No. 6. From South Approach of Franklin Ave Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota Looking Up Stream (Low Water)

Art Historical Context

Henry P. Bosse’s cyanotype captures a serene stretch of the Mississippi River from the south approach of Minneapolis’s Franklin Avenue Bridge in 1890. Rendered in the deep Prussian blue of the cyanotype process—a photographic technique prized in the nineteenth century for its ability to produce durable, high-contrast prints—this view records the waterway at low water, revealing the riverbed’s contours and the surrounding landscape with remarkable clarity. Bosse, a cartographer and photographer employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, created such images as part of an extensive survey docu...