Views depict the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River constructed 1851-1855 after John A. Roebling to connect the railroads of New York Central and Great Western Railway of Canada. One image shows the large stone pylons and two decks of the bridge from the river bank and another depicts the enclosed wooden carriage level with two men standing on the sides near the lattice work., Photographer's stamp pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Bridges [P.9022.7-8]
View of the falls in the distant background. Includes a tent labeled "photographic and stereoscopic views of the falls" sheltering a camera in the left foreground., Photographer's stamp pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Views [P.9022.9]
View of whirlpool and rapids in Niagara River near 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. Bridge partially obscured by tree-covered hill in the background. Bridge completed in 1855 after the designs of John A. Roebling and operated until 1897., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount within decorative ribbons flowing from shields. Also printed on verso with four vignettes of two medals, the Vienna Medal of Merit and the American Institute of New York, awarded to Charles Bierstadt in 1873., Photographer's blind stamp included twice on the mount. Stamp consists of his initials, C.B., within an art palette., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 26., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bierstadt relocated to Niagara Falls, New York from New Bedford, Massachusetts ca. 1863 and opened his own photographic studio.
Creator
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bierstadt - Views [P.9022.1]
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., 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., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator
Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Views [P.9022.33]
