The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837. Seen from Goat Island, by William Henry Bartlett.
The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837.
Tag: American Scenery
New York in 1801
Views of early New York by Colonial order of the acorn.
The Beginnings of Virginia, 1584-1624.
History of Virgina. Early English Explorations. The Roanoke Colony. Steps to Permanent Settlement.
Delmonico’s Restaurant. Fifth Avenue. New York.
Delmonico’s restaurant is considered one of the first restaurants in the United States.
View of the Tomb of Andrzej Kosciusko at West Point.
Kosciuszko was a Polish military engineer. Between 1776 and 1783, he fought on the American side in the American War of Independence.
Lake Winnipesaukee. The beautiful lake of the Indians. New Hampshire.
The Indian name “Winnipesaukee” is derived from “Wiwininebesaki”, which means “the lake near which there are other lakes and ponds” or simply “lake area”.
A shop and street in Chinatown of San Francisco.
A shop and street in Chinatown from a portfolio of photographs by John L. Stoddard and Old Chinatown by Arnold Genthe.
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts.
The Oxbow Connecticut River Valley. Probably the richest view in America, in point of cultivation and fertile beauty, is that from Mount Holyoke.
The Trenton Falls of West Canada Creek by moonlight.
No pencil, no language, can describe the splendor with which the moon drew her light across the face of the Fall.
The Hudson at West Point. River scenery of America.
Of the river scenery of America, the Hudson, at West Point, is doubtless the boldest and most beautiful.