Tourism

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Box contains matted photographs and cabinet cards. One item is labeled Companies - Oneida and shows the Silver Buffing Department Oneida Community Limited. Other images show parks, views of the falls, hotels and interior views, factory sites, road building, oil and gas companies workers, railroad workers, shops and businesses, and people among others. Donor information is present.

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Research notes and correspondence concerning President James Monroe's 1817 tour through Niagara Falls

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Photographs showing hotel sites including a log cabin campsite and local motels.

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Photos of motels (Scenic Inn Motel, Honeymoon Delux Motel, Sun Rise Motel, Castle Courts, Four Seasons Tourist Apartments, Alpha Motor Inn)

Scope and Contents Box of various sized photographic negatives showing various events, topics, and individuals throughout the history of Niagara Falls. Topics documented include stunters such as Blondin, Spelterni and Loker, a 1930s bridge collapse, farms, fireworks, library staff; an old French stone chimney; Upper's Livery Coach and Sales Stables, Milling, views of the falls including Horseshoe and the American falls, the Power Plant construction in the 1950s, hotels and other historic structures in the...

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15 19th-century guidebooks to Niagara Falls published by T. Nelson & Sons

Scope and Contents A menu from New York Central Hotel (1883), J. Felix Nassoy, Proprietor. Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, American Side. Verso has a list of available food, wine, beer, etc.; 19__? (n.d.) Blank letterhead (2 p.) and 2 envelopes. One says "Henry Hubbs Hotel, formerly The Temperance Hotel" the other Henry Hubbs Hotel. Henry Hubbs was the owner of the Temperance Hotel; Receipt from Clifton House hotel, 1860 June 12 for room and board; Cataract House Card signed "Emma E. Whitney, Niagara...NY",...

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memorandums, correspondence, handwritten notes, and documents concerning relicensing

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Original Niagara Falls Gazettes and Buffalo Courier Express editions as well as a 1987 reprint of a 1915 edition of Niagara Falls Gazette Buffalo Courier Express. Subjects include fires, Old Fort Niagara, the 1969 dewatering of Niagara Falls, and views of the Falls during the seasons. Includes oversized materials

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Niagara Falls Brochures (originals)