Skip to main content

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 746 Collections and/or Records:

Groups - Community Events and Dedications, circa 1885-1987

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.155
Scope and Contents

18 b/w photos of community events: flag day, parties, dedications, etc. From the late 19th century (Devil's Hole plaque) to the 1980s. Primarily 20th century. Photographs and news clippings showing various community groups, events, and other commemorative events.

Dates: circa 1885-1987

Groups - Employees, 1892-1945

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.156
Scope and Contents

Photographs of various local organizations and their employees such as the Beerman Clinic, Union Carbide, Niagara Electric Services, the Niagara Gazette, Cataract Construction Co., and others

Dates: 1892-1945

Groups - Men, 1880-1930

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.157
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing various groups of men, organizations, and businesses.

Dates: 1880-1930

Groups - Men (folder 2), 1902-1981

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.158
Scope and Contents

Photographs and related news clippings and descriptions. Photos 24-45 (2nd folder). Black-and-white photographs of groups of men, early to late 20th c.

Dates: 1902-1981

Groups - Picnics and Gatherings, circa 1883-1959

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.160
Scope and Contents

22 photo prints including a reproduction of a 1959 Liederkranz Club photograph. Other images show group gatherings, events, picnics, and trips outdoors.

Dates: circa 1883-1959

Groups - Societies, circa 1880s-1900s

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.161
Scope and Contents

Two photographs showing groups of individuals in organizations. One image shows the members of the Shakespeare Symposium, and the second shows a group of people with fish sashes

Dates: circa 1880s-1900s

Groups - Unidentified, circa 1896-1946

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.162
Scope and Contents

Photographs and one photo facsimile showing various group portraits of unidentified individuals. 16 photos: black-and-white. Sleigh rides, car rides (news photo says "Off to Buffalo"), 1 from 1925, 1 with personal names (Anna Dixon, etc.), 1 with names: Witmer, Flagler (?). Late 19th to 20th centuries.

Dates: circa 1896-1946

Groups - Women, 1880-1982

 File
Identifier: gphc.gr.164
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing groups of women posing by Niagara Falls, in front of houses, etc. Also present are text photo descriptions.

About 1880-1982 (many not labled). 12 photo: late 19th-20th c. 1 labled 1903, women in Edwardian dress, 1 from 1886 (Chorman, Thompson, Whitney, Poole, Miss Winny Thompson (Mrs. Horace D. Taft), 1 ca. 1940s, center for young parents (1982 news photo), Crouch, Page, Bilss (1880).

Dates: 1880-1982

Guardian Angels, 1984

 File
Identifier: gphc.gu.165
Scope and Contents

Photographs show a martial arts class called Guardian Angels including instructors and class participants. Also present is a text description for the photos. 6 news photographs (b/w) from 1984 of the Guardian Angels.

Dates: 1984

Harper's New Monthly Mag., 1851-1887

 File
Scope and Contents

Articles from Harper's New Monthly Magazine featuring stories about the Niagara Falls area

Dates: 1851-1887