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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.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Subject
Cataract House (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Hotels -- New York -- Niagara Falls.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Trade cards -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.16f]
Accession number
8608.F.16f
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