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Travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the art of travel, etc. Works on voyages and travels are entered under the heading Voyages and travels.

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Articles, programs, and brochures, 1954

 Box — Box SC0527: [Barcode: SC0527]
Scope and Contents

Various articles, programs, and brochures- most relate to travel

Dates: 1954

Bicycles, 1970 - 1977

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Scope and Contents

Photographs of various shots of bicycles includes big wheels, penny-farthing (high wheel), bike safety rodeos, a talking bicycle, bike riders, bike shops, bikecology, and bike racers.

Dates: 1970 - 1977

Bicycles - Clubs, circa 1870-1890

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Scope and Contents

Photographs of local bicycle clubs with regular bicycles and penny-farthings (high wheels) includes a stop at Brock's Monument

Dates: circa 1870-1890

Box X-8 - Porter Documents, 1796-1903

 Box — Box X-8: [Barcode: SC1999]
Identifier: Box 3
Scope and Contents -Congressional Resolution (1809)-Indentures for land-Will of Augustus Porter (handwritten in 1849)-Mortgage-Abstract of sale of land for Porter "homestead"-Letter and document by lawyer re: extension of Wing Pier-"Memorandum of Occurrences and some Important Facts attending the Campaign on the Niagara" ca. 1825-Copy of letter by A.S. Porter, Volney's Views (1796)-Personal Narrative of Travels...
Dates: 1796-1903

Conde Nast Traveler, 2002

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Scope and Contents

Magazine article related to travel, tourism and history of Niagara Falls with correspondence between writer and previous Niagara Falls Public Library librarian.

Dates: 2002

Early Travel Accounts, 1868

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence to mother in Detroit, MI related to travels to Niagara Falls

Dates: 1868

Early travel accounts, 1693 - 2004

 File — Drawer SC0900: [Barcode: SC0900]
Scope and Contents Transcriptions of the diaries of Jabez Fisher, who visited Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara in 1773, an article about De Witt Clinton's visit to Fort Niagara in 1810, a newspaper article about 19th-century life in Niagara Falls, a memoir by Baron De Lahontan on his visit to the Great Lakes region, an article about Maps and Milestones in 18th-century New York, and a copy of the journal History Today with an article about 19th-20th century British tourism to the Undated States [originals and...
Dates: 1693 - 2004

Early travel accounts, 1842 - 1859

 File — Drawer SC0900: [Barcode: SC0900]
Scope and Contents

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]

Dates: 1842 - 1859

Early Travel Accounts, 1834

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Identifier: Subgroup 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence related to traveling to Niagara Falls. Includes transcription.

Dates: 1834

Early travel accts., 1828 - 1916

 File — Drawer SC0900: [Barcode: SC0900]
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...
Dates: 1828 - 1916