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Niagara Falls

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Incline Railway, circa 1873-1900

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Scope and Contents

Photographs showing the incline railway next to the American Falls called the "Shadow of the Rock" Images show the tunnel, the station at the base of the railway, and the Maid of the Mist dock. Photographs also show ice bridges

Dates: circa 1873-1900
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / GPHC-000-000-083, General Photograph Collection / Room 01 / Cabinet C-3 / Falls, Both American & Horseshoe (Aerial) - Incline Railway

J. Hamilton - 2 Prints, bulk: undated

 File — Drawer Oversized Prints - Matted : [Barcode: SC0680]
Dates: Majority of material found in undated
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / ART-000-000-001, Art and Artists- Pictorial Works- Niagara Falls & Niagara County / Oversized Prints - Matted

Koithan Photographs (some in album) , ca. 1923, 1924

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Identifier: Series 2
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Unbound pages of a photo album showing family members

Dates: ca. 1923, 1924
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / KOI-000-000-037, Koithan Family Papers / Photographs / Letters and photographs of the Koithan Family

LaSalle, 1927-1988, undated

 Box — Carton 98: [Barcode: SC0451]
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Photographs and scrapbooks, and newspapers donated by Roy A. Richardson (HAI 2020)

Dates: 1927-1988, undated
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / LAS-000-000-0114, Village of LaSalle / Photos and Scrapbooks

Lussier, Jean, 1928-1937

 File — Box 250: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC2110]
Identifier: Box 1
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Photographs of Jean Lussier, who went over the falls in a ball

Dates: 1928-1937
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / DUN-000-000-042, Orrin E. Dunlap Collection / Photographs / Stunt Performers

Military Diary WWII 1942 -1944 Robert Koithan N. Camp Polk, LA, 1944

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Identifier: KOI 1
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Robert Koithan's wartime diary

Dates: 1944
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / KOI-000-000-037, Koithan Family Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Rolland Koithan to Clarice M. Tiffany

Motion Pics. (NF in), undated

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Correspondence, speeches, book excerpts, receipts, famous signatures, invitations related to the history of tourism, travel, and daily life in the Niagara Falls area

Dates: undated
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / HNF-000-000-001, Historical Accounts of Niagara Falls / Original Docs - Misc.

Music in NF, 1889-1974

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Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence, speeches, book excerpts, receipts, famous signatures, invitations related to the history of tourism, travel, and daily life in the Niagara Falls area

Dates: 1889-1974
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / HNF-000-000-001, Historical Accounts of Niagara Falls / Original Docs - Misc.

Needs to be cat. and arranged, 1852-1983

 Box — Box SC0558: [Barcode: SC0558]
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Pamphlets and programs related to local events in Niagara Falls; 1875 New York and Pennsylvania reference book containing ratings of merchants, manufacturers and traders; typed transcription of an 1852 travel account to the Falls; manuscript of a memoir of a building contractor related to Niagara Falls.

Dates: 1852-1983
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / UND-000-000-001, Unprocessed collections

NF Historical Soc. Scrapbooks, 1895-1951

 Box — Box 239: Series Series 2 [Barcode: SC0433]
Identifier: Box 1
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8 scrapbooks (HAI 2020)

Dates: 1895-1951
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NFHS-000-000-023, Niagara Falls Historical Society Collection / NF Historical Society Scrapbooks

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