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Niagara Falls

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1885 and 1896
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000722
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Niagara Falls

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the Niagara River looking towards the New York side and showing two lighthouses, the covered enclosure of an incline railway descending to the river near the American Falls, and people on the banks of the river and in a boat.

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Niagara Falls : (Canada side)

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the high rocky shore in Ontario, Canada, facing Horseshoe Falls, with people looking at the waterfall in the foreground, a steamboat at the bottom of the falls, and hills, a house, the New York side, and the river in the distance.

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Niagara Falls, : American side

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the New York river bank, looking up towards the waterfalls and showing a rowboat and "The New Maid of the Mist" steamboat in the water, with people and a dog on the rocky shore viewing the falls.

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Niagara Falls, : Canadian side

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the Canadian river bank looking up towards the waterfalls and showing a steamboat in the water, a rainbow, and people, including an African American man, on the rocky shore.

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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

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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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The only route via Niagara Falls & suspension bridge: for Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and all points west take the Great Western & Michigan Central R'y Line

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Image of an elevated landscape view of a steam locomotive and passenger train with baggage and sleeping cars crossing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge between the bridge towers on the New York side of the gorge; with pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage below the bridge and Witmer's Mill behind it, and Niagara Falls, the banks, and the covered enclosure of an incline railway in the distance; the locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement and the cab and tender are labeled "207."

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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

The only route via Niagara Falls & suspension bridge: for Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and all points west take the Great Western & Michigan Central R'y Line