Tonawanda Iron & Steel, photo (1896, HST).jpg
1896
Buffalo Sled Company, illustration from catalog (1917).jpg
1917
Niagara Silk Mills, postcard (c.1905).jpg
1905
People outside Tonawanda Brewing Company, colorized photo (c1918).jpg
1918
Calkins and Co. Planing Mill, Tonawanda, envelope (1889).jpeg
1889
Buffalo Equipment & Construction Co., photo set (c. 1916).png
Contracted to build the embankment for the High Speed Line. Corner of Robinson and Division.
1916
Niagara Silk Mills, postcard (c1910).jpeg
1910
Frontier Brewery, photo (Tonawanda News, 1947-05-08).jpg
1947-05-08
J&T Charlton Lumber, letterhead, letter and info from eBay seller (1903-11-05).jpg
1903-11-05
Wood and Brooks Bros., Ivory Keys, Ontario Street, Tonawanda, postcard (c.1890).jpg
1890
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, postcard (c.1905).jpg
1905
Riverside Chemical Company, 871 River Road (2021 Google Street View).jpg
2021
Riverside Chemical Company, 871 River Road (2021 Google 3D View).jpg
2021
Richardson Boat Company factory, North Tonawanda, photo (c1929).jpg
1929
Bennett Homes, Catalog 18, illustration (1920).jpg
1920
2nd Annual Outing of Herschell-Spillman, photo (Olver Family of Gratwick and Ward R. Bray, 1902-07-03).jpg
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1902-07-03
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, photos (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
1914
Plant of the Ray H Bennett Lumber Co., illustration (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
1914
Herschell-Spillman Motors, ad w view of factory and logotype (Motor Age, 1920-02-12.jpg
1920-02-12
Frontier Chocolate Factory, postcard (1924).jpg
1924
Works of the Buffalo Pump Co., illustration (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
1914
Works of the Buffalo Bolt Plant, illustration (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
1914
Wickwire Steel Plant construction, Tonawanda, photo set (1907).jpg
1907
International Paper Co., pulp wood pile, photo (1936-09).jpg
1936-09
Wurlitzer Factory, postcard set (c1925).jpg
1925
The Realm of Music, North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, article and transcriptions (Tonawanda News, 1894-01-04).jpg
Transcription by Dana Johnson:
<blockquote>
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<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong><span> </span>The Realm Of Music</strong></p>
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<div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Where harmony producing instruments are manufactured</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Home of the organ works</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Only industry of this kind established in the United States</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Everything About the Institution Known - …the North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Now Located at East Avenue – How This Novel Industry Came to Be Added to City’s Attractions - The Well-Known Firm of Armitage, Herschell & Co. Projected the Enterprise - … Brought It to a Successful Completion - A Brilliant Future Before It.</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> </span>__st on the outskirts of North Tonawanda awaiting with confident expectation the onward march of time to raise from a little hamlet to more pretentious Proportions, stands the pretty suburb of _?_ city, Sawyer Creek or more properly East avenue, and here, like a pioneer on the edge of civilization is located an elegant three story brick structure of hansom appearance over which the stars and stripes float gaily on the -breeze. The com_?_lous home of an industry comparatively unfamiliar to the great majority of citizens, but already attaining a world wide reputation under the name of the North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory. </p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> Although but a few months have passed ___ this novel enterprise was projected _?_ placed in operation under the _?_ management of Mr. E DeKleist it has become one of the most important important industries of our growing city, and with the markets of the whole world in which to dispose of it's products it is destined to achieve an unprecedented success, and make it's name, and consequently the name of North Tonawanda known throughout the civilized globe.</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>No place in the United States is there another industry of this kind, and no place in the world is there one that uses its methods of production which enables this institution to compete successfully with the barrel organ factories of the countries across the sea. Its modus operundi is exclusively its own -- rendered so by the genius and talents of its manager, a large part of the machinery in use being the inventions of his fertile mind.