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• Author/Creator:Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, publisher.
  
• Title:Niagara.
  
• Publication:Niagara Falls : Charles Bierstadt, photographer, No. 2 Main St., opposite Cataract House, Niagara Falls, N.Y., [1869]
  
• Copyright notice date: ©1869
  
• Physical Description:1 accordion-folded sheet : tinted lithographs ; 6 x 80 cm unfolded, in brass case 6 cm in diameter
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: F127.N8 B54 1869
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

   
• Summary:Medallion book, containing a series of 16 tinted lithographs depicting scenes of Niagara Falls and nearby locations. The scenes are presumably based on photographs by Charles Bierstadt. Housed in a brass case stamped "Niagara" on the front, and with crest featuring a shield and eagle on the obverse. The imprint of Charles Bierstadt is repeated on the inside of the case top and bottom.
  
• Format:Visual Material
• Contents:Cataract House -- Rapids above the Falls -- Point View -- American Falls from Goat Island -- Terrapin Tower -- International Hotel -- Suspension bridge -- Interior suspension bridge -- Whirlpool rapids -- New suspension bridge, 1268 feet long -- The new suspension bridge -- Grand views of the falls from Canada side -- American Falls from Canada side -- Clifton House Canada CW -- Table Rock -- American Falls from below.
  
• Subjects:Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--New York (State)--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
  Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works.
  Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1869.
  
• Genre/Form:Lithographs--1869.
  Accordion fold format (Binding)
  Miniature books (Printing)
  Keepsakes.