Prospect Point, Niagara – Antique Print
![Prospect Point, Niagara, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d72ee078d017-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: Prospect Point, Niagara, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Prospect Point, Niagara
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Prospect Point, on the American side of the Niagara River, gave visitors one of the closest views of the falls' Canadian-side rapids and the Horseshoe Falls beyond. This 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country in the 1890s and early 1900s to document scenic places for sale as prints and postcards. The company's catalog from 1901 helps date the plate to the late 1890s. By then Niagara was already one of the most photographed sites in North America, drawing tourists by rail and steamer, and the Detroit company's work captures how that crowd experienced the cataract.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 564-3" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08788. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Waterfalls.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls.Canada--Ontario--Niagara Falls.United States--New York (State)--Prospect Point. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,346 × 3,752 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif17831_ProspectPointNiagara |
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