</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The building which is the home of this current enterprise was erected at a cost of </span>$40,000 by the firm of Armitage, Herschell-& Co., to whose influence and energy is due the establishment of a barrel organ factory at North Tonawanda. Ever on the lookout for means by which to promote the growth and prosperity of the city, these gentleman evolved the scheme which has proven such a distinct triumph and taking the matter in hand with their characteristic activity, carried it to a successful completion. To Armitage, Herschell & Co., therefore, in conjunction with Mr. DeKleist, belongs the credit for adding the barrel organ factory to North Tonawanda's large list of manufacturies, and this fact alone is one of which they may feel justifiably proud.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong> A Sketch of the Presiding genius.</strong></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Mr. E. DeKleist, who controls the destinies of this enterprise as proprietor and general manager, in a genial open-hearted, wholesouled individual - a typical German gentleman, whom it is a pleasure to know. Under his excellent guidance 'The News” representatives spent a most enjoyable hour surveying the wonders contained in the building and received valuable instruction regarding the work of such musical instruments.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Mr. DeKleist's genius for inventing has given him much labor-saving machinery and thereby placed him in a position to compete with similar factories of the old countries. The first two organs he constructed have sailed across the water - the first to Bombay. India, and the second to Austria.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Born in in Germany in the year 1853, Mr. DeKleist grew to maturity on the shores of the Fatherland. He received a thorough education at the Gymnasium Royal, where he imbibed those principals which have fitted him for a worthy manhood. From this institution of learning he entered the Royal Military School at Berlin and afterwards served sometime in the French and German Armies.</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>In 1885 he first entered into mercantile pursuits and it was then that he laid the foundation for what has been a successful business career. His first venture was with the famous manufacturers of musical instruments, Limonaire Bros., of Paris, and he continued with them for several years, part of which were spent in London, where he conducted a branch store for this firm. In 1892 he came to America as their representative and has since made his home in the United States.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>He was married to Miss Charlotte Chelius of Lunberg, Germany in 1878 Mr. and Mrs. DeKleist have an interesting little family of four children and a cozy home at East Ave.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>How It Came About</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> </span>One of the most important department of Armitage, Herschell & Co's works for a long period has been the manufacturing of pleasure machines know as “merry-go-rounds”. Those turned out by this firm have achieved an enviable reputation for being the most perfect, and durable to be obtained, and the consequent demand for them has been very extensive.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>As well known to those who enjoy the dizzy delights of merry-go-rounds, their revolutions are accompanied by musical harmonies produced by a barrel organ attached to the machinery. This fact made Armatige, Herschell & Co. customers for these instruments and when Mr. DeKleist came to America in 1892 representing the French manufacturers, he sold to this firm barrels organs to the amount of $ 25,000.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>It was about this time that the idea suggested itself to Armitage, Herschell & Co., that the organs might be manufactured in this country at a much more advantageous figure than that which the transatlantic instruments could be purchased, and in accordance with this idea negotiations were entered into with Mr. DeKleist which finally resulted in the establishment of The North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Works.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Mr. DeKleist arrived in North Tonawanda in November 1892, and active preparations for the erection of a buildings and procuring machinery were at once begun. The preliminaries involved seven months time, but at last, when June 1893 arrived everything was in readiness for operation. A commodious brick building was erected by Armitage, Herschell & Co., at the cost of $40,000, all necessary adjuncts to the manufactory were in place, and Mr. DeKleist proceeded to build his first barrel organ.</span> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>The Home of the Enterprise</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The factory is pleasantly located at East Ave. surrounded by a stretch of inviting country. It is in constant operation, and it's activity is attended to by clouds of smoke whirling skyward, and the busy whir of machinery within. To an individual who possesses a desire for the novel, it is replete with interest from the entrance to the top of the floor, and much useful knowledge may be gleaned from an hours visit.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The whole affair is under the personal supervision of Mr. DeKleist, while under him is an intelligent foreman, and an able corps of assistants. Mr. Charles Nilson occupies this position of general foreman with an efficient lieutenant in the person of Mr. Edward Rack. The heads of various departments are: John Wymann, engineer;</span></p>
