THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. Depicted by Pen and Camera.

Oblong octavo, 6 inches high by 9 inches wide. Light green cloth backed with a darker cloth spine, titled and illustrated in silver on the front cover. The covers are slightly soiled with very minor rubbing. [56] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated throughout with textual and full-page illustrations of Niagara Falls and its surroundings, and with a double-page color "Bird's-Eye View of Niagara Falls and of Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario", printed on tissue, bound in at the front. There is a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the first 2 leaves, including the first page of the color view. There is some occasional minor soiling. Very good. This wonderful descriptive view book waxes lyrically about the many aspects of Niagara Falls with descriptions accompanying views of the Ice Bridge, The Horse-Shoe Fall from Goat Island, Niagara in Winter, The Cantilever Bridge, The Erosion of the Gorge, and so on. William Richards' poem "Niagara in Spring", originally published in Harper's Magazine is printed at the back, followed by useful information including Admission fees, rates and tolls, the location of Chicago train depots, etc.The volume includes fascinating illustrated ads. These include ads for The International Hotel, The Cataract House in Niagara Falls, The Auditorium Hotels, The Marquette European Hotel in Chicago from where one can start the train journey to the Falls. Ads relating to the Railroad industry also abound. These include ads for Gould Couple Co., the New York Wheel Works, Juanita Iron and Steel Works, the Michigan Car Co. (manufacturers of Freight and Refrigerator Cars), the Schenectady Locomotive Works, the Niagara Falls Route of the Michigan Central RR, and even the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.

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Publisher: Chicago: Knight, Leonard & Co., 1892.

Year: 1892.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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