Men camping by Niagara River, stereogram detail (c1870s, RJ Clench).JPG
1870
William H. Gratwick vessels, photos (c.1882-1900).jpg
Wooden steam barge, bulk freighter, package freighter and tugboats. The <a href="https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/58709/data?n=14">tugboat would sink</a> in the Niagara River on July 16, 1900, killing the two men aboard.
1882
Hotel Lincoln (later Sheldon), photo (Wittkowsky Collection, c1885).jpg
William C. Wittkowsky Collection, via <a href="http://www.nthistorymuseum.org/Collections/hotellincolnsheldon.html">North Tonawanda History Museum</a>
1885
Union Free School No 1 (Goundry), class photo (1887).jpg
1887
Unknown (Erie Canal in Tonawanda?), photo (c1890).jpg
Seen on eBay labeled as "Erie Canal in Tonawanda," but there is no corroboration for the claim. <a href="mailto:me@denisreedjr.com">Please email us</a> if you know more!
1890
Early firemen, horse and buggy, photos c1890 (From 100 Years, 1965).jpg
1890
Fred Pfanner Jr., Flour Feed Grain and Seeds, 46-50 Young Street, photo (c 1890).jpg
1863-1929. Obituary from <a href="http://haseleyfamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I17586&tree=FWHCED">Haseley Family Pages:</a><br /><br />
<blockquote><strong>Tonawanda Business Man Drops Dead In His Store</strong><br /><br />While 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 before 11 o'clock this morning Fred Pfanner, Jr., dropped dead. Several physicians were called but Mr. Pfanner died within a few minutes after being stricken. Born in Tonawanda 66 years ago, Mr. Pfanner had resided here all his life. He had been in business in the store where he died since 1884, first in partnership with his brother, Alderman George Pfanner, later alone and for the past ten years with his son, Richard Pfanner, under the firm name of Pfanner and Son. Mr. Pfanner was stricken with paralysis six weeks ago but recovered sufficiently three weeks later to walk to his place of business where he visited two or three times a week. He walked to the bank of the First Trust company this morning and returned to the store. Physicians expressed the belief that the effort proved too much for him. Surviving are a wife, Lena; a son, Richard; a daughter, Mrs. Mortimer Davis of Rochester; four brothers, George, Jacob, Philip and Henry Pfanner, and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Guenther, Mrs. George May and Mrs. George Bloomstein, all of Tonawanda.</blockquote>
Courtesy of Beth Proefrock Patterson
1890
Erie Canal lock into the Niagara River, Tonawanda.jpg
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 the far side of the lock. They could tow canal boats through the river to be loaded up with lumber on Tonawanda Island, or at another dock along the river, and return them to lock back into the canal. In other photos, a weather tower can be seen at right, hung with flags that alerted boaters to the weather conditions outside the safe confines of the canal walls. Today, if you walk alongside Urban Paint on Niagara Street in Tonawanda, in its parking lot you can see a little sign commemorating the lock.
1890
Train depot, Tonawanda, photo postcard (c1890).jpg
1890
Wattengel livery, photo (c1890).jpg
1890
Joe Mantione
Deacon Dubbs, Masonic play, cast photo (Stumpf, c1890).png
1890
42nd Separate Company of Niagara Falls, stationed in Tonawandas to break lumber strike, photos (c.1892-1893).jpg
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 the longer deployment, and they appear ready for a little comic relief in the first photo. Learn more about these visits in this <a href="http://nthistory.com/items/show/3477">excerpt</a> of a 2005 thesis.
