Old Fort Niagara – Antique Print
![Old Fort Niagara, [ca. 1900] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/ae42e3280183-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Old Fort Niagara in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Old Fort Niagara
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Old Fort Niagara stands where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, a site that controlled the water route between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic colonies. The French built the first stone fort there in the 1720s, and the British captured it during the Seven Years' War in 1759. This photochrom, a color print made from a photograph and produced by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1900, shows the fort as a tourist attraction, when its old walls drew visitors interested in the region's military past.
| Created / published | [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 53595. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Forts & fortifications.United States--New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 725 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-79007 |
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