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Drawer C-3-4

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Falls, Both American & Horseshoe (Aerial) - Incline Railway, 1870-2004

 Drawer — Drawer: C-3-4
Scope and Contents

Drawer contains photographs, facsimiles of images, newspaper clippings, postcards, and documents showing both the American Falls and Horseshoe Falls, events, tourism, ice bridges and ice mountains, ice jams, and related issues. The drawer also contains photos showing houses and housing in the Niagara Falls area and surrounding towns, and a number of hotels and hotel fires throughout the 20th century. Also present are images showing the area fortifications. Donor information is present.

Dates: 1870-2004

Hotels - Cataract House (Fire II), 1945-10-14

 File — Drawer: C-3-4
Scope and Contents

Photographs show the October 1945 fire at the Cataract House Hotel and the fire department fighting it. Includes interiors and exteriors of the hotel and the time the photos were taken. Photos were taken by Russell Hugh Wixson MD and an unknown photographer.

Dates: 1945-10-14