1892
North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, photo (1893).jpg
1893
North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory, photo (c1893).jpg
1893-06
Rescue Fire Company, photo (c1895).jpg
1895
North Tonwanda Barrel Organ Factory employees, photo (c.1895).jpg
From Historical Society of the Tonawandas
1895
Gratwick School before additions, photo c. 1895 (Marjorie Crosby thesis, 1949).jpg
1895
North Tonawanda Street Railroad trolley car outside Hotel Sheldon, photo (c1896).jpg
1896
Trolley-Traction Canal Boat, Niagara Street, photo (1896).jpg
1896
Tonawanda Iron & Steel, photo (1896, HST).jpg
1896
Robinson Street transformer house, photo (c 1896-06).jpeg
1896-06
1897 NT Football Team photo, North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg
1897
The Beginning of the NT Tradition, display at North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg
1897
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, views of plant (c1900).jpg
1900
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company locomotive, photo (1900s?).jpg
1900
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company locomotive, photo detail (1900s?).jpg
1900
Along the Lumber Docks, photo (Buffalo Morning Express, c1900).jpg
1900
Barrel Organ Factory arranger, photo (c1900).jpg
<a href="http://www.timtrager.com">timtrager.com</a>
1900
Barrel Organ Factory barrel-pinning, photo (c1900).jpg
<a href="http://www.timtrager.com">timtrager.com</a>
1900
A. B. Williams Planing Mill, original NTMIW site, photo (HST c1900).jpg
1900
First Baptist Church, photo (c1900).jpg
1900
Walking Automaton, photo (Granger Collection, c1900).jpg
1900
Remember the Scenic Theatre, photo from 1900 (Tonawanda News, 1968-10-26).jpg
1900
Horse-drawn hearse, Wattengel Funeral Home, photo (Shared by Joe Mantione).jpg
1900
Twin City Band of Tonawanda, photo (c1900).jpg
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. Tussing, John Tussin, Henry Hacker
1900
Tussing family home, Simpson St., Tonawanda (c1900).jpg
1900
Live Hose No.4, photo (c.1900).jpg
1900
DeGraff mansion, photo (DeGraff Mansion Memoir, c1900).jpg
1900
Erie Railroad (Buffalo Division) Depot at North Tonawanda, photo (c1900).jpg
1900
The Automatic Man, two photos (New York Public Library Photography Collection, c1900).jpg
1900
Toddler, Arch cabinet card (c1900).jpg
1900
An Electric Man, photos from article (Strand Magazine, Vol. 20, 1900-02ish).jpg
1900-02
Steam man, photo (1901).jpg
1901
2nd Annual Outing of Herschell-Spillman, photo (Olver Family of Gratwick and Ward R. Bray, 1902-07-03).jpg
<a href="mailto:me@dennisreedjr.com">Email us</a> if you can identify anyone!<br />
<ul>
<li>Ward Olver – back row, fourth from the right</li>
<li>Fred Brandt – 2nd row from top, 6th from right</li>
<li>Wallace Olver – 2nd row from bottom, 2nd person from the right (excluding the band members)</li>
<li>Tussing's band at right</li>
</ul>
1902-07-03
Tussing's Band of Tonawanda, photo (1902-09-01).jpg
1902-09-01
Walmore Military Band, Fred and William Schultz, photo (Niagara Gazette, 1903-04-30).jpg
1903-04-30
Erie Canal, Sweeney Street on left, former Main Street bridge in center, hi-res photo (LOC, c 1905).jpg
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 street depicted on an 1893 map. The same map shows a "covered bridge" at Oliver (where the "jack-knife" train bridge is today) and another "iron bridge" further east, at Vandervoort (there is no bridge there today).
Also pictured: Fire Engine House (at least on 1893 map) overhanging the canal, just before the first iron bridge; possible Stevens & McIntyre Wagon Shop beyond; "Merry Go Rounds" signage is visible beyond that.
Library of Congress
1905
Martinsville Station, photo (c.1905).jpg
1905
Prominent Tonawandas residences, photos (The Tonawandas of To-Day, c1905).jpg
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.
1905
Boathouse Gang - Bert + Treassa? in solid? suit standing up -_72A6377_.jpg
1905
Boat house gang, Ora draped -_72A6373_.jpg
1905
croquet grounds, July -_72A6393_.jpg
1905
Cummings house (130 Fredericka Street)-_72A6360_.jpg
1905
Side view house, mother and father standing -_72A6382_.jpg
1905
side view of house, Mable standing - Mable moved -_72A6395_.jpg
1905
Boathouse gang, Gratwick slip, colorized (1905).jpg
1905
Delaware Hose, Tonawanda (1905).jpg
1905
Main and Delaware Street Bridge, Tonawanda, photo (NYSA, 1905-05-12).jpg
Harvey H. Quinn of Buffalo boat.
1905-05-12
Frank and Amanada Morganti, wedding photo (1906).jpg
1906
Van Raalte grounds and workers, 1907 photo (Images of America, Historical Society of the Tonawandas).jpg
1907
North Tonawanda High School football team, newspaper photo (1907).jpg
1907
de Kleist Musical Inst Mfg. Co. factory, photo detail (HST, 1907).jpg
1907
de Kleist Musical Inst Mfg. Co. office at Hotel Sheldon, photo (HST, 1907).jpg
1907
Wickwire Steel Plant construction, Tonawanda, photo set (1907).jpg
1907
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, employee photo (c1908).jpg
Second from left identified as Ed Tussing.
