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Horseshoe Falls

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Double Exposure Photos

 File
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Two double exposure photographs displaying Horseshoe Falls

Dates: undated

Falls - Both, American and Horseshoe, circa 1857-1995

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.478.1
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing both the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. A number of photographs were taken from Prospect Point on the American side. Also present are text descriptions of some photographs.

Dates: circa 1857-1995

Falls, Both (Picture Sets), circa 1890-1983

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.480.1
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing images of both the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls

Dates: circa 1890-1983

Falls, Horseshoe, 1936-1988

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.484.1-47
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Horseshoe falls taken from the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls. Included are some newspaper clippings

Dates: 1936-1988

Falls - Horseshoe - (From Below), 1913-1950

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.483.1
Scope and Contents

Photographs and paper facsimiles showing the Horseshoe Falls taken from below

Dates: 1913-1950

Falls - Horseshoe (Winter), circa 1906-1974

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.485.1-6
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing views of Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls in winter including ice and snow. Some photographs show the Falls frozen over.

Dates: circa 1906-1974

Falls - Illuminated, 1925-1961

 File
Identifier: gphc.fa.481.1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of both the Falls and the Horseshoe Falls , taken at night while they are illuminated with color lights and white lights. Many photographs are taken from Canadian side. Formats include matted prints, contact sheets, etc.

Dates: 1925-1961

Folder GLY Photos #3, 1896 - 1970

 File — Box GLY-1: [Barcode: SC2440]
Identifier: GLY-1
Scope and Contents

Various aerial photos of Niagara Falls including some photos of the Schoellkopf Station and its collapse as well as several other hydroelectric power plants.

Dates: 1896 - 1970

Folder GLY Photos #4, 1902 - 1975

 File — Box GLY-1: [Barcode: SC2440]
Identifier: GLY-1
Scope and Contents

Various photos that include an aerial view of the Southend business section of Niagara Falls, construction of the Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center, interiors and exteriors of various hydroelectric power plants, a capsized raft in the lower Niagara River, a picture of former publisher of the Niagara Gazette, Alanson C. Deuel, and the storefront of Simon Beir and Son.

Dates: 1902 - 1975

Folder GLY Photos #6, 1860 - 1978

 File — Box GLY-1: [Barcode: SC2440]
Identifier: GLY-1
Scope and Contents

Various photos that include images of aerial views of the American and Canadian Falls, bridge on the former Erie Avenue, the Niagara Falls Museum, an aerial view of the North End, Willow Island, the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Catholic Church being moved, daredevil Guillermo Farini, U.S. Navy combat store ship the Niagara Falls AFS-3, Luna Island Bridge, and Prospect Point in the Winter.

Dates: 1860 - 1978