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Herschell-Spillman on Sweeney about 1900 (Rand ad, Centennial Magazine, 1965).jpg

4-horse power engine and boiler, Armitage Herschell, ad (Tonawanda News, 1894).jpg

Two leading citizens die, Orcutt and Gillie, article