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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
