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[View of Niagara Falls] – Vintage Wall Art

[View of Niagara Falls], [ca. 1895] — historic image
[View of Niagara Falls], [ca. 1895]. Historic image from the State Parks collection.

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The record's tags point to a lantern slide, a glass positive meant for projection, and link it to the St. Louis Calcium Light Co. and a numbered slide, though the catalog notes that these details are unverified. Lantern slides like this one were shown at lectures and in parlors, where a picture of the falls could stand in for a trip many viewers would never make. By about 1895, Niagara had long drawn tourists from across the country, and the state had set aside its reservation in 1885, the first state park in the United States. Such slides offer a useful view of how the falls were pictured for audiences of the period.

Created / published[ca. 1895]
SubjectsSt. Louis Calcium Light Co. No. 18. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. I.; Slides (Photog.); NY--N- F-; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,458 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143230

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