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The Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, as viewed from Goat Island. [graphic].
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Title
The Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, as viewed from Goat Island. [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 depicts a man walking toward the Terrapin Rocks and Terrapin Tower from Goat Island over a boardwalk bridge spanning the Niagara River. Depicts the Horseshoe Falls, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada. Boardwalk bridge removed in 1887.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 140
Notes
Title printed on verso.
Quote printed on verso by N.P. Willis describes the scene depicted in the photograph. Also includes a poem by the Earl of Carlisle below the quote. A vignette of eagle clutching "United States of America" banner, arrows and a shield in its talons surmounts text. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border.
Creme 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.
Pedestrian bridges -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
Observation towers -- 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.9022.39]
Accession number
P.9022.39
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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