Horseshoe Falls, no. 2, [Niagara Falls] – Historic Reproduction
![Horseshoe Falls, no. 2, [Niagara Falls], c1885. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be2239edfeee-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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Horseshoe Falls, no. 2, [Niagara Falls]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Horseshoe Falls, no. 2, [Niagara Falls]
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Horseshoe Falls, the great curved cataract on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, is the subject of this numbered view, one of several the photographer made of it. George Barker, a Buffalo photographer who built a large business on Niagara scenery, copyrighted the image, a step that protected his views from unauthorized copying. The print is an albumen print, the standard process for photographs of this period, which gives it the warm brown tone and fine detail typical of the 1880s. The date of about 1885 is an estimate drawn from the caption card, so it should be read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1885. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by George Barker. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--N-F-; NY--H-F-; Waterfalls; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,203 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141963 |
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