Hotel Sheldon, postcard (c1890).jpg
The Hotel Sheldon was located at southeast corner of Main and Goundry.
1890
South Niagara Street, looking west, Tonawanda, postcard (c1894).jpg
Note lack of electrical poles along the canal.
1894
Along the Docks of the Lumber District, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
Canal and Lumber Yards, Gratwick, postcard (c1900).jpg
Appears to be looking southeast through the Gratwick lumber yeards, from roughly present-day Gratwick Park, with Tonawanda Iron and Steel looming on left, and Tonawanda Island on the right and beyond.
1900
Harbor Scene, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
Harbor View in Twin Cities, postcard (c1900).JPG
1900
View of Harbor, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
World's Greatest Lumber Market, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
Webster Street, woman walking, postcard (1900).jpg
1900
Webster Street, with dog, postcard (c1900).jpg
This postcard from around 1900 is one of my favorite views of Webster Street (facing north). You can see trains used to run right down the street near where the Riviera would later be built. On the left is present-day Crazy Jake's. Horse-drawn carriages and carts are also on the left, making the scene really look like something out of a western. Also visible is the "Arcana Theatre" at the southwest corner of Tremont (in the Fowler Block), the Tonawanda Power Company, and some circular sign I cannot make out.
1900
Chinese Wong Law Laundry, Young Street, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
Union School (Goundry Street), postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
Portion of Harbor, North Tonawanda, postcard (JW Root, c1900).jpg
1900
Birds-eye view of some of the dockage, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900
South Niagara Street and Erie Canal, Tonawanda, postcard (c1900).jpg
Showing Hunphrey & Vandervoort Insurance, Schnell's, the old Erie Canal and more.
1900-01
South Niagara Street Showing Erie Canal, Tonawanda, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900-02
South Niagara Street, postcard (c1900).jpg
1900-03
City Hall and YMCA, postcard (c1905).jpg
1905
Felton High School, postcards (c1905).JPG
1905
Felton High School, postcard (c1905).jpg
1905
de Kleist home on Goundry Street, postcard (c1905).jpg
1905
Harbor View, postcard (c1905).jpg
1905
Boating on the Creek, Martinsville, postcard (c.1905).jpg
1905
Scene on Ellicott Creek, postcard (c1905).jpg
1905
Kenelworth Race Track, Buffalo, postcard (1905).jpg
1905
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, postcard (c.1905).jpg
1905
Niagara Silk Mills, postcard (c.1905).jpg
1905
Real Estate Exchange Building, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
First Baptist Church, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Harbor Scene, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Portion of Water Front in the Twin Cities, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Goundry Street School No.1, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Twin Cities $75,000 YMCA and City Hall, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Herschell-Spillman Headquarters, illustrated postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Unloading lumber in the Twin Cities, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
State National Bank, postcard (1906).jpg
1906
Ascension Roman Catholic Church, postcard (1907).jpg
Notice the trolley tracks in the road.
1907
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, postcard (1907).jpg
1907
Harbor View, North Tonawanda NY, postcard (1907).JPG
1907
Felton High School, postcard (1907).jpg
1907
de Kleist home on Goundry Street Looking East from Payne Ave, postcard (1907).jpg
1907
Schenck Street School No.2, postcards (1906, 1907).jpg
1907
Ship building in the Tonawandas, shipyard of W. H. Follette, postcard (c1907).jpg
1907
Niagara Silk Mills, postcard (c 1907).jpg
1907
On Ellicott Creek, postcard (1907-03-05).jpg
1907-03-05
Felton High School, postcard (1907-08-04).jpg
1907-08-04
Home Telephone Building (109 Goundry Street), postcard (1907-11-08).jpg
1907-11-08
View on Webster Street, postcards (1907-1911).jpg
1907-11-25
Friedens German Evangelical Church, postcard (1908).jpg
1908
South Niagara Street, looking west, Tonawanda, postcard (1908).JPG
1908
Birds-eye view of some of the dockage, postcard (1908).jpg
Manhattan Street is in the foreground. Just beyond is some of that famous lumber (Dodge & Bliss and J. W Scribner are two firms who stacked it here), and the swing bridge connecting to North Tonawanda to Tonawanda's "Goose Island." The little buildings at mid-left appear to be the <a href="http://www.nthistory.com/items/show/993">bordellos and saloons</a> that lined Tonawanda Street; the larger structures to the right are the Tonawanda Board and Paper Co.; on the far right of the postcard is the southern tip of Tonawanda Island.
