Rainbow arcing over the Niagara River and in front of a power plant, Niagara Falls, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Rainbow arcing over the Niagara River and in front of a power plant, Niagara Falls, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
An out-of-focus photograph of a rainbow arcing over the Niagara River and in front of the hydroelectric power plant. Vegetation grows in the foreground along the bottom edge and partially up the left side. A tree stands along the right edge. In the near distance, the Niagara River flows below. Arced light is barely visible hovering over the river, just left-of-center. Behind it and above the Niagara River, a hydroelectric power plant sits low along the bank of the Niagara River on the Canadian side. A cliff side rises behind it and across the image in the background. Four punched holes line the lower left edge.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2340. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Niagara 1 Mertie West at rail overlooking American falls. 2 Rainbow American Falls 3 Another rainbow 4 The gorge below the falls 5 The tramway across from Canada to American side 6 H H and Mertie West at Canadian end of tramway - aerial - under the Canadian flag

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Rainbows
Power plants--Canada--Niagara Falls
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
Hydroelectric power--Canada--Niagara Falls