Hotels

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Materials related to the eagle from the Cataract Hotel including a menu and letterhead with an image of the Eagle and news clippings

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Hotel register from the Eagle Hotel, June 1830 - Sept. 1835. Included is a folder with notes on many notable signatures including President Martin Van Buren.

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1927-09-07. Letter to Frank A. Dudley from Earl W. Brydges.

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Historical accounts of visiting the Niagara region including a 1843 article from The Family Magazine describing a trip to Niagara Falls including a drawing, an 1843 edition of The Knickerbocker with an account of visiting Niagara Falls, a 1842 letter from Graham's Magazine about a trip to Niagara Falls, a French article about visiting the falls, and four pages from Ladies' American Magazine with an article mentioning a visit to Niagara Falls including an image of Goat Island [originals]

Scope and Contents Historical accounts of visiting the Niagara region including a 1828 clipping of The New York Mirror with an account of visiting the Niagara River, a clipping discussing a stay in the Cataract House, a 1844 clippings of an article published by James Kirke Paulding recounting his visit to Niagara Falls, an 1838 copy of The Metropolitan that references a trip to Niagara Falls, a copy of Scribner's Monthly from 1872 describing a journey to Niagara, a 1862 article from Harper's Monthly with a...

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Historical accounts of visiting the Niagara region including a early 20th-century / late 19th-century account of visiting Niagara Falls including images of the falls, a journal excerpt from a 1831 visit to Niagara Falls, a 1841 account of visiting Niagara Falls, a published letter from Mary G. Clarke's 1852 visit to the region from Home Memories, an 1843 account of a sleigh drive through the region, and an 1899 article published in Century Magazine describing Niagara. [originals]

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Register from The Inn owned by the Hotchkisses, then the Abbotts (1915-1917), Chamber of Commerce event booklet (2001), event brochures, video reels from the Honeymoon Bridge collapse, postcards featuring works by artist Joseph Jacobs, and a photo album of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's 1939 visit to Niagara Falls, Ont and the United States

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Promotional material from the Maid of the Mist landing christening, ticket from the Cataract House, and a invitation to an event hosted by Mrs. Dexter R. Jerauld

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Drawer contains photographs, facsimiles of images, newspaper clippings, postcards, and documents showing both the American Falls and Horseshoe Falls, events, tourism, ice bridges and ice mountains, ice jams, and related issues. The drawer also contains photos showing houses and housing in the Niagara Falls area and surrounding towns, and a number of hotels and hotel fires throughout the 20th century. Also present are images showing the area fortifications. Donor information is present.

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Photographs of building fires in Niagara Falls, including one at the Porter Hotel