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1938

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Stereoview, Summer Niagara Falls, The Clifton House from the Ferry House A.Y.

This is a Stereoview. It was created by Frederic and William Langenheim. It is dated 1855 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is glass stereoscopic transparency, black tape, brush and white, gold ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Norvin Hewitt Green. It is credited Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.

Its dimensions are

8.3 x 17.5 cm (3 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in white ink, left: The Clifton House; above: Niagara Falls Summer.; right: from the ferry House, N.Y.; below: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by F. Langenheim in the Clerk’s office of the district Court for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania.

Cite this object as

Stereoview, Summer Niagara Falls, The Clifton House from the Ferry House A.Y.; Frederic and William Langenheim (United States); glass stereoscopic transparency, black tape, brush and white, gold ink; 8.3 x 17.5 cm (3 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green; 1938-58-51

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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