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  • Niagara Falls Fire Department. State of New York. To all whom these presents shall come, ... do hereby appoint Walter C. Hulett a fireman in Fire Company No. 2

    Niagara Falls Fire Department. State of New York. To all whom these presents shall come, ... do hereby appoint Walter C. Hulett a fireman in Fire Company No. 2

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    Image of a certificate from the trustees of the Village of Niagara Falls New York, made out in manuscript to Walter C. Hulett and dated June 9, 1852, that appoints Hulett a fireman in Niagara Falls Fire Department Fire Company No. 2, with a central image of the seal of New York labeled “Excelsior” with the goddesses Liberty and Justice standing on either side of a shield and an American eagle on the banks of the Niagara River with Niagara Falls, ships, and town rooftops in the background; certificate has ornate patterned border.

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  • Sketch of the Niagara Falls suspension bridge : (new in progress) shewing [sic] the basket ferry and the temporary towers of the foot bridge

    Sketch of the Niagara Falls suspension bridge : (new in progress) shewing [sic] the basket ferry and the temporary towers of the foot bridge

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    Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.

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  • Tompkins County. Agricultural Society

    Tompkins County. Agricultural Society

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    Image of two women in flowing garments sitting with a cornucopia full of produce and a sword with scales of justice at the center of a certificate from the Tompkins County Agricultural Society of New York; the women sit on either side of an eagle resting atop a shield emblazoned with Niagara Falls; farmer plowing his fields with a team of horses at right; cattle drawing a wagon full of hay at left.

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  • Niagara Falls

    Niagara Falls

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of Niagara Falls in New York and Ontario, Canada, as seen from the Niagara River, showing the covered enclosure of an incline railway descending to the ferry platform on the river bank near the American Falls, with a steamboat ferry in the water.

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  • Niagara Falls in winter

    Niagara Falls in winter

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    Image of a panoramic landscape view of Niagara Falls during the winter; falls partially frozen and ice visible along shore in foreground; rainbows near the falls at left.

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  • International Traction Company's interurban lines

    International Traction Company's interurban lines

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    Image of an aerial landscape view of Niagara Falls and the surrounding areas showing the electric railway lines of the International Traction Company between towns including Lewiston, Lockport, Tonawanda, and Buffalo, New York, and Niagara Falls, and Chippewa, Ontario, Canada, with a top-left vignette of a trolley car labeled "31 Buffalo & Niagara Falls 31 Electric Railway", a lower-left vignette of the "International Traction Co's. New Suspension Bridge, Lewiston & Queenston" and a lower-right vignette of the "International Traction Co's. Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls." Image verso contains panels with fold-up map covers and information on stops, rates of fare, points of interest, and connections.

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