</div>
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<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>W. Schwencke, wood-turner; Charles Fehrmann, voicer; M. Mathemm, finisher; </span></p>
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<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Albert F. Klemer, and Christ Maerien, pipe makers; Wm. Jaenecke, carpenter and joiner.</span></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The factory at present employs about 30 hands and turns out one organ per week.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>During the Summer, however, Mr. DeKleist expects to run to its full capacity and produce an organ complete every day. These are worth on an average of $ 500 each.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>The First Floor</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Upon entering the building the first to claim attention is the engine room at the north end. This is 70 x 40 feet in area and contains a 45-horsepower engine and boiler, manufactured by the Armitage, Herschell & Co., which furnishes the motive power for the establishment. From it runs a single 6-inch pipe by which the entire building is heated. A small Westinghouse dynamo produces electric light. This was placed in position by Wilson & Wilson, well known electricians in North Tonawanda.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>From here the main room is entered and a network of shafts and belting greats the eye. The machinery contained in this room consists of 2 circular saws, a cut-off saw, 2 band saws, 1 scroll saw, 2 large boring machines, 1 emory machine for polishing, wood-toothing machine, a stop manufacturing machine for making brass organ pins, 2 large iron lathes, a wood-turning machine. This room is 40 x 100 feet in dimensions.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>At the south end of the building is the office, nicely furnished with office fixtures.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> </span><strong>The Second Floor</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The most interesting part of the building is the second story. Here is where organ cylinders are marked for the insertion of brass pins, where these pins are deftly inserted by nimble fingered girls, where the cases are made and where the organs are put together.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>It is in this department that some of the machines invented by Mr. DeKleist are used and their efficiency when explained by the inventor becomes clearly apparent.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> </span>Twenty-two employed are kept busy here at the different machines and is the casing room.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>The Third Floor</strong></p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The third story is occupied by the finishing and voicing, or tuning departments, and storage rooms</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The voicing room contains a machine for manufacturing organ reeds and the tuning is also done by machinery.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>Music's Realm</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Having once more reached the first floor the “News” representatives were treated to a sort of impromptu concert, furnished by one of the organs manufactured at this establishment. As the delicious strains paraded the building, and well known airs greeted the visitors ears, they unanimously decided that the manufacture of such harmony-producing instruments was an art still beyond their ken, and that its mysteries were but slightly elucidated by the superficial insight they had been given by Mr. DeKleist.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>There is certainly a great future in store for the North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Works and it can only be question of a few years until the present capacity of the plant will need to be doubled to meet the increasing demand for the instrument.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
There is a later version of this article from June 4 of 1894. Here is my transcription of that:
<blockquote>
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<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>MUSIC'S REALM:</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The Organ Works at North Tonawanda</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>One of the Big Industries</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The Only Establishment of the Kind in the United States - Where Harmony Producing Instruments are Manufactured-Sketch of Mr. De Kleist, the Proprietor and Manager.