Cave of the winds – Vintage Print
(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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Cave of the winds comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cave of the winds
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Cave of the Winds is a tourist path that runs behind the thundering falls at the base of the cliff on the American side of Niagara, and this albumen print shows that spot as visitors of the late 1880s would have seen it. The name refers to the wet, wind-driven mist that funneled through the rocky recess, soaking anyone who ventured onto the wooden walkways and ladders. George Barker, a photographer who worked the Niagara trade and stamped his name on the mounts he sold, made the picture around 1888, when the falls had become one of the most photographed sites in the country. Note the sheer scale of the water against the tiny figures of the visitors.
| Created / published | c1888. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Copyright by Geo. Barker. Stamped on verso of mount: Geo. Barker, Landscape Photographer, [...], Niagara Falls, N.Y. Image of America: early photography, 1839-1900. Washington : Library of Congress, 1957, no. 176 Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 120. Exhibited: Image of America: early photography, 1839-1900, Library of Congress, no. 176. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 209 |
| Subjects | Waterfalls--New York (State)--1880-1890. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,752 × 4,662 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221629 |
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