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Niagara Falls Region (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 201 Collections and/or Records:

1976 Bicentennial Box 2 of 2, 1976

 Item
Identifier: Box 2 of 2
Scope and Contents

Newspapers from around the country discuss the bicentennial

Dates: 1976
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / USB-000-000-123, US Bicentennial and Niagara Falls / Bicentennial

Abbott, Francis, 1931 - 1998

 File — Drawer C-5-1: [Barcode: SC0993]
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of newspaper clippings and photograph of grave of Francis Abbott

Dates: 1931 - 1998
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CNF-000-000-081, City of Niagara Falls Collection / Reference Materials / People A-H

Aerial Photographs, 1882 - 1979

 File
Scope and Contents

Black and white aerial views of the Falls and its vicinity includes railroads, residential housing, the National Lead Company, Niagara River, Moses Parkway, Rainbow Boulevard, the Native American Center for the Living Arts, upper rapids, the Niagara Power Project, and a photograph of a 1882 aerial print of the region.

Dates: 1882 - 1979
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Abortion - Bridges, Upper Suspension

Allen Avenue Gang, circa 1981

 File — Drawer SC0927: [Barcode: SC0927]
Scope and Contents

Book chapter about growing up on the Niagara River [photocopies]

Dates: circa 1981
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NFB-000-000-042, Brochures, Pamphlets, Calendars, Guidebooks and Advertisements, Niagara Falls / Newspapers, newsletters, guidebooks, advertisements

Articles About Erie Canal, Christy's Minstrels, etc, circa 1844-1998

 File
Scope and Contents

Documents, copies of newspaper clippings from 1844, articles, and description of historic businesses just as the Eagle Tavern, Touma's Confectionary and Ice Cream Parlor, Erie Canal, the Cutty Sark, and Christy's Minstrels and other topics.

Dates: circa 1844-1998
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / SGP-000-000-084, Samuel Golden Photographs / Samuel Golden Photographs

Artvoice "The Bomb that Fell on Niagara" p. 11-12, 2008

 File — Drawer Drawer 13: [Barcode: SC0895]
Scope and Contents

Newspaper article discussing possible remains of an experimental reactor buried on the Niagara Falls Storage Site in Lewiston. Includes oversized materials

Dates: 2008
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NMJ-000-000-023, Newspapers, Magazines and Journals / Newspapers - full size

Athletes - Hockey and LaCrosse, 1926-1986

 File
Identifier: gphc.ath.110
Scope and Contents

Photographs of individual hockey and lacrosse players. Images show players of all ages, and the Niagara Falls, Ont. Industrial League Champions 1938 in Western N.Y.

13 photos: NF Hockey (ca. 1950s), NF Ontario Industrial League Western NY Champions 1938, Buffalo News Photos (1986), NF LaCrosse (adults), group hockey photo (1940s-50s ca.)by Fred. Hess and Son, Western New York Suburban League Champions (1926-1927).

Dates: 1926-1986
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-2 / 3 People A-F Groups & Ind.

B - Green, Andrew, 1900 - 2005

 File — Drawer C-5-1: [Barcode: SC0993]
Scope and Contents

Printed email correspondence regarding Andrew Haswell Green, photographs of Andrew Green, photocopy of newspaper clipping

Dates: 1900 - 2005
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CNF-000-000-081, City of Niagara Falls Collection / Reference Materials / People A-H

Brock Univ. - Niagara. Penin. Hist., 1978 - 1983

 File — Drawer SC0899: [Barcode: SC0899]
Scope and Contents

A program for a conference at Brock University about immigration to the Niagara Peninsula, a report on agriculture in the Niagara Peninsula, and an article about early life on the Niagara Peninsula. [originals and photocopies]

Dates: 1978 - 1983
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / CNF-000-000-081, City of Niagara Falls Collection / Reference Materials / Subjects Br-C; Various library files

Buildings - Canada, 1959

 File — Drawer SC0999: [Barcode: SC0999]
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Niagara Falls Museum, Telephone Building and Miss Rye's Orphanage in Canada

Dates: 1959
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Buildings - Falls, American Winter

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