Niagara Reservation (N.Y.)

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1885 July 15. An address delivered at the Celebration of the Opening of The Niagara Reservation, by James C. Carter.

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Photos of visitors and events at Goat Island, brochure and map of Goat Island

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Bound report by Olmsted Brothers titled "Parks and Playgrounds for Niagara Falls New York"

Scope and Contents 2 photographs: written just below photo: "Boulder Bridge. State Reservation at Niagara. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Williams. Compliments of Thomas V. Welch 1896 April 22." 2nd: "Boulder Bridge. State Reservation at Niagara. Mrs. A. Aug. Porter, Christmas 1895. Compliments of Thomas V. Welch". Photos of Welch on a stone bridge (1), and standing before a stone bridge (2). Note on back says this bridge was "obliterated in 1934". (Stamped NFHS). Says: "Bridges: Three Sisters Island" on sticker on...

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Photographs of Thomas V. Welch in the Niagara Reservation

Scope and Contents 10x12 matted prints of photographs by Orrin E. Dunlap of scenes around Niagara Falls. Included are images of the suspension bridge, the construction of Honeymoon Bridge, the Gorge Railroad construction and operation, the Niagara Falls Newspaper (possibly Niagara Gazette) printing room, the Cataract Hose Company Fire Engine, Norton Emery Wheel Co., the Niagara Reservation (primarily in winter), Ontario Power Company Dam Construction, and various local figures. Also included is a print of a...

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Report about materials housed in the Fredrick Law Olmstead National Historic Site in Massachusetts

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Note on a resolution from the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara on legislation to take additional water from Falls

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Folder containing two copies of a booklet titled "The State Reservation at Niagara Speech of Hon. Thos. V. Welch of Niagara in the Assembly of the State of New York, March 2nd, 1883, Address before the Joint Committee of the Senate & Assembly February 26th, 1886, Address at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, (Now included in the State Reservation,) August 22nd, 1896"