Niagara Falls
Maker unrecorded. ca. 1857. Color wood engraving. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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PrintObject type
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Print” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
EngravingTechnique
Engraving identified in the source medium.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Color wood engraving” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Color wood engraving
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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