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>In a pretty suburb of this city, named Sawyer's Creek, there is situated the only barrel organ and orchestra manufactory in the United States. it is owned and managed by one of the best business men in America, Mr. E. DeKleist. The gentleman is a thorough musician, and the instruments that he manufactures have a reputation for their sweetness of tone and excellent manner in which they are constructed. Mr. DeKleist, recognizing the fact that durability is an essential feature in the manufacture of all kinds of goods, selects nothing but the very best kind of materials for his use, and as a consequence every organ that goes out of his shop is a splendid advertisement for him. In all things this genial, ambitious German is business-like, and it is no wonder that he succeeds in his business. Mr. DeKleist, since he moved to North Tonawanda, has been one of the foremost of our citizens in the work of advancing the interests of the twin cities.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span> </span>The following is a description of the organ manufactory at Sawyer's Creek.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>The First Floor</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Upon entering the building the first to claim attention is the engine room at the north end. This is [unclear text; 41x40?] feet in area and contains a 45-horsepower engine and boiler, manufactured by Armitage, Herschell & Co., which furnishes the motive power for the establishment. From it runs a single 6-inch pipe, by which the entire building is heated. A small Westinghouse dynamo produces electric light. This was placed in position by Wilson & Wilson, well-known electricians of North Tonawanda.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>From here the main room in (sic) entered, and a network of shafts and belting greets the eye. the machinery contained in this room consists of 3 circular saws, a cut off saw, 2 band saws, 1 scroll [?] saw, 2 large boring machines, 1 emory machine for polishing, wood-toothing machine, a stop manufacturing machine, for making brass organ pins, 2 large iron lathes, a wood-turning machine. This room is 40x 100 feet in dimensions.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>At the south end of the building is the business office, nicely furnished with fixtures.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong>The Second Floor</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The most interesting part of the building is the second story. Here is where organ cylinders are marked for the insertion of brass pins, where these pins are deftly inserted by nimble-fingered girls, where the cases are made and where the organs are put together.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>It is in this department that some of the machines invented by Mr. DeKleist are used and their efficiency when explained by the inventor becomes clearly apparent.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>A large number of employees are kept busy here at the different machines and in the casing room.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><strong> The Third Floor</strong></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The third story is occupied by the finishing and voicing, or tuning departments, and storage rooms.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>The voicing room contains a machine for manufacturing organ reeds and the tuning is also done by machinery.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv2960390348ydp7787dd0byiv9916097913MsoNormal"><span>Mr. DeKleist has lately added a lumber storehouse and [dry?] kiln, and the manufactory will have to be enlarged within the year, owing to the rapidly increasing demand for the organs.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
1894-01-04
Tonawanda International Paper, booklet excerpts (c.1956).jpg
1956
Gillie Machine Company, ad (City Directory, 1923).jpg
1923
Frontier Cholcolate Factory, postcard (c1912).jpg
1912
Auto-Wheel fire, photo set (Tonawanda News, 1972-05-31).jpg
1972-05-31
Buffalo Sled Co., photo (Ton News, 1970, 6393).jpg
1970
Auto-Wheel fire, photo set (Tonawanda News, 1972-05-30).jpg
1972-05-30
Niagara Cider and Vinegar Works, illustrated letterhead (1890-01-06).jpg
1890-01-06
Tonawanda Board and Paper Co., postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
1919-05-17 Wurlitzer grounds, insurance map (from Tom Austen).jpg
1919-05-17
Wurlitzer alternate front, photo (THS P-5846, 1912).jpg
1912
American District Steam Co. general office and works, North Tonawanda, illustration (1911).jpg
1911
Portion of Harbor in Twin Cities, Goose Island, postcard (1910-06-15).jpg
The first postcard apparently penned by someone just arriving in Tonawanda in 1910 to study as a veterinarian under the tutelage of a Dr. H. S. Wende. He gives a charming description of his situation to a newphew, in a very legible hand. <br /><br />More about Dr. Wende from 1891's <a href="http://www.nthistory.com/items/show/608"><em>Lumber City</em></a>: <br /><br />Drs. Wende & Thomson, V. S. — Dr. H. S. Wende was born in Erie county, graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1886 and lo-. cated in Tonawanda where he secured a good run of practice, having an operating table and every convenience for the treatment of accidents or the diseases of horses. This is the largest veterinary hospital in this vicinity. Dr. J. P. Thomson, a Canadian and graduate of the above school, has been associated with Dr. Wende for a j-ear or two past, and is giving good satisfaction.
