A small, solitary figure is trapped on rocks in the rapids of the St Lawrence river before Niagara Falls. On the far bank are wooden buildings and trees. The length of the exposure means the rough water looks smoothed like snow.
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man; landscape; st lawrence river; rock; building; window; tree; sky; water; river
Daguerreotype of John Avery stranded in rapids above Niagara Falls, 1853 by Platt D. Babbitt
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A small, solitary figure is trapped on rocks in the rapids of the St Lawrence river before Niagara Falls. On the far bank are wooden buildings and trees. The length of the exposure means the rough water looks smoothed like snow.
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