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Associated Press River Ice Surrounds Falls

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.51 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Niagara Falls, New York Type: Photograph Date: January 15, 1960 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 253 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated January 15, 1960. Shows a frozen Niagara Falls, an observation tower, and Rainbow Bridge. The embedded press release states that the view is looking out from the falls toward Prospect Point.

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