Winter view of Niagara Falls, New York. Large icicles hang from boulders in the foreground and a large waterfall is visible in the background., Inscribed in negative: 1278., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint from label pasted on verso. Printed on label: These are a few select views taken in the winter of 1860 and '61., Distributor's label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. was one of the largest suppliers of photographic apparatus in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date
ca. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Views [8248.F.11]
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]
