Contributor |
J. Sage & Sons, printer. |
Title |
Cataract House, Niagara Falls. [graphic] : Whitney, Geraud & Co., proprietors. |
Publisher |
Buffalo: J. Sage & Sons |
Publisher |
N.Y. Buffalo. 1860 |
Date |
[ca. 1860] |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving on stone mounted on paper; 6 x 9 cm.(2.5 x 3.5 in.) |
Description |
Trade card showing the exterior of the three-story hotel originally built in 1825 near the falls. Also shows the ca. 1835
addition and outbuilding on the bank of the falls in the foreground. Gen. Parkhurst Whitney purchased the hotel in 1831 and
leased it to Whitney, Jeraud & Co. in 1846.
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Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F]. |
Subject |
Cataract House (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) |
|
Hotels -- New York -- Niagara Falls. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Trade cards -- 1860-1870. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.16f] |
Accession number |
8608.F.16f |