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Southworth & Hawes
American (active ca 1845-1861)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: The Niagara Suspension Bridge

ca. 1856
daguerreotype
21.5 X 16.5 cm., full plate
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 21571
74:0193:0257A

Sobieszek, Robert & Appel, Odette M. --Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes.-- Boston: David R. Godine, 1976.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, February 20 - June 8, 1976.//
"This Edifice is Colossal: 19th Century Architectural Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, November 8, 1986 - January 4, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography", US, NY, New York November 3, 2000 - March 18, 2001.//

NOTES: Cataloged by BS, 11/85, updated 7/86, SB. The Niagara suspension bridge over the Niagara River was designed by J.A. Roebling (who also designed the Brooklyn Bridge) and was finished in March of 1855. Date listed from --The Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes--. See also 74:193:180 and 66:0016:2 for different views (also by Southworth & Hawes) of this bridge. For other half of stereo view see 74:193:257B. Updated 9/94, MMD.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, bridge / Niagara Suspension Bridge
landscape, river / Niagara River
landscape, waterfalls / Niagara Falls

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