1908
Tonawanda Island - Lumber District, postcard (c1908).jpg
1908
Unloading Lumber in the Twin Cities, postcard (1908).jpg
1908
YMCA building, postcard (1908).jpg
1908
Goundry Street looking east, postcard (1908).jpg
1908
Public Library, North Tonawanda, postcard (1908-10-04).jpg
1908
Y.M.C.A. Building, North Tonawanda, postcard (1908).jpg
1908
Goundry Street, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
Felton High School, North Tonawanda High School, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
The YMCA Building, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
Goundry Street, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
South Niagara Street, showing Erie Canal, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
Tonawanda Iron Works, postcard (1909).jpg
1909
Niagara Maid Silk Gloves, postcard, hi-res (1909-02-27).jpg
1909-02-27
First Methodist Episcopal Church, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Erie Canal and South Niagara Street, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Frontier Chocolate Factory, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Niagara Silk Mills, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Sweeney Building and Silk Mill, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Carnegie Library, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
Bird's-Eye View of Harbor, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Real Estate Exchange Building, postcard (c1910).JPG
1910
Goundry Street, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Goundry Street Looking East form Paynes Avenue, de Kleist residence, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
On Elliot (sic) Creek, Tonawanda NY, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Ellicott Creek, Tonawanda, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
Felton High School, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Junction Point, Niagara Falls and Lockport railroad lines, Payne Avenue, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Schule der St. Paulus, Martinsville, postcard (1910).jpg
Formerly located just south of present-day St. Martin's.
1910
William Street Looking North, Martinsville, postcard (c1910).jpg
Present-day Old Falls Boulevard.
1910
North Presbyterian Church, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
From <a href="https://www.ntnorthchurch.org/about">their website</a>:
<blockquote>North Presbyterian Church was organized on April 30, 1891 as part of the Niagara Presbytery. Prior to that Presbyterians in North Tonawanda had attended First Presbyterian Church, Tonawanda. The Rev. Henry Sanborne was ordained and installed at the first minister of the church.<br /><br />The congregation purchased a church building at 195 Schenck Street and met there for 8 years. The building now is home to the Ghost Light Theater group. On May 17, 1898 ground was broken for a new church at 168 Payne Avenue. The cost of the building, lot and adjacent manse at 166 Payne was $29,000.</blockquote>
1910
Tonawanda Iron and Steel, SS Jupiter, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
G F Meyers Coal, Wood and Sewer pipe, postcard (c. 1910).jpg
1910
Transferring Lumber, postcard (c.1910).jpg
Showing the Grace Holland.
1910
Transferring Lumber in the Twin Cities, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
On Ellicott Creek, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
Birdseye View of the Twin Cities Harbor and Lumber District, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Tonawanda Board and Paper Co., postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Odd Fellows Temple, Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
South Niagara St Showing Erie Canal, Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
View on Webster Street, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
Webster Street, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Harbor View, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Locking boat, Erie Canal, Lockport, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
View of Harbor, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Goundry Street International Railway waiting room, photo (c1910).png
1910
Niagara Maid silk gloves, Louise Gunning, postcard (1910).jpg
1910
Niagara Silk Mills, postcard (c1910).jpeg
1910
Goundry Street, postcard (c1910).jpg
1910
Family and dog, Grand Island excursions, postcard (c.1910).jpg
1910
Public Market, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works in the background before its 1911 expansion.
