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• School survivor chooses forgiveness : 'I have a big heart,' elder says at Truth and Reconciliation event in Thorold

  Choken, Albert / Anishinaabe elder / Burnett, Michele-Elise / Kakekalanicks / Honouring the Children Event / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Residential Schools
• Start-up Visa program to help immigrant entrepreneurs : Niagara Business and Innovation Fund partnering with Niagara Falls Innovation Hub to build companies

  Niagara Falls Innovation Hub / Niagara Business and Innovation Fund / Davies, Fred / Bordenave, Dan / Start-up Visa program / refugees / immigrant entrepreneurs
• Arrest made in case of puppies abandoned along parkway : Niagara Falls man, 63, charged with wilfully causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal

  SPCA / Greer, John / Humane Society / abandoned puppies / man arrested and charged
• A year of outreach and connection at Niagara Falls Public Library : Staff have gone beyond the confines of the library branches to reach the community

  bookmobile / Niagara Region Youth Wellness Hub (YWHO) / after school programming / social support services / parks and pools visits / community events / farmers market / EarlyOn Child and Family Centre
• Dog rescue helps homeless owners and their pets weather the winter : Southern Ontario's REBEL to deliver dog food, hot Meals to those living on the street

  Gibbs, Kathryn / Picone, Leah / REBEL Dog Rescue / help for dogs and owners
• Evening Review

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: flashlight (negative damaged); Client: Evening Review
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 5; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Laura Secord

  Type:Commercial photo; No. of negatives: 5; Photos included: 0; Notes: Grand Opening of Laura Secord candy store; Client: Laura Secord
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 6; Photos included: 0; Notes: furnaces; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: construction; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 6; Photos included: 0; Notes: air view; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: diagram of 150 foot rotary kiln; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Old Welland Canal & the New Steel Bridge from Glenridge Avenue St. Catharines Ontario

  factories, industries, street,
• Aerial view of Queenston Quarries

  LCN 10109954 ; Our Romantic Niagara
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• H. Frank

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: pistols ; negatives badly damaged; Client: H. Frank
• The American Falls , with Maid of the Mist and Horseshoe Falls in the background

  Designed and printed by the Postcard factory, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario ; The LIbrary does not have copyright permission to display this image but it may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue Library ;
• Evening Review

  Type:windows and doors; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Evening Review
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 9; Photos included: 0; Notes: interior photos of plant; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 7; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Cataract-Stamford Cabs

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Ramblers ; negative damaged; Client: Cataract-Stamford Cabs
• Myer Solid Ltd.

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: machine at Brights Wines; Client: Myer Solid Ltd.
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 5; Photos included: 0; Notes: inside of plant; Client: SUMAC
• A.N. Myer

  Type:staff and students; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 4; Notes: Client: A.N. Myer
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: construction; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: copy of air view of plant; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: air view of plant; Client: SUMAC
• Vendall Ltd.

  Type:vending machines; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Vendall Ltd.
• Stan Graham Shell

  Type:soap-box racer; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Stan Graham Shell
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: construction; Client: SUMAC
• R. C. Young

  Type:houses; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: 1171 River Rd. ; 2396 Locus St.; Client: R.C. Young
• Mowat Gate the entrance to Queen Victoria Park, Horseshoe Falls in background

  TOLL KEEPERS
• Ralcar

  Type:barrel over Falls exhibit; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Ralcar
• Niagara Dry

  Type:store front; No. of negatives: 18; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Niagara Dry
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 6; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• International Silver

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: glass bowl; Client: International Silver
• Strategic- Udy

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: furnace; Client: Strategic Udy
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: pumps; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 6; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: furnace; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: blueprints; Client: SUMAC
• Thorold Block

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 10; Photos included: 0; Notes: various construction projects; Client: Thorold Block
• General Concrete

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 21; Photos included: 0; Notes: concrete blocks; Client: General Concrete
• terry Lea Shop

  Type:clothing store; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: interior of store; Client: terry Lea Shop
• Canadian [Horseshoe] Falls from Luna Island

  The Library does not have permission to display this image. It may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue location ;
• Lincoln Trust

  Type:bank exterior; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Lincoln Trust
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: smoke stacks; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Lifetime Distributors

  Type:sewing machine; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Lifetime Distributors
• Whirlpool Rapids and the Niagara Gorge

