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- Title
- Niagara -- General view from American side
- 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., 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., 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.
- Creator
- American Stereoscopic Company
- Date
- c1858
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [8248.F.1]
- Title
- Falls of Niagara from New Suspension Bridge. On the line of the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R
- 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., 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]
- Title
- American Fall from Canada
- Description
- Landscape view of American Falls, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada., Title printed on mount below image., Manuscript note on verso: Thanks Marie I enjoyed the book. Chris., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.8537]
- Title
- General view of the falls, Niagara, from Prospect Point
- 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., 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.38]
- Title
- Fall in the Plaaterkill Clove, Catskill M[oun]t[ain]s, N.Y
- Description
- Lantern slide showing a view of a waterfall near Plaaterkill Clove. A fallen tree extends over the pool in the foreground and foliage grows on the rocks next to the falls., Signed by MCM., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1890-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2140]
- Title
- Falls of the Genesee
- Description
- View depicting the large waterfall of the Genesee River at Rochester, New York. In the center, shows the water rushing down the hill and towards the viewer. Cliffs jut out in the left and in the right. In the background, several buildings are visible., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the lithographer., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Bufford’s Lith
- Date
- [ca. 1838]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - U.S. - New York - Genesee [P.2010.6.28]
- Title
- American Fall from Luna Island
- Description
- Winter view of American Falls from Luna Island, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada. A tree covered in thick icicles frames the view of the falls in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 25., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., 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.9022.18]
- Title
- The Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, as viewed from Goat Island
- 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., 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.39]