1910
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
Goundry Street, looking east from Paynes Avenue, postcard (c1910).jpeg
1910-06-17
South Niagara Street (showing Erie canal), postcard (1910-09-21).jpg
1910-09-21
New Sugar Bowl, Tonawanda, postcard (1911-07-21).jpg
Located at 32 Webster, this dealer in delectables kept Twin Cities dentists busy for generations. According to the <a href="http://www.nthistorymuseum.org/Lumber%20City%20History%20Center/sugarbowl.html">website</a> of North Tonawanda History Museum:
<blockquote>The Pullman brothers, Gust and Leo, operated the Sugar Bowl...from 1920 to 1965, having come to North Tonawanda in 1911 and worked for their cousins, the Yianilos brothers until they could afford to buy the business.</blockquote>
There was also a Young Street, Tonawanda location operated by the Yianilos brothers.<br /><br />Still others report a Zeffrey's Sugar Bowl at 5 South Niagara.<br /><br />Today, 32 Webster is the patio of Crazy Jake's.
1911-07-21
RC Church of the Ascension, postcard (1912).jpg
1912
Steam SAND SUCKER Boat on Thousand-Ton Barge Canal, postcard (1912).jpg
1912
Tonawanda Iron and Steel Works, postcard (1912).jpg
1912
Felton High School, postcard (1912).jpg
1912
First M. E, Church, hi-res postcard (1912).jpg
1912
Frontier Cholcolate Factory, postcard (c1912).jpg
1912
Entrance to New Barge Canal, postcards (1912-1917).jpg
1912
The Twin Cities, postcard (1912-09-12).jpg
1912-09-12
Edward Hines Lumber Co of Chicago in North Tonawanda, photo postcard (1913).jpg
1913
Harbor, Goose Island, postcard (1913).jpg
1913
View of River Front, postcard (1913).jpg
1913
Goundry Street, postcard (1913).jpg
1913
Tonawanda Depot, postcard (1914-03-13).jpg
Home of Historical Society of the Tonawandas
1914-03-13
A Tow, on Erie Canal, Tonawanda, postcard (1915).jpg
1915
Niagara Maid Silk Gloves, Gaby Deslys, postcard (c1915).jpg
1915
Niagara Silk Mills Exhibit, postcard (1915).jpg
1915
Tonawanda Harbor, postcard (1915).jpg
1915
Our Ice Houses in 1898, Ives Ice and Coal, postcard (1915).jpg
1915
Niagara Maid Silk Gloves, Emma Carus, postcard (c1915).jpg
1915
Erie Bridge, Tonawanda, postcard (1916).jpg
This bridge no longer exists; it carried the former Erie RR across Tonawanda Creek at the foot of Vandervoort Street. Heading northwest, the railroad line continued to just east of the present-day Railroad Museum, along East Oliver Street, and across Oliver Street.
1916
North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, postcard (1916).jpg
1916
Columbia Hook and Ladder, The Homeyer, postcard (c1916).jpg
1916
Webster Street, facing south, postcard and details (1917).jpg
Most Webster Street postcards face north, but this one faces south into Tonawanda. On the left can be seen train tracks. On the right, across the bridge, is the State National Bank. On the north side, Scanlon's Hall, then the First National Bank. Kent Hall, Janke Drugs, I.O.O.F. 563 and an ice cream shop are also pictured.
1917
Post Office, North Tonawanda, postcard (1917).jpg
1917
DeGraff Memorial Hospital, postcard (1917).jpg
1917
Biplane at Curtiss Aerodrome, Tonawanda, postcard (1917-08-20).jpg
1917-08-20
Post Office, postcard (1918).JPG
1918
Derrick boat to remove Tonawanda dam, postcard (1918-01).jpg
1918-01
The Lumber District, postcard (1919).jpg
A view from the southern portion of a lumber-bedecked Tonawanda Island across the "Little (Niagara) River" onto a lumber-bedecked North Tonawanda.
