Buttermilk Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Steeple Rock from the Fall above. Height about 50 feet

Quick Overview

Artist: J. C. Burritt / American, active 1860s
Date: 1860/65
Medium: Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions: Each image: 7.5 × 7.2 cm (3 × 2 7/8 in.); Card: 8.4 × 17.1 cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photography
Style: 19th century
Place: Ithaca
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Harold Allen
Accession no.: 1976.871

View in Freers, Glen of Watkins, N.Y.
J. C. Burritt
1860/65 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008318
Freer Glen at Watkins View of Upper Glen
J. C. Burritt
1860/65 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008320
Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 6th Fall, or Giant's Staircase, near Willow Pond
J. C. Burritt
1860/65 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008321
Cascadilla Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. 5th Fall, opposite Water Cure
J. C. Burritt
1860/65 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008322

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.