1910-06-15
Works of the Buffalo Bolt Company, photo (Greater Buffalo & Niagara frontier, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 1914).jpg
1914
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, photos (Greater Buffalo & Niagara frontier, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 1914).jpg
1914
Wurlitzer tower, photo (Dennis Reed Jr, 2018).jpg
2018
Wurlitzer factory, illustration (c1922).jpg
1922
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
General View of Wurlitzer Factories, postcard (c1928).jpg
1928
Armitage, Herschell and Co. on Mechanic Street and Oliver, hi-res illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
Also pictured: Groves Flour Mill
1893-08-05
Bennett Lumber Company grounds, illustration (1926).jpg
1926
Buffalo Bolt Company, illustration (A Graphic Story 1920).jpg
1920
Gillie Place, map detail (1908).jpg
1908
North Tonwanda Barrel Organ Factory employees, photo (c.1895).jpg
From Historical Society of the Tonawandas
1895
Hope-Jones Organ Company, group photo (PSTOS-Pipeline-2012-10-4).jpg
Elmira, NY
1910
American District Steam Heating Plant, postcard (1926).jpg
1926
Niagara Musical Instrument Mfg Co, photo 3 (Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Hamp Film Collection, 1930).jpg
1930
Niagara Musical Instrument Mfg Co, photo 2 (Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Hamp Film Collection, 1930).jpg
1930
Niagara Musical Instrument Mfg Co, photo (Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Hamp Film Collection, 1930).jpg
1930
Niagara Musical Inst Mfg Co, Felton Field area, aerial photo (HST, c.1935).jpg
1935
Niagara Musical Ins Mfg Co in background of NTPD cars, photo (HST, c.1935).jpg
1935
Bennett Bargain Book, selected catalog pages (1926).jpg
1926
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, SS Jupiter, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Spillman Engineering Corp on Oliver and Goundry, photo (c1930).jpg
1930
International Paper Company, Tonawanda Island, photo 2 (c1970).jpg
1970
International Paper Company, Tonawanda Island, photo (c1970).jpg
1970
Esplanade the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, photo postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
Tonawanda Brewing Co., photo (c1918).jpg
1918
Esplanade the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, photo postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
Wurlitzer factory with cars in parking lot, photo (c1950).jpg
1950
Mirrorlite Leases Plant for Expansion in NT, photo article (Tonawanda News, 1964-09-30).jpg
1964-09-30
Rand Plant No 2, illustration (c1921).jpg
1921
Rand - North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works employee hi-res photo (All of Us, 1919-11).jpg
1919-11
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works factory, illustration (Automatic Military Bands, c1913).jpg
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works factory, horse-drawn cart, photo (c1913).jpg
<a href="http://www.tonawandashistory.org">Historical Society of the Tonawandas</a>
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works factory, colorized photo (Automatic Military Bands, c1913).jpg
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works employees, photo (HST 1913-05-03).jpg
1913-05-03
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, postcard (1916).jpg
1916
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, photo (HST p1904 c1914).jpg
1914
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, mottoes removed, photo (HST p677 c1925).jpg
1925
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, junction, illustration (c1906).jpg
1906
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, employee photo (c1908).jpg
Second from left identified as Ed Tussing.
Courtesy of Barbara Tussing Lipps
1908
Mirrorlite Leases Plant for Expansion in NT, photo detail (Tonawanda News, 1964-09-30).jpg
1964-09-30
A. B. Williams Planing Mill, original NTMIW site, photo (HST c1900).jpg
1900
North Tonawanda Organ Factory, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
1893-08-05
de Kleist Musical Instrument Mfg. Co., employee photo (HST, p678, 1903).jpg
1903
de Kleist Musical Inst Mfg. Co. factory, photo detail (HST, 1907).jpg
1907
North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, photo (c1893).jpg
1893-06
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, postcard (1912).jpg
1912
Sweeney Building and Silk Mill, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Frontier Chocolate Factory, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910