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View of Buffalo, N.Y./ From the Old Lighthouse

Object Details

Description (Brief)
Color print depicting a city (Buffalo) on the banks of a river. Most of the buildings of the city are on the far bank while the near bank, in the foreground, is largely rural. Many steamboats and sailing vessels are on the river, some docked at the warehouses which line the river. A key beneath the image identifies churches and commerical buildings in the distance.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
artist
Whitefield, Edwin
printer
Michelin, Francis
Date made
1847
Credit Line
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
Measurements
image: 14 1/4 in x 37 in; 36.195 cm x 93.98 cm
Object Name
lithograph
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