[Niagara Falls] – Historic Print
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(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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This ambrotype, dated about 1854, shows Niagara Falls, the cataract that spans the border between New York and Ontario. Ambrotypes were a quicker and cheaper alternative to daguerreotypes, built on a glass plate with a dark backing that made the image look positive. By the mid-1850s the falls had become one of the most popular subjects for early photographers and tourists in the United States. The picture was later reproduced in *Eyes of the Nation* and included in the Library of Congress's *American Treasures* exhibition in 2004 and 2005.
| Created / published | [ca. 1854] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : ambrotype. |
| Genre | Ambrotypes 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 106. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-05. Unprocessed; in Ambrotype Cabinet. |
| Subjects | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,464 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218476 |
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