Courtesy of Barbara Tussing Lipps
1908
Richard H. Martin at Pine Woods Elementary, photo (c1908).jpg
1908
Ellicott Creek boaters, photo (1909).jpg
1909
A view of cofferdam B.L. at Station 6805+50, photo (NYSA, 1909-01-13).jpg
Long Homestead
1909-01-13
North side of canal looking east from the Main Street Bridge in Tonawanda, photo (NYSA, 1909-03-09).jpg
Canal boats, bridge at Oliver before cantilever, Herschell merry-go-rounds on Sweeney.
1909-03-09
Post's Band, Blue House Bunch, Tonawanda, photo (1909).png
Brass band with scarves in field. R. W. King photographer, 316 14th Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
1909-06-27
Retail Merchants Association outing on Grand Island, photo (1909-08-19).jpg
1909-08-19
Herschell-Spillman Co. Buildings, Sweeney Street, photo (c1910).jpg
1910
Frank Morganti inside North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works (c1910).jpg
Douglas Hershberger
1910
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works employees, photo (c1910).jpg
Douglas Hershberger
1910
Webster and Sweeney, Scanlons Hall c.1910 (Tonawanda News, 1978-03-23).jpg
1910
Hotel Sheldon during a parade, photo (Historical Society of the Tonawandas, c1910).jpg
Historical Society of the Tonawandas
1910
Erie Railway, North Tonawanda Station, hi-res photo (Survey HAER NY-94, LOC, c1910).jpg
Thompson Street. Spillman Company Engineers (present-day Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum) in the background.
1910
Hope-Jones Organ Company, group photo (PSTOS-Pipeline-2012-10-4).jpg
Elmira, NY
1910
Tonawanda footballer, photo (c1910).jpg
1910
Auto-Wheel Coaster and girl, photo postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Oliver Theatre, photo (c1910).jpeg
1910
King Construction Co., mill wood workers, photo (c1910).png
1910
Columbia Hook & Ladder near Erie bridge, photo (c1910).jpg
1910
Looking south along the crest of the dam in Tonawanda, photo (NYSA, 1910-07-19).jpg
1910-07-19
A view looking west along the crest of the dam in Tonawanda, photo (NYSA, 1910-07-19).jpg
Real Estate Exchange, Niagara Silk Mills, little Webster
1910-07-19
The Nationals Twin City baseball team, Amateur Niagara County, team photo (1911).jpg
1911
Wurlitzer alternate front, photo (THS P-5846, 1912).jpg
1912
Avondale baseball team active 1910-1915, photo (c. 1910).jpg
1912
Eugene de Kleist's Berlin apartment, Kurfürstendamm street, photo set (c1913).jpg
Contributed by a de Kleist descendant.
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, organ and truck, photo (c1913).jpg
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works factory, colorized photo (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
Princess Suzanne, souvenir photo for Scenic Family Theatre and related notices (c.1913).JPG
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 Star in Vaudeville," "highly educated and cultured," an "actress," "perfectly formed," "32 inches tall" and "34 pounds." In 1911 Billboard calls her the "Human Atom," touting "character change, singing and tight wire novelty act" with a "beautiful wardrobe" who was just finishing a tour of the "Pacific Coast." A 1930 Billboard item under "Sparks Circus" notes that she went in a big seaplane at Pensacola. By 1938 the Forest Parkway Leader-Observer lists her in a little person program as "the butterfly dancer."
1913
Hungarian group, Emily Borko far left, Wittkowsky photo (HST, c.1913).jpg
1913
Hungarian group, funeral, Wittkowsky photo (HST, c.1913).jpg
Location unknown, presumed Tonawandas.
1913
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works employees, photo (HST 1913-05-03).jpg
1913-05-03
North Tonawanda High School, Felton, photo (1913-12 Tonawanda News).jpg
1913-12
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, photo (HST p1904 c1914).jpg
1914
Erie Canal looking South, Martinsville, Buschs Bridge, photo (1914).jpg
1914
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, photos (Greater Buffalo & Niagara frontier, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 1914).jpg
1914
Works of the Buffalo Bolt Company, photo (Greater Buffalo & Niagara frontier, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 1914).jpg
1914
Powerhouse - Niagara Falls Power Co.. illustration (Greater Buffalo NY Undustrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
The architecture in these Niagara Falls buildings is echoed by the Robinson Street power house in North Tonawanda.
