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Falls of Niagara from New Suspension Bridge. On the line of the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. [graphic] / Geo. Barker, photographer.
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Creator
Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer.
Contributor
Muschamp, Stanley, former owner.
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, architect.
Title
Falls of Niagara from New Suspension Bridge. On the line of the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. [graphic] / Geo. Barker, photographer.
Publisher
Niagara Falls, N.Y
Publisher
N.Y. Niagara Falls. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View of Niagara Falls on the Niagara River from the Suspension Bridge (i.e., Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and International Suspension Bridge), the world's first working suspension railway bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario. View includes the shoreline and mist rising from the base of the falls. The bridge was completed in 1855 after the designs of John A. Roebling and operated until 1897.
Notes
Title and photographer's imprint on mount.
Manuscript note on verso: Mr. Stanley C. Muschamp, compliments of H.P. Brown.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Biographical / historical note
George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Subject
Waterfalls -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
Geographic subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge (N.Y. and Ont.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, architect.
Provenance
Muschamp, Stanley, former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Barker - Views [P.9022.33]
Accession number
P.9022.33
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