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Great vintage photographic journal of the Niagara Falls from the late 1920s. It's not dated, but there is a caption that references the output of the power plan in 1925, so this is likely from a year or so after that.
It is published by EE Nicklis, Niagara Falls, NY
10.75" x 7.75"
See photo for condition - this is the item you will receive. All pages present and securely attached by double staple binding. No water damage showing, but bottom of some pages seem a little wrinkled. Maybe flat storage could flatten them out.
There is nothing that the western hemisphere can present in the way of natural wonder, sublime and surpassing in its beauty, that equals this gem in the diadem of nature, Niagara Falls.No visitor, from Father Hennepin, the first white man who gazed upon the tumult and thunder of its waters, down to the present, who from bridge or bank or brink of precipice, has looked out over the ghost-like mist, the sparkling rainbows, the sloping splendor of greenish waters as it rushes over the precipice, or the stupendous wonder of the Whirlpool Rapids, but has sung its praises, and told the story of its awesomeness and magnificence. The greatest masters of the English Tongue have sung its praises, have painted word - pictures that will live while the cataract itself lasts.In this work there are presented, by the witchery of the art preservative, views of Niagara in Summer and Winter and the Falls illuminated - the most gorgeous spectacle ever witnessed - which depict its beauties more accurately than all the descriptions of the Falls that were ever written.
Most photos have captions, some are labeled within the photos themselves - Prospect Point, Terrapin Rock, Rock of Ages, Through the Gorge by Trolley, etc. as well as images of artwork from James Francis Brown
A note on the Maid of the Mist indicates that passengers are "supplied with a suit of rubber overalls"!