Wooden steam barge, bulk freighter, package freighter and tugboats. The tugboat would sink in the Niagara River on July 16, 1900, killing the two men aboard.
1863-1929. Obituary from Haseley Family Pages:
Tonawanda Business Man Drops Dead In His StoreWhile displaying some of the new currency, which he had just drawn from the bank, to clerks in his flour, feed and seed store at 48-50 Young street shortly…
The lock in this first (c. 1890) photo allowed canal boats to pass from the canal in Tonawanda over into the Niagara River. The non-canal part of the Tonawanda Creek is straight ahead, leading into the Niagara River. Notice the tugboats waiting on…
This company, formed in 1885 at the establishment of the Niagara Falls State Reservation, came out to the Tonawandas twice to quell lumber labor troubles (June of 1892 and 1893). The photo may have been taken during the 1893 assignment, as this was…
FRONT ROW: John Simson, * Miller, Emil Wein (instructor), Alfred Luther?, Carl Kepple; SECOND ROW: Gus Conrad, Henry Tussing, John W. Tussing (trumpet), Henry Cliesterhaut?, **, **, * Harmin, * Luther; BACK ROW: -- Bernhardt, Fred Loindusky?, Ed.…
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Ward Olver – back row, fourth from the right
Fred Brandt – 2nd row from top, 6th from right
Wallace Olver – 2nd row from bottom, 2nd person from the right (excluding the band members)
Tussing's band at…
Facing east along the Erie Canal, with Sweeney Street (at present-day Gateway Park) on the left bank. It would seem we are looking at three different bridges in this photo: The near bridge appears to be the "iron bridge" at the foot of NT's Main…
Showing the homes of Eugene de Kleist, Guy White, A.C. Tuxbury, W. G. Palmer, J. S. Thompson, H. J. Knapp, Frederick Robertson, A Cluster, S. C. Peuchen, R. T. Jones, L. A. Kelsey, W. B. Kerr.
A vaudeville curiosity, this small wire-walker is purported to hail from Hungary and tours (at least) upstate New York in the early 1900s. Appears in papers as early as 1909, described as "bright and interesting," "The Royal Doll Lady," "The Tiniest…
According to the 1973 Flashback item, this 1914 photo shows Bach's Cornet Band "standing in front of the restaurant and saloon formerly operated by Julius Bach at Schenck and Bryant Streets." Others identified include Michael Lawlor, Herman Miller,…
From Tonawanda News:
WATERLOGGED BOAT SWEPT OVER THE DAM A waterlogged canal boat came down the Tonawanda creek late last night and went over the old dam. It became lodged underneath the bridges at Webster street. The wrecking crew of the New York…
Courtesy of Scott Ensminger, who writes: "Someone gave me this photo many years ago. I was told F. Ziehl & Son Groceries was in Martinsville. Person 6 is my grandmother." In the undated family photo, she is second from right.
This is likely at present-day Wheatfield Street and Erie, with the elevated mound being the Nash Road course of the Buffalo to Niagara Falls Hi-Speed line.
This instrumental musical group consisted of John W. Tussing, Louis Weitz, James Pett, Gerald Barrows, Lloyd Pettit. Said to play the "latest Broadway hits"and "latest numbers." Called a "big orchestra." Newspaper notices show gigs in Niagara Falls…
Abandonment of Erie Canal from Ellicott Creek, removal of train tracks from Webster in NT and Main in Tonawanda, automobiles. Also view of Van Raalte Silk Mill, First Trust bank, Sweeney Building.
Said to be "Near River Road." Submitted by Kathleen Hay with this description:
I'm sure this was torn down decades ago, but it's a little slice of life. Dated 1927 or 29 based on the child being born in April, 1923. On River Road. Everyone was named…