C76 - reads Nearest camp to the Falls, Modern Equipment, Camp Kitchen and Dining Room, Baths, located 300 yds up the hillon left side from Clifton House ; printed in Leipzig Saxony ;
Rainbow at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls, with the Skylon Tower, Niagara Sky Wheel, Sheraton on the Falls Hotel and Fallsview Casino Niagara in the background.
On back of postcard: Niagara Falls at one time presented the spectacle of one solid wall of water emptying the entire river but centuries of erosion have diverted the flow until now, and for many years beyond the memory of man, the cataractnis divided into what are known as the Horses Shoe Falls and American Falls. It has fallen to the lot of the united States (because of the deeper channel that froms the boundary line between this country and Canada) to aquire a great share of the Falls, as well also, quite three-forths of the islands in the Niagara river.
American Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Lower Niagara River with the maid of the Mist and the Observation Tower can be seen on the American side of the gorge.
Roger Woodward reunites with nurse Eleanor Weaver, who took care of him in the Greater Niagara General Hospital after his plunge over the Horseshoe Falls on July 9, 1960.
Roger Woodward reunites with nurse Eleanor Weaver, who took care of him in the Greater Niagara General Hospital after his plunge over the Horseshoe Falls on July 9, 1960. Other person unidentified.
Roger Woodward with his son Christopher in the Greater Niagara General Hospital where he was taken after his plunge over the Horseshoe Falls on July 9, 1960.
Roger Woodward with his son Christopher and nurse Eleanor Weaver in the Greater Niagara General Hospital where he was taken after his plunge over the Horseshoe Falls on July 9, 1960. Two others are unidentified.
Postcard was mailed in Buffalo on May 25 1928 and was sent to William Donaldson of Milestone Montana ; Message reads We enjoyed the Falls so much. Went on a bus - about 7 hours, 65 miles - stopped about 10 times. 4 other people in our party. We put on rubber coats, & boots & went under the Falls, crossed the gorge & back in Spanish Aerocar. John liked best going down steep incline in cable car to the Whirlpool Rapids. Saw the Burning Spring, drank some of the water. This card is from John
This picture of Prospect Point is an interesting one in that it was taken at a moment in which the immense talus blocks which make up the base of the falls are visible.