Amon Carter print details

American Falls, Niagara, N.Y.

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1908

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Hugh C. Leighton Company

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: American Falls, Niagara, N.Y.

    l.l. to l.r. in ink: Buffalo. Aug. 30 - 08. \ Frank's cousin from Seymour. Sd \ is with Fr. & myself. We left the \ baby with Rilly. \ Artia.

    Verso [vertical]:

    l.l. to u.l. printed along left edge: THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. 1181 \ MADE IN GERMANY.

    u.c.[stamp]: BUFFALO, N.Y. \ AUG 3 \ 1 - AM \ 1908

    c.l. in ink: Dear Alta:- \ We left Cleveland \ last night at 1:30 or \ rather this morning \ and are going home \ at 7:00 o'clock. We will \ get into Cleveland about \ 11:00 tonight.

    c.r. in ink: Miss A.C. Winder \ c/o the A. Seehurst Mfg Co. \ Denver \ Colo.

    l.l. printed: THE AMERICAN FALL. The fall first reached \ from the American shore is eleven hundred feet wide, nearly \ one-fourth of a mile, and its flood makes a sheer descent of \ 159 feet from the crown to the base of its precipice. One \ hundred and fifty million cubic feet of water take this leap \ every minute of time. This torrent takes the plunge in a \ billowy sweep, but is caught by craggy points and thrown \ out in an [sic] hundred places in wild and singular beauty, its \ falling waters clothed in snow-white drapery, its peculiar \ charm. 53.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1053

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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