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Niagara

Description: Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from atop a ledge on the New York side looking towards Horseshoe Falls and Ontario, Canada, with trees, a lighthouse, a building, and hills in the distance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1866
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000721
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Niagara Falls : (Canada side)

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the high rocky shore in Ontario, Canada, facing Horseshoe Falls, with people looking at the waterfall in the foreground, a steamboat at the bottom of the falls, and hills, a house, the New York side, and the river in the distance.

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Sketch of the Niagara Falls suspension bridge : (new in progress) shewing [sic] the basket ferry and the temporary towers of the foot bridge

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.

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Niagara Falls

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the Niagara River looking towards the New York side and showing two lighthouses, the covered enclosure of an incline railway descending to the river near the American Falls, and people on the banks of the river and in a boat.

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Erie Railway. : The great centennial excursion route. The shortest line via Buffalo or Niagara Falls between New York or Philadelphia, and all points west

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls from the rocky ledge of Prospect Point on the New York side of the Falls, with a woman, dog, and man looking over the gorge in the foreground and the waterfalls in the distance; image is centered with promotional description of railroad; verso contains text advertisement for New York Lithographing and Engraving Co.; decorative pink borders on recto and verso.

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Niagara Falls, : American side

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the New York river bank, looking up towards the waterfalls and showing a rowboat and "The New Maid of the Mist" steamboat in the water, with people and a dog on the rocky shore viewing the falls.

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Niagara Falls, : Canadian side

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the Canadian river bank looking up towards the waterfalls and showing a steamboat in the water, a rainbow, and people, including an African American man, on the rocky shore.

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