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[Rock of Ages, Niagara Falls, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Rock of Ages, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Rock of Ages, Niagara Falls, N.Y.], [between 1905 and 1915]. 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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[Rock of Ages, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]

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Rock of Ages, the name given to this view, refers to a rock formation at Niagara Falls, New York, where the river drops toward the cataract. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, a large format that the Detroit Publishing Company used for its landscape work in the early twentieth century. Niagara was one of the most photographed places in the country, and the company produced views like this for a growing market of tourists and publishers. The negative is dated between 1905 and 1915, a decade when the falls drew steady crowds of sightseers by rail and steamboat.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7211" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039858. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRock formations. Waterfalls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69332

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