Photograph of ice bridge, ice mound and American Fall, Niagara--Instantaneous / by Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Photograph of ice bridge, ice mound and American Fall, Niagara--Instantaneous / by Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Winter ice piled up at the foot of American Fall, the smaller cataract on the New York side, in this view by George Barker, whose title notes an instantaneous exposure. Ice bridges formed when spray and floating ice jammed the gorge below the falls, sometimes linking the shores and drawing visitors onto the frozen river. The word "instantaneous" points to a fast shutter, a technical achievement in the early 1880s that let photographers catch moving water and ice rather than the blur of longer exposures. Barker's Niagara views were popular souvenirs of the period.
| Created / published | c1883. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 3125-0(?) U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Snow--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1880-1890. Ice--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1880-1890. Waterfalls--New York (State)--Niagara--1880-1890. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141962 |
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