Niagara Reservation (N.Y.)

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Two copies of Report to Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara Falls, New York by Frederick Law Olmsted, Nov. 29, 1926

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Orrin E. Dunlap photographs of Niagara Falls in winter

Scope and Contents Photographs by Orrin E. Dunlop Sr. and photographs of Orrin E. Dunlop Jr. during his time at RCA. Photographs of Orrin E. Dunlop Jr. include an award presentation and a dinner with a delegation from Kuwait, including future Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Photographs by Orrin E. Dunlop Sr. include photographs of Niagara Falls bridges, hydroelectric plants, the Hotel Niagara, WWI(?) soldiers returning home, a Niagara area girls' school, W.M. A. Rodger's Limited, and a pre-1885 photograph of...

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Glass plates 076-079

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: the Niagara Reservation, American Falls, the entrance to the Cave of the Wings, and children

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Glass plates 051-055

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: A stranded scow in the Niagara River, Horseshoe Falls, an unidentified stuntman, and views of the Niagara Reservation.

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Glass plates 066-070

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Plate 66.012 broken. Topics include: Frozen American Falls, the Pan-American Exposition, President McKinley vising the Niagara Reservation, the Buffalo General Electric Station, Hydraulic Power Co. construction, and the Ontario Power Company.

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Glass plates 169-174

Dunlap glass plate negatives (sleeved) of various scenes around Niagara County. Topics include: Niagara-on-the-Lake, tourist activities at the Niagara Reservation, and photographs of prints.

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The collection includes: photographs, glass plate negatives, prints, books, paintings, manuscripts, pamphlets, documents, letters, typescripts, postcards, newspapers, scrapbooks and other materials representing one of the finest and most complete records of the history off the Falls of Niagara and its area. The photographs Dunlap took between 1890 and the 1920s are unique in the record they provide of the very important history of this region.

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Uncataloged matted and unmatted photo prints of winter scenes at the Niagara Reservation, two matted photos of Orrin E. Dunlap, and an envelope containing photography negatives and two photo prints

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Collection of uncataloged photo prints and negatives mostly taken by Orrin E. Dunlap. Photographs include images of the Niagara Reservation (particularly in winter), suspension bridge, and a photograph of "State Representative Perry and Family"