Niagara Falls
Artist
Charles Bierstadt
(American, 1819-1903)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1867-1873
MediumAlbumen print (carte-de-visite)
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (6.4 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Scott and Karen Wolff
Object number97.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis photograph shows the pavilion that Platt D. Babbitt used for making daquerreotypes of the falls. Babbitt controlled the rights to the location from which the best photographs of the falls could be made, and this image clearly shows Babbitt's operation.
Charles Bierstadt
Charles Bierstadt
Charles Bierstadt
