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Photograph

Niagara Falls

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
Poster

Travel By Train, Niagara Falls Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Niagara Falls as the place "Where the Great Lakes Leap to the Sea, Travel by Train." Featuring the artist Fredric C. Madan...
Photograph

Aero Cable Car

Date: 1916
Description: Slightly elevated view of people in the Whirlpool Aero Car, opened in 1916, departing from the station and crossing the whirlpool of Niagara Falls.
Photograph

Aero Cable Car Station

Date: 1916
Description: View looking up toward observers waiting for the Whirlpool Aero Car, built in 1913 and opened in 1916, to reach the station.
Photograph

Suspended Cable Car

Date: 
Description: Designed by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo and built in 1913. Elevated view looking down at people in the Whirlpool Aero Car which is crossing the 60-acre whirl...
Photograph

Generator Plant

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Description: Elevated view of the interior of a generator plant. A man is standing next to the machines.
Print

Jefferson Davis on a Tightrope

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis walks a tightrope over a waterfall heading toward the side of a cliff on which is the Capitol building, a soldier, and the Union flag. Behi...
Drawing

A View of ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada

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Description: Drawing of beavers building a dam.
Map or Atlas

A Chart Exhibiting the Light Houses on the Lake Coast of the United States of America

Date: 1848
Description: This map shows lighthouses on part of Lake Superior, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River,...
Photograph

Niagara Falls Outing

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Description: Frederick Layton posing in a studio shot with two women, one of whom is Laura Ackroyd. The backdrop is a photograph of Niagara Falls.
Map or Atlas

Carte Nouvelle de la Louisiane, et de la Rivière de Missisipi, Découverte par feu Mr. de la Salle

Date: 1713
Description: Map showing the regions explored by Robert de La Salle between 1681 and 1686, as well as the route La Salle, and later Henri Joutel, took, moving north fro...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements Adjacent Thereto

Date: 1733
Description: This map of North America shows settlements, rivers, lakes, Native American land, trade winds, and numerous topographical features such as forests and moun...
Map or Atlas

Part of North America Containing Canada, the North Parts of New England and New York: With Nova Scotia and Newfoundland

Date: 11 24 1781
Description: Map showing New York, New England, and south eastern Canada. Boundaries, ports, and a few cities are shown, but the map focuses on regions, Native American...
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Amérique

Date: 1777
Description: Map of Colonial America east of Lake Michigan showing regions, cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Crossed swords and small ...
Map or Atlas

Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
Map or Atlas

Carte de la Partie Nord, des États Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale

Date: 1783
Description: Map of the north east coast of the United States, north of Virginia and east of Lake Erie. It shows the states, forts, cities, towns, mountains, Niagara Fa...
Map or Atlas

A Particular Map, to Illustrate Gen. Amherst's Expedition to Montreal: With a Plan of the Town & Draught of ye Island

Date: 1760
Description: Map showing upstate New York, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River during the last, decisive battle of the French and Indian War. The main map shows a ...
Map or Atlas

The State of New York: Compiled from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Detailed map of New York, showing counties, cities, mines, mills, roads, swamps, mountains, lakes and rivers. The map also shows Native American towns and ...

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