Amon Carter print details

Goat Island, American Falls, Horseshoe Fall

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1920-1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Santway Photo-Craft Company Inc.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in image: © Santway Photo-Craft Company, Inc

    u.l. printed: GOAT ISLAND.

    u.c. printed: AMERICAN FALLS.

    u.r. printed: HORSESHOE FALL.

    c.l. printed along left edge: UNITED STATES.

    c.r. printed along right edge: CANADA.

    l.c. printed: NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE AIR.

    Verso:

    u.c. printed: R-88341

    u.c. printed in emblem: SANTWAY \ PHOTO-CRAFT \ COMPANY

    c.l. printed along left edge: SANTWAY PHOTO-CRAFT COMPANY, INC., WATERTOWN, N.Y. MADE IN U S A

    c.l. printed: This is one of a series of six photographs \ of Niagara Falls taken from an Airplane; \ the first ones ever made. They were \ secured at great hazard, because of the \ necessity of flying very near the earth \ and present to the public entirely \ new views of this age old phenomenon, \ the greatest of the Seven Wonders of \ the World.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1057

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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