1914
Birds-Eye View of the Tonawandas, Showing Portions of Lumber Interests, photo (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).png
1914
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, photos (Greater Buffalo NY Industrial Commercial, 1914).jpg
1914
Bach's Cornet Band, N. Tonawanda, photo (1914).jpg
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, Ed Kowsky and William Runde Jr.
In 1894, Julius Bach is moved to take out ads in local papers advising "All persons are hereby notified not to trust my son, Ferdinand Bach, as I will pay no debts contracted by him."
1914
Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra Photo Album (Vestal Press reprint, c1975).jpg
1914
Elks Lodge 860 ladies on truck in Niagara Falls parade, photo (Buffalo Courier, 1914-06-21).jpg
1914-06-21
Elks Lodge 860 make creditable showing in Niagara Falls parade, photo (Buffalo Courier, 1914-06-21).jpg
1914-06-21
Former Friedens church, Vandervoort and Schenck, photo (c1915).jpg
Current Ghostlight Theatre. Today's Scalise's Deli at 158 Schenck St.
1915
Tussing family in a band, photo (1915).jpg
1915
Herman P. Schroeder saloon, 870 Oliver Street, photo (Kearns, Bille, c1915).jpg
1915
Hugo with player piano at Wurlitzer factory, photo (c.1915).jpeg
1915
Charles Douglas Miller with Wurlitzer player piano, photo (c.1915).jpeg
1915
Barge Canal Terminal at North Tonawanda, photo (1916).jpg
1916
Ascension School, 1st Grade class photo (1916).jpg
1916
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
James S Thompson pose with camera (1916-02-21).jpg
1916-02-21
Long bridge damaged, train crossing canal, photo (1916-03-30).jpg
From <a href="https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201916%2520Jan-Sep%2520Grayscale%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201916%2520Jan-Sep%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201258.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffd10f52cb%26DocId%3D1961679%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520U%26HitCount%3D47%26hits%3D23%2B89%2Bd7%2Bd8%2Bf1%2B102%2B1b4%2B202%2B215%2B217%2B442%2B492%2B4a6%2B595%2B5c4%2B64e%2B69e%2B88f%2B890%2B8bc%2B8da%2B8fe%2B928%2B92e%2B9d9%2Ba50%2Ba74%2Ba8b%2Bab8%2Bb23%2Bb9f%2Bbe8%2Bc44%2Bc5b%2Bc7d%2Bcaf%2Bcb7%2Bd39%2B1083%2B1128%2B112b%2B11e4%2B120f%2B12b0%2B12d5%2B12da%2B12e3%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201916%2520Jan-Sep%2520Grayscale%2FNorth%2520Tonawanda%2520NY%2520Evening%2520News%25201916%2520Jan-Sep%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201258.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffd10f52cb%26DocId%3D1961679%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520U%26HitCount%3D47%26hits%3D23%2B89%2Bd7%2Bd8%2Bf1%2B102%2B1b4%2B202%2B215%2B217%2B442%2B492%2B4a6%2B595%2B5c4%2B64e%2B69e%2B88f%2B890%2B8bc%2B8da%2B8fe%2B928%2B92e%2B9d9%2Ba50%2Ba74%2Ba8b%2Bab8%2Bb23%2Bb9f%2Bbe8%2Bc44%2Bc5b%2Bc7d%2Bcaf%2Bcb7%2Bd39%2B1083%2B1128%2B112b%2B11e4%2B120f%2B12b0%2B12d5%2B12da%2B12e3%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false">Tonawanda News</a>:
<blockquote>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 Central came here today to release the craft, fearyig that damage might result to the railroad bridge. A boat house was also swept over the dam last night. It piled up against one of the abutments of the Central's bridge and was broken to pieces.</blockquote>
Also pictured: Scanlon's Hall, State National Bank, Elks, Sweeney Building.
