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Horseshoe Falls II, Niagara, New York – Vintage Wall Art

Horseshoe Falls II, Niagara, New York, c1898. — historic photograph
Horseshoe Falls II, Niagara, New York, c1898.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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 II, Niagara, New York. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Horseshoe Falls II, Niagara, New York

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Horseshoe Falls, the broad crescent of water on the Ontario side of the Niagara River, is the subject here, and the "II" in the title suggests the company issued more than one view of it. The Detroit Publishing Co., then known as the Detroit Photographic Company, sold color views like this to the tourists who arrived by rail and steamer to see the falls around 1898. Its color prints were often made by the photochrom process, which gave the cataract's green water and white spray a painted richness that appealed to buyers far from Niagara.

Created / publishedc1898.
Medium1 photographic print : color.
GenrePhotographic prints Color 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by the Detroit Publishing Co.
SubjectsWaterfalls--New York (State)--Niagara Falls--1890-1900. Waterfalls--Ontario--Niagara Falls--1890-1900. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,108 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-163692

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