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Stereoview, Stereograph: "The Whirlpool Rapids-Niagara"

This is a Stereoview. It was photographed by George Barker. It is dated 1875-1880 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pair of collodion prints. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt, Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Print: H: 10.5cm W: 7.9cm Card: H: 11.1cm W: 17.7cm

Cite this object as

Stereoview, Stereograph: "The Whirlpool Rapids-Niagara"; Photographed by George Barker (American); USA; pair of collodion prints; Print: H: 10.5cm W: 7.9cm Card: H: 11.1cm W: 17.7cm; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-81-538

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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