In the mid 1970s the Kiwanis Club of Stamford donated money to the Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation for the purpose of purchasing historic photographs of Niagara Falls. Items in this collection are a result of that project.
Located in Queen Victoria Park, was for a time the Dufferin Restaurant. The building was torn down circa 1903 to make way for Ontario Power Company facilities and the Refectory ;
As the first chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission, Sir Casimir Gzowski planned the world-famous park system on the Canadian side of the Niagara River ;
L-R: Eleanor Donald just entering photograph with presentation boquet, Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King, Carl Hanniwell Mayor of Niagara Falls, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Mrs Hanniwell ;
L-R; Mowat Gate and Queen Victoria Park (left) ; Clifton Hill, Clifton House Hotel, Lafayette Hotel, Niagara Parkway / Boulevard running across bottom of image ;