1916-03-30
Tonawanda Dam, looking S, photo (1916-04-10).jpg
1916-04-10
Tonawanda Dam, looking NE, photo (1916-04-21).jpg
Also pictured: Niagara Maid Silk Mills, Sweeney Building
1916-04-21
Tonawanda Terminal completed, photo (NYSA, 1916-08-29).jpg
1916-08-29
First Fire Truck in 1917, Fred Knight, Charles Doebler (From 100 Years, 1965).jpg
1917
Auto Wheel Co., employees, photo (NTHM, 1917).jpg
1917
Auto Wheel Co., interior, photo (NTHM, 1917).jpg
1917
Electric Railway, Stumpf cabinet photo (1917-09-29).jpg
1917-09-29
Scanlon Building, pontoon bridge, North Tonawanda, photo (NYSA, 1917-11-24).jpg
Also shows State National bank, lumber near Manhattan and Front Streets.
1917-11-24
Sweeney Building, photo (NYSA, 1917-11-24).jpg
Train tracks across canal, Webster Street
1917-11-24
Tonawanda Brewing Co., photo (c1918).jpg
1918
People outside Tonawanda Brewing Company, colorized photo (c1918).jpg
1918
F. Ziehl & Son Groceries, Martinsville, photos (August 1918).jpg
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.
1918
Ziehl family, photo (c.1918).jpg
1918
Temporary Webster Street bridge from the North Tonawanda side, photo (NYSA, 1918-02-14).jpg
1918-02-14
Tonawanda dam. Looking north from the Tonawanda side, photo (NYSA, 1918-02-14).jpg
Dam, canal, Webster Street, Sweeney power building, Niagara Silk Mills
1918-02-14
F. Ziehl & Son Groceries, unlabeled photo (August 1918).jpg
1918-08
South abutment. Webster Street bridge, photo (NYSA, 1918-10-15).jpg
First Trust of Tonawanda.
1918-10-15
James H. Rand Jr, portrait (Tonawanda News, 1919-04-19).jpg
1919-04-19
Rand - North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works employee hi-res photo (All of Us, 1919-11).jpg
1919-11
Main-Webster Street Bridge, Tonawanda; pier built. Erecting steel, photo (1919-11-10).jpg
Sweeney building, Van Raalte silk Mills
1919-11-10
Tonawanda Iron Corp train, photo (c1920).jpg
1920
Boy Scout Troop 5 in Hannah's Woods, photo (c1920).jpg
1920
Rand Company, baseball players, Hi-Speed line in distance (All of Us, 1920).jpg
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.
1920
Girls in Auto-Wheel Coaster, magic lantern slide (c.1920).jpg
1920
Victory V Novelty Entertainers, orchestra (c. 1920-1921).jpg
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 at the Lyceum and in North Tonawanda at the "new" Rand building, both in 1920. Involved in Battles of Music with Whiting's Jazz Band of Buffalo," the "Browning Jazz Band" and others. Lots of dancing alleged.
1920-05-28 Flower Dance ad.
1921-01-18 article with them at the Lyceum with the Browning Clown Band of Tonawanda
1920
Bushes Bridge across Erie Canal, Martinsville, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Buffalo Bolt first aid, photo (c1920, Guy William Gane III).jpg
1920
Auto-Wheel Coaster and boys, photo (c1920).jpg
1920
Auto-Wheel coaster and children, photo (c1920).jpg
1920
305 Schenck, photos (Al Moser, c1920).jpg
1920
IRC High Speed Train, Facebook, photo (c1920).jpg
1920
Dorn’s Buffet and Rooming House, 142 Oliver, interior photo (c1920).jpeg
1920
Herschell-Spillman Motors, ad w view of factory and logotype (Motor Age, 1920-02-12.jpg
1920-02-12
Bascule bridge, looking east, photo (NYSA, 1920-05-11).jpg
1920-05-11
Main-Webster Street Bridge; north span, looking north, photo (NYSA, 1920-06-07).jpg
Scanlon, Sweeney Building, Real Estate Exchange, National Bank
1920-06-07
Richard H. Martin, Columbia Hook & Ladder No. 1, Firemen's Day Parade, photo (1920-06-20).jpg
1920-06-20
Webster Street, two views, photos (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-08-03).jpg
(first photo): Niagara Savings and Loan, White Star Hotel, Scanlon, State National Bank, Sweeney Building.
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/srr_ecm/id/1874/rec/24
1920-08-03
Main Webster St. Bridge, looking north (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-08-03) detail.jpg
See also http://nthistory.com/items/show/2105
1920-08-03
New York Central Railroad Bascule Bridge (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-10-08).jpg
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/srr_ecm/id/1892/rec/26
1920-10-08
Main Street, jack-knife, and Vandervoort bridges across NY Barge Canal, photo (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-11-21).jpg
<a href="https://eriecanalmuseum.org/">Erie Canal History Museum</a>
1920-11-21
View of a lift bridge on the Erie Canal being raised to allow a boat to pass in Tonawanda., photo (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-11-22).jpg
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/srr_ecm/id/1853/rec/21
1920-11-22
View of the east end of the wall at the junction of the old canal and creek, photo (Erie Canal Museum, 1920-11-22).jpg
Star Theater Photo Plays, Gold Medal Flour, Koenig
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/srr_ecm/id/1919/rec/28
1920-11-22
Bascule bridge, Tonawanda, looking north, photo (1920-11-22).jpg
1920-11-22
Boats at Tonawanda Terminal, looking east, photo (NYSA, 1920-11-22).jpg
1920-11-22
Tonawanda Kardex football player, photo (1921).jpg
The Tonawandas' short-lived NFL team (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonawanda_Kardex_Lumbermen">Wikipedia article</a>).
1921
Bascule bridge opening over canal, photo (1921).jpg
1921
Ice Cream H. P. Schroeders Candies, Cigars and Tobacco, 136, photo (1921).jpg
Not sure what street this is?
1921
Cantilever bridge being tested, photo (c.1922, Bridgehunter.com).jpg
1922
NT High School football, team photo (John Olszowka, 1923).jpg
Felton High School is visible in the distance.
1923
Ellicott Creek Estates sign on car, photo (c.1923).jpg
1923
Men near North Tonawanda train station, photo (c1923).jpg
1923
Gratwick School, class photo (Cynthia Lustig, c1923).jpeg
1923
Tonawandas Newest Civic Center, photos and article (Ton News 1924).png
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.
1924
Gratwick School showing 1924 addition, photo (Marjorie Crosby thesis, 1949).jpg
1924
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, mottoes removed, photo (HST p677 c1925).jpg
1925
Whitehall Ferry from end of [Grand Island] state road to Tonawanda, photo (c1925).jpg
1925
Columbia Hook and Ladder, fireman and little girl, photo (Kathleen Dahl Ricch, c1925).jpg
1925
Columbia Hook and Ladder, parade photo (Kathleen Dahl Rich, c1925).jpg
1925
Felton High School football team, photo (Great Grandpa Olszowka, c.1925).jpg
1925
North Tonawanda Senior High, photo (c1925).jpg
1925
Kardex-Rand, assorted photos, c1925.jpg
1925
Stumpf Photography, Martin Motors, Delaware Street bridge, Tonawanda, photo (c1925).jpg
1925
Gratwick Hose No. 6, group photo, cabinet card, Wittkowsky (c1925).jpg
1925
Artizan Factories, photo (1926, HST).jpg
1926
White, Gratwick and Mitchell lumber yard, North Tonawanda, photo (planner, 1926).jpg
1926
Wurlitzer printing plant, photos (1926-07-31 PRE p 10B).JPG
1926-07-31
Rescue Fire Hall, Martinsville, group photo (1927).jpg
Bonnie Verrall-Urban
1927
Rescue Fire Hall engine, Martinsville, photo (c1927).jpg
Bonnie Verrall-Urban
1927
The Irontons, 1928 Twin Cities Champions, newspaper photos (1974, Tonawanda News, Olszowka).jpg
1928
Tom's Stand, Brown family, photo (c1928).jpg
Said to be "Near River Road." Submitted by Kathleen Hay with this description:
<blockquote>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 Brown except cigar guy.</blockquote>
Kathleen Hay
1928
Richardson Boat Company factory, North Tonawanda, photo (c1929).jpg
1929
B. P. O Elks lodge, photo (1929-05-05).jpg
1929-05-05
Auto Wheel Co., wood shop, photo (NTHM, 1929-10).jpg
1929-10
Man and child in front of Remington Rand, photo (c1930).jpg
1930
Spillman Engineering Corp on Oliver and Goundry, photo (c1930).jpg
1930
Niagara Musical Instrument Mfg Co, photo (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 3 (Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Hamp Film Collection, 1930).jpg
1930
Swing bridge to Tonawanda Island, photo (c.1930).jpg
1930
Wurlitzer depot, photo, c1930.jpg
1930
Spillman Engineering Corp on Oliver and Goundry, photo (c1930).jpg
1930
Ellicott Creek boathouse and park building, Tonawanda, photos (c1930).png
1930