Tourism

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Box contains photo negatives and glass plate dry plates negatives. Images include family photos, the burning of the Second Clifton House in 1932 and other fires. Also present are images of people at the falls and cafes, railroad, deer hunting and hunting lodges / gun clubs, bridges and views of the falls, winter scenes the stone building on Goat Island with people, Fort Niagara, and a portrait.

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Two sleeved Goat Island registers from 1865-1873 with notes on signatures and events

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Goat Island Single Passage Register from July 27, 1865 - Nov 20, 1870. On Nov. 20, 1870, a first hand written account of seeing a woman commit suicide.

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Goat Island Register, June 4, 1865-Aug. 1873. Notable: W.K. Vanderbilt, July 3, 1873 (8th from top).

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Goat Island Register, Jan. 9, 1872 - Nov. 22, 1884

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Two sleeved registers, one from Goat Island (1872-1884) and one from the Hotel Imperial (1905)

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Visitor information about visiting Goat Island and Table Rock

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Newspaper clippings documenting Chinese diplomat Li Hung Chang's visit to Niagara Falls, dispute with Thomas Edison's agent George Gouraud, and use of a phonograph; researcher correspondence

Scope and Contents From the Box: Correspondence, directories, memorandums, registration, agenda and other documents, flyers, publications, registration and programs NFCC-32 Inventory -I.L.C. (Industry Liason Committee), 1988, 4 documents (stapled), 3 news articles -I.D.A. (Niagara County), 1989-1992, with history, 1972-1989 -I.J.C. (International Joint Commission) Limited Regulation of Lake Erie, 1984. -Allocation of Hydropower, report to NY State by Chair of Power...

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Photograph showing railroad conductors in front of a train engine labeled "Great Gorge Route"