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DeGraff Mansion, illustration (Dennis Reed Jr, 2023).jpg

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Myles Joyce to seek 7th term, Buttermilk case, article (Tonawanda News, 1969-06-18.pdf

Myles Joyce to seek 7th term, Buttermilk case, article (Tonawanda News, 1969-06-18.pdf

The so-called "Buttermilk Trial" of Mayor Myles Joyce (who is pulled over for drunk driving, and claims he was drinking only buttermilk) appears to…

Closure of North Tonawanda Pool is the end of an era, article (Samantha Christmann, Buffalo News, 2023).htm

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As a kid in North Tonawanda, every summer morning in 1988 was the same ritual. I would stretch on my purple swimsuit, still damp from the night…

Bintz Pool examples from other cities, photos.jpg

Bintz Pool, Bruce Pool, New Martinsville Park West Virginia, photo.png

Wesley Bintz made a career out of building municipal swimming pools across the United States. These examples show how the basic design was adapted to…

On the Avenues and Beyond by John Kolecki, 2007, book review (Dennis Reed Jr, 2023).htm

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It’s disorienting to contemplate how different the Avenues would have appeared to young Master Kolecki in 1925. If you’ve seen photographs of the era,…

The Town of Wheatfield (Landmarks of Niagara County, 1897).pdf

History of Wheatfield (Chapter XII from Landmarks of Niagara County, 1897).pdf

CHAPTER XXII.

THE TOWN OF WHEATFIELD.

Wheatfield is the last town organized in Niagara County, and was set off from Niagara May 12, 1836. It…

Public Market, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg

Public Market, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg

North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works in the background before its 1911 expansion.

North Tonawanda and Martinsville, map detail (1875, Beers Atlas of Niagara and Orleans).jpg

North Tonawanda and Martinsville, map detail (c.1875).jpg

Carney's Island, Distillery, Ayer Estate, Fisher, Cap. o. Shepard, Rosebrock, Kibber, Roney, A. Jerbitz, Zimmerman, Rumbolt, Dreggs, Nutting, J.…