Niagara Falls’ First Photo Op

Artsy Editorial

Mar 13, 2013 2:00PM

Frederick and William Langenheim

Niagara Falls Winter Views, Table Rock, Canada Side, 1850-1854

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick and William Langenheim

Winter Niagara Falls, General View from the American Side, 1856

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick and William Langenheim

Winter, Niagara Falls, Table Rock, Canada Side, 1855

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

German brothers Frederick and William Langenheim were the first photographers to travel the United States creating and selling views of tourist attractions—and in fact, they were the first photographers to capture Niagara Falls.

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