Daguerreotype Portrait of a Group Posing in Front of Niagara Falls Attributed to Photographer Thomas Easterly (1840s/1850s)

 

Daguerreotype portrait of a group posing in front of Niagara Falls attributed to Thomas Easterly, c. 1850. A section from an 1838 poem about Niagara Falls by J. S. Buckingham is inscribed on the bottom of the plate and is signed in part "Easterly Daguerrean" at the end. The photo was possibly actually taken by photographer Platt D. Babbit, as he was known to take many photographs from this position during the 1850s.

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Glass Stereoview of Niagara Falls (1860′s)

Glass stereoview of Niagara Falls, c. 1860′s. By Platt D. Babbitt.

Source: New York Public Library.

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and His Family at Niagara Falls (1862)

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (far right) and his family at Niagara Falls, June 1862. Possibly by Platt Babbit.

Source: National Park Service.

Hand-Colored View of Terrapin Tower and Horseshoe Falls Taken From Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York (1856)

Hand-colored view of Terrapin Tower and Horseshoe Falls taken from Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers.

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View of Three Men Posing at the Edge of the American Falls in Niagara Falls, New York (1856)

View of three men posing at the edge of the American Falls at Niagara Falls, New York, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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