  The Library does not have copyright permission to display this image ; it may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue location ;
• Vendall

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: interior of building; Client: Vendall
• Provincial Gas

  Type:store window; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: negatives badly damaged; Client: Provincial Gas
• British American Assurance

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: Prudhommes ; negatives very badly damaged; Client: British American Assurance
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: construction program; Client: SUMAC
• El Rancho Motel

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: sign in motel; Client: El Rancho Motel
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: kiln exterior; Client: SUMAC
• Niagara Concessions

  Type:Niagara Falls Attractions; No. of negatives: 26; Photos included: 0; Notes: Spanish Aerocar, Niagara Gorge, Whirlpool Rapids, etc.; Client: Niagara Concessions
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 7; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Burgess Battery

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Westinghouse Auto Bulbs; negatives badly damaged; Client: Burgess Battery
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 8; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Gordon Sever

  Type:portrait; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: McDonald and Fear; Client: Gordon Sever
• John Ferguson

  Type:portrait; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: McDonald and Fear; Client: John Ferguson
• Beaver Lumber

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 7; Photos included: 0; Notes: exterior shots ; all negatives badly damaged; Client: Beaver Lumber
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Review

  Type:motel; No. of negatives: 8; Photos included: 0; Notes: Alamo Motel, interior and exterior; Client: Review
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Frontier Printing

  Type:knife; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Frontier Printing
• Evening Review

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 6; Photos included: 0; Notes: Burgess Batteries flashlights, etc. ; negatives damaged; Client: Evening Review
• Bell Telephone

  Type:award presentation; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Mrs. McRae ; all very badly damaged; Client: Bell Telephone
• Ontario Hydro

  Type:two men with map of Niagara Falls; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Ontario Hydro
• Wilfred Hicks Collection

  Wilfred Hicks was born in 1899 and moved to the village of Chippawa in 1902. He had a life long passion for photography, bands and Chippawa. His collection of slides and a narrative audio tape was donated to the Niagara Falls Public Library in 1983
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Bell Telephone

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: negatives badly damaged; Client: Bell Telephone
• Construction of the road bed for the railway tracks of the Great Gorge Railroad

  Negative GR-2
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 8; Photos included: 0; Notes: construction program; Client: SUMAC
• Mrs. Stewart

  Type:house; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: 70 Terrace St.; Client: Mrs. Stewart
• Barn at Whirlpool Farm - Thompson family farm
• Kurt Dellaubusch Woodfine

  Type:wedding; No. of negatives: 8; Photos included: 8; Notes: all negatives and pics. very badly damaged; Client: Kurt Dellaubusch Woodfine
• Strategic-Udy

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Strategic-Udy
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Railway car mounted with lights used to illuminate the Whirlpool Rapids

  The library does not have permission to display this image. It may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue location ;
• Strategic- Udy

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 5; Photos included: 0; Notes: copies of blueprints, etc.; Client: Strategic Udy
• Sailing Ships in Port Colborne's Harbour, ca 1884

  Historical Photo: The Public Archives of Canada: C 756
• Vendall Ltd.

  Type:vending machine; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: Vendall Ltd.
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: crane; Client: SUMAC
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 3; Photos included: 0; Notes: furnace; Client: SUMAC
• Lifetime

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: casserole dish; Client: Lifetime
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 2; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• Evening Review

  Type:commercial; No. of negatives: 1; Photos included: 0; Notes: magnetic flashlight; Client: Evening Review
• Sumac

  Type:industrial; No. of negatives: 4; Photos included: 0; Notes: Client: SUMAC
• The Pavilion House (or Hotel) Portage Road Niagara Falls

  The Pavilion House or Hotel was erected on the Portage Road at Falls View in 1821. It was the first hotel providing tourist accommodation in Niagara Falls. It was built and owned and operated by William Forsythe. It burned down in February 1839
• Loyalists & early settlers on the Niagara River Parkway / researched and compiled by Gail Woodruff.

  xxii,377 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
• Selections from Picturesque Canada : an affectionate look back / by Lucius O'Brien and other artists; with parts of the original text by D.M. Grant .

  [80] p. : chiefly ill. ; 36 cm.
• Mortality atlas of Canada, volume 1 : cancer = Répartition géographique de la mortalité au Canada, volume 1 : cancer.

  107 p. : maps (col.)