Taughannock Falls!, No. 1 from the series "Cayuga Lake Scenery"
1860/99
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 10.7 × 7.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.); Card: 10.9 × 17.7 cm (4 5/16 × 7 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198740
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Text printed on reverse of stereocard: This Grand Scenery and delightful Resort is healthfully located, being eleven hundred and seventy-five feet above tide water, and in close proximity to the beautiful Cayuga, where four steamers daily make a landing, giving a choice of rail or steamer from any direction. Rev. Dr. Cheever pronounces the view of the Gorge and Falls the grandest and most picturesque in the world out of Switzerland; reminding the traveler much of the pass above Chiavenna in the...