Details
Title General view of the falls, Niagara, from Prospect Point. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1866
Date [ca. 1866]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17.5 cm. (3 x 7 in.)
Description Landscape view from Prospect Point of American Falls in the foreground and Horseshoe Falls in the background, two of the larger three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada.
Is part of Unidentified series No. 140
Notes Title printed on mount below image and on verso.
Explicative paragraph of text printed on verso describes the scene from a quote by British author and poet Eliza Cook. Includes vignette of eagle clutching "United States of America" banner, arrows and a shield in its talons. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border.
Pale yellow mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Saul Koltnow.
Subject Waterfalls -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
Geographic subject Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.38]
Accession number P.9022.38