1919
Post Office, North Tonawanda, postcard (1919-10).jpg
1919-10
Niagara Scooter, Auto Wheel, Fleetwing, postcard (Buffalo Sled Co., 1919-10-14).jpg
1919-10-14
Felton High School, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Consolidated Silver Fox Corp'n Ranch, Martinsville, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Sweeney Park Entrance, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Our Lady of Czestochowa, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
25th Seperate Co Armory, Tonawanda, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Bridge over Erie Barge Canal dividing Tonawandas, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
View on Ellicott Creek, Tonawanda, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Jack Ayrault, postcard (c1920).jpg
A Jack Ayrault lived in Tonawanda and went to Lehigh in Pennsylvania; this is not necessarily a Lumbermen player (as was advertised on eBay)
1920
Niagara Silk Mills - Solk Gloves, postcard (c1920).jpg
1920
Twin City Service Station, Tydol, Weatherbest Shingles, pamphlet (c.1920).jpg
1920
Niagara Silk Mills Glove Guarantee Card (c.1920).png
1920
Proposed Home Of BPO Elks No 860, postcard (1921).jpg
1921
Along the Docks of the Lumber District, postcard (1921-08).jpg
1921-08
Niagara Radiator Boiler Company, illustration of grounds (1924).jpg
1924
Felton High School, North Tonawanda, postcard (1924).jpg
1924
Public Library, postcard (1924).jpg
1924
1455 px wide
Frontier Chocolate Factory, postcard (1924).jpg
1924
The Villa, 682 Falls Blvd, postcard (1924-08).jpg
1924-08
Bridge over Erie Barge Canal dividing Tonawandas, postcard (c1925).jpg
First National Bank, Tonawanda Power Co. also pictured.
1925
Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1925).jpg
1925
Library, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1925).jpg
1925
Carnegie Library, postcard (c. 1925).jpg
1925
Wurlitzer Factory, postcard set (c1925).jpg
1925
Reid and Ethel Richardson, holiday card (c1925).jpg
1925
King Construction Company, postcard (1926).jpg
1926
King Construction Co., postcard (1926).jpg
1926
American District Steam Heating Plant, postcard (1926).jpg
1926
General View of Wurlitzer Factories, postcard (c1928).jpg
1928
The Post Offices of North Tonawanda and Tonawanda, postcard (c1930).jpg
1930
Tonawanda Power Co, postcard (c1930).jpg
1930
Niagara Falls Blvd Motor Hotel, 1620 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (c1930).jpg
1930
La Truda 2nd, Niagara River racing boat, postcard (c1930).jpg
1930
Bridge over Erie Barge Canal, postcard (c.1930).jpg
Showing First Trust, Tonawanda Power Co., more.
1930
Webster Street and Erie Canal Bridge, postcard (c1930).jpg
1930
Feells Shangri-La Restuarant, North Tonawanda, photo (c1930).jpg
1930
Oechsner's Dream Island Castle in Williamsville, postcards (c1930).jpg
1930
DeGraff Memorial Hospital and Nurses Home, postcard (c1931).jpg
1931
Robertsons Tourists Rest, 586 Falls Blvd., postcard (1931).jpg
1931
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. Esplanade, the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
Esplanade the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, photo postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
Red Hill, postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
South bridge to Grand Island, Tonawanda, postcard (c1935).jpg
1935
Smiths Dining Car, Exchange, Tremont and Webster, postcard (1936).jpg
1936
Wurlitzer entrance court, postcard (1936).jpeg
1936
Elks Temple, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1939).jpg
1939
Tonawanda Power Co., illustrated postcard (1939).jpg
1939
Tonawanda Power Co, postcard (1939).jpg
1939
Tonawanda Power Company, postcard (1939).jpg
1939
City Hall, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Grand Island bridges, linen postcard (c1940).JPG
1940
Grand Island bridges, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Wood Bros Garage and Dock (c1940).jpg
1940
The Villa Roadside Inn, 682 Falls Blvd., postcard (c1940).JPG
1940
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. building and park, postcard (c1940 HST).jpg
1940
Residence of E. H. Santee, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1940).JPG
1940
Elks Lodge 860, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Ironton School, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
The Villa, 682 Niagara Falls Blvd, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Webster Street, Bridge over Canal, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Boulevard Gardens Motel, 2424 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcards .jpg
1940
DeGraff Memorial Hospital, postcard (c1940).jpg
1940
Webster Street, Burtch Drugs and Rivera Theatre, postcard (c1940).jpg
Alternate spelling of Riviera.
1940