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Sepia daguerreotype of a river cascading over a stepped dam, with a brick mill and church steeple beyond, in a gilt frame.

[Seneca Falls, New York (upstream)]

A daguerreotype in a gilt-edged case shows a broad river tumbling over a stepped weir in the foreground, with a long wooden footbridge crossing above it. A large brick mill building and a church steeple rise among town buildings on the far bank under a hazy sky.

Artist
Unidentified
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
daguerreotype
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2395 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Seneca Falls, Nueva York, vista aguas arriba, ca. 1850

Un daguerrotipo en un estuche con borde dorado muestra un río que cae sobre un vertedero escalonado en primer plano, con una larga pasarela de madera cruzando por encima. Un gran edificio de ladrillo y un campanario se alzan entre casas de la orilla opuesta bajo un cielo brumoso.

Português: Seneca Falls, Nova York, vista rio acima, ca. 1850

Um daguerreótipo em estojo com moldura dourada mostra um rio que despenca sobre uma represa escalonada em primeiro plano, com uma longa passarela de madeira atravessando acima dela. Um grande prédio de tijolos e um campanário se erguem entre casas da margem oposta sob um céu enevoado.

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