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	78 of 85 Previous \| Next	Unidentified Artist Niagara Panorama, Summer about 1885 albumen prints 21 7/8 x 43 1/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
	No single image could possibly encompass the expansive sweep of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Early photographers began to make multiple images from contiguous vantage points and fit them together to create panoramas. Rather than detracting from the image, the imperfectly joined seam emphasizes the power of Niagara’s cascades versus man’s imperfect ability to reproduce it.

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