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. Artist supplied by cataloger; Halloway likely refers to artist Fred H. Holloway who drew a number of lithographs of Niagara Falls. "Hall & Mooney Lith. Buffalo."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to act of congress A.D. 1848 by Henry Filkins, in the Clerk's Office of the Northern District of New York"--text, bottom margin centered. "Halloway del."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 33.66 x 50.8 cm (13 1/4 x 20 in.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Bridges--Pictorial works Suspension bridges--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Northeast The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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