Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910

Subjects: Boating & Canoeing Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view looks down from Prospect Point on the American side of Niagara Falls, with the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls plunging over the cliff at left and the long crest of Horseshoe Falls visible in the distance across the river; a small tour boat works the churning basin below. Prospect Point, at the brink of the American Falls, has been the classic American-side overlook since the early nineteenth century and today anchors Niagara Falls State Park, established in 1885 as the oldest state park in the United States. The boat in the basin is of the type used by the Maid of the Mist, which has carried sightseers to the foot of the falls since 1846.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

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335:—PROSPECT POINT, NIAGARA FALLS. 28807 --- PROSPECT POINT, Niagara Falls. A particularly expansive and impressive view is obtainable from a point called Prospect Point, whence the mightiest sweep of the awe-compelling flood is both seen and felt. Realized for as far as the eye takes in the wonderful scene of nature in her most tumultuous mood, the ear is filled with an undying roar of the impetuous water, and mists rise as if to hide its fury. POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS MADE IN U.S.A.

PostmarkedAugust 15, 1929, 17:00

Addressed to

Miss Naile

134 Windsor St., Reading, Penna.

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 15, 1929, 17:00
Series	335
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, NY
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	White border all around; stippled lithograph screen texture; printed negative number 28807 in the lower-left corner of the image. Postmark: NIAGARA FALLS N.Y. AUG 15 1929 5 PM. Divided-back private postcard, white border, color lithograph; light edge wear.

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Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/prospect-point-and-the-american-falls-niagara-falls-new-york. Accessed October 24, 2026.