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Niagara -- General view from American side. [graphic] / Langenheim.
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Creator
American Stereoscopic Company.
Contributor
Langenheim, Loyd & Co.
Title
Niagara -- General view from American side. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher
Philadelphia : American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date
c1858
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Landscape view showing the waterfall on the Niagara River near New York and Ontario, Canada. Includes a man wearing a top hat and a boy sitting on the edge of the cliff in the foreground.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's blind stamp on mount.
Publisher's label pasted on verso.
White mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Subject
Waterfalls -- New York (State) -- New York.
Geographic subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Landscape photographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Views [8248.F.1]
Accession number
8248.F.1
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