Niagara elevator, Buffalo, N.Y. / Sage, Sons & Co. Lith. Print'g and Man'fg Co., Buffalo, N.Y. – Antique Print
![Niagara elevator, Buffalo, N.Y. / Sage, Sons & Co. Lith. Print'g and Man'fg Co., Buffalo, N.Y., Buffalo, N.Y. : Sage, Sons & Co. Lith., [187-] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c9/c99cf8428657-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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A window into the past: Niagara elevator, Buffalo, N.Y. / Sage, Sons & Co. Lith. Print'g and Man'fg Co., Buffalo, N.Y., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Niagara elevator, Buffalo, N.Y. / Sage, Sons & Co. Lith. Print'g and Man'fg Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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The name on this lithograph points to the Niagara Elevator, one of the grain storehouses along Buffalo's harbor, shown here with ships alongside. Buffalo became a major grain port after the Erie Canal opened in 1825 linked the Great Lakes to New York markets, and its waterfront filled with tall elevators that moved wheat and corn between lake vessels and rail or canal boats. Printed by Sage, Sons & Co. in the 1870s, the color sheet was likely a commercial view meant to show the scale of that trade, and it remains a useful record of the working harbor.
| Created / published | Buffalo, N.Y. : Sage, Sons & Co. Lith., [187-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo--1870-1880. Ships--New York (State)--Buffalo--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,458 × 1,154 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216481 |
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