With 9 Niagara Prints by George Barker
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Third Session, 1880. Volume VI. Nos. 76 to 89 Inclusive.
Albany: Weed, Parsons, and Company, Printers, 1880.
Price: $800.00
About the item
Barker, George. With 9 mounted heliotype prints of Niagara Falls and area by George Barker, as well as maps in color and black and white, and several engravings. 1 vols. 8vo. With 9 Niagara Prints by George Barker. Contemporary half sheep and green boards. Fine.
Item #52094
Pages 1-26 contains Gardner's “Special Report ... on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls”, with notes by FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED from pp. 27 - 30, and the fine Heliotypes by Niagara Falls photographer GEORGE BARKER are interspersed throughout the text.
GEORGE BARKER was a major American landscape photographer who lived and worked in Niagara Falls, NY and won many awards for the superb views typified by the fine mounted heliotypes used here in this government report. Upon his death in 1894, his negatives were purchased by Underwood & Underwood of New York.
