagara Falls from Prospect Point – Vintage Print

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, [between 1910 and 1930]. 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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Niagara Falls from Prospect Point

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Prospect Point sits on the American side of the Niagara River, giving this view a close look at the cascade where the water drops toward the gorge. The picture survives as a copy of a Detroit Publishing Company photograph, one of the many views the firm produced of American scenic sites for sale to tourists and travel publishers in the early twentieth century. Its glass negative dates from roughly 1910 to 1930, a period when Niagara drew steady crowds by rail and automobile and when the falls were already a familiar symbol of American natural wonder. The falls' power was partly harnessed for hydroelectric generation during these years, so the scene records a landmark at a time of rapid change.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 7 x 5 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Reproductions.
NotesPhotograph of a photo by Detroit Publishing Company. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072031. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsWaterfalls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan730 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77040

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