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City of Ararat on Grand Island, illustration (Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, 1825).jpg
Caption reads: "When Major Mordecai Manuel Noah came to Western New York in 1825, he saw in Grand Island the makings of a great city. He paid $4.38 an acre for his proposed city of refuge for the Jews of all nations."

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Residence of Col. L.S. Payne, illustration detail (Wheatfield St in foreground, looking north up Payne Ave) (1878, History of Niagara County 1821-1878).jpg
Wheatfield Street in foreground, looking north up Payne Ave.

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Residence and office of Garwood L. Judd, Esq., illustration (History of Niagara County, 1821-1878).jpg
Garwood L. Judd bio. Most likely at the southwest corner of Oliver and Goundry, though an 1875 map also shows a "G. L. Judd" office on the northwest corner of Goundry and Webster.

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Farm residence of E. A. Milliman, Esq., illustration (History of Niagara County, 1821-1878).jpg
House still stands at 2525 River Road. River Bitt Rentals, former Demler Cider Mill.

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A. B. Williams Planing Mill, illustration (Tonawanda News, 1893).jpg
In 1893, located in Sawyer's Station area (view on map); Also a Tonawanda location at some point.

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The Archer Hotel, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
The Archer Hotel was located at the northeast corner of Oliver and Thompson streets. A December 1913 ad in the Tonawanda News advertises for an Archer Hotel run by E. M. Dindruff.

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Looking northeast form the roof of the Real Estate Exchange, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
Main street in foreground. Hotel Sheldon seen at Main and Goundry. Herschell carousel tent down Goundry. The Real Estate Exchange was a six-story building at the northeast corner of Tremont and Webster streets.

Looking northwest form the roof of the Real Estate Exchange, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
Webster Street buildings in the immediate foreground. Beyond is Manhattan Street, the lumber yards, and Tonawanda Island in the Niagara River. Far in the distance is what appears to be Tonawanda Iron Works. The Real Estate Exchange was a six-story…

North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, hi-res map (Sanborn Map Co., 1910).jpg
The factory's footprint, before the 1913 expansion.

Tonawanda Kardex logo (1921).gif
The legitimacy of this "logo" is disputed.
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