Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection
Item set
Items
Browse Items
-
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - artist's rendering This is an artist's rendering of the very first bridge 1868-69. Soon after that the construction was covered with wood and stairways were constructed inside. Sightseers and tourists were charged 10 cents to go up the structure and look at the view ; -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - construction nearing completion Original held in the collection of Lundy's Lane Museum ; -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge Original held in the collection of Earl W Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, New York ; -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Elevator Tower american indian bazaar -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Elevator Tower american indian bazaar -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Elevator Tower view from American side george bender biggar philip clifton house hill -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Entrance - Canadian side Original held in the collection of Earl W Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, New York ; -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - horse drawn carriages crossing Clifton House in bakcground (left) -
New Upper Suspension Bridge, Clifton House Hotel and Maid of the Mist Courtesy the Carnochan-Flay collection ; -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Entrance - Canadian side note advertising posters for Elevator Trip on pillars -
Upper Steel Arch Bridge - construction date circa 1898 -
Upper Steel Arch Suspension Bridge - view from tower on US side Negative available -
New Fallsview Upper Suspension Bridge - view from the observation tower published by M H Zahner Publisher, Niagara Falls, NY -
New Fallsview Upper Suspension Bridge sold by Griffith & Griffith, Philadelphia, St Louis and Liverpool, Eng. -
Upper Steel Arch Suspension Bridge - Canadian entrance date circa 1890 -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Elevator Tower view from American side Clifton House Hotel (left) -
New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - crossing the border to the United States walking united states -
Chinese ambassador crossing the cable accompanied by Samuel Keefer Clifton Hotel in background ; "At the request of Delos deWolf, vice president of the Suspension Bridge Company, Samuel Keefer carried the Chinese Ambassador who was visiting Niagara Falls, over and back along the carrier rope. Samuel Keefer reported "His celestial highness was delighted with sublimity of the view and the novelty of the adventure. This working platform was one of teh buggies used to carry workmen as they gave the cable wires a second coat of paint before they were clamped in cable form" ; excerpted from Bridges over the Niagara Gorge by George Seibel ; -
Distant view of the Falls taken from the Suspension Bridge image is one of four photographs on a single photographic sheet -
Side view of the Falls - Horseshoe Falls in background (from middle of the bank near railway) image is one of four photographs on a single photographic sheet -
Riding the line of the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway - poster great gorge route trip -
Niagara's Great Gorge Trip - Falls, Whirlpool Rapids Route - Poster great gorge route trip -
Niagara Falls Park & River Railway trestle bridge - Bowman Ravine at Whirlpool Rapids great gorge route trip trestle bowman ravine rapids -
Niagara Falls Park & River Railway - Chippewa - Open Observation Car chippawa trolley streetcar -
Niagara Falls Park & River Railway - unloading passengers in Queen Victoria Park cars international railway company irc i.r.c. -
International Railway Company Great Gorge Route - car barn & siding at Whirlpool I.R.C. car, i.r.c. barns streetcars streetcar -
Great Gorge Route Car 11 on bridge at Dufferin Islands Photograph was taken at Dufferin Islands Bridge located between Table Rock and Chippawa. The route was only occasionally used by Great Gorge Route cars. Mostly it was used by Queenston and Chippawa cars - George Seibel ; -
Electric Railway Station at Queenston Heights date circa 1920 -
Great Gorge Route and Whirlpool Rapids also available as a 4.25" x 5.25" black and white negative GR-3 -
International Railway Company - Great Gorge Route through Queen Victoria Park Courtesy Al Kerr Buffalo Chapter of NRHS ; -
River Road from the Upper Steel Arch Bridge - cliff restaurant prince wales restaurant dance hall fireproof garage walter g davidson spirella corset factory -
Tower Inn - Canadian National Electric Railroad Terminal (NS&T) Niagara, St Catharines & Toronto Railway Terminal -
Mowat Gate - Entrance to Queen Victoria Park from Clifton Hill Horseshoe Falls in background -
Tower Inn - Canadian National Electric Railroad Terminal (NS&T) Niagara, St Catharines & Toronto Railway Terminal -
River Road Businesses - Durant Garage & Storage, Fireproof Garage, Prince of Wales Restaurant dance hall hotel queen's lafayette -
Falls Avenue - Looking at rear of properties on River Road In foreground L-R: Shore's Linen Store, Little Prince Refreshments -
Falls Avenue - Looking at rear of properties on River Road In foreground L-R: Shore's Linen Store, Little Prince Refreshments -
Niagara Whirlpool Rapids and Boardwalk Colour photograph -
Niagara Whirlpool and Rapids showing point where the river has cut right to the gorge wall -
Whirlpool Rapids - Taken from the Boardwalk after the Winter Diversion of Water Note the water line on the rock in the foreground -
Niagara Whirlpool Rapids and Great Gorge Route From a Stereographic Image -
Aerial view of the Lower Niagara River and the Whirlpool Bridge American side left of river ; Canadian side right of river ; -
A Narrow Point in the Whirlpool Rapids Gorge Position of exposed rocks on Canadian Side, and ledge on U.S. side suggest 100 ft. width. -
Horse drawn carriages on the Niagara Parkway In these days the Parkway was known as the Niagara Boulevard -
Fishing Camp Below the Falls Sold by Griffith & Griffith -
Niagara Falls - People on the Brink of Horseshoe Falls Heritage Foundation #2; Ref. No. S12987; No. I 14a -
Ice Formation in front of the American Falls Taken from a stereograph -
Newspaper Advertisement B&W photograph -
Clifton Memorial Arch Undergoing Repairs Negative available -
Water Wheel at Colt's Elevator at the Whirlpool Rapids Photograph of a Stereographic Image -
Interior of Ferry stairs and the Incline Railway at Niagara Falls New York from a stereograph -
Colt's Elevator at the Whirlpool Rapids Photographer of Stereographic Image: unknown; Research & Photography used in this scan: George A. Seibe ; located in the Earl W. Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, NY ; -
Water Wheel at Colt's Elevator at the Whirlpool Rapids Photograph of a Stereographic Image -
At the Base of the Incline Railway - looking up Image styled after Charles Bierstadt's sterographic image ; -
The Incline Railway and The Shadow of the Rock Dressing Rooms next to the American Falls From a sterograph in the E.W. Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, NY ; -
Interior view of the Incline Railway at Prospect Park Niagara Falls New York Photograph from a stereograph ; -
Bridge to Cedar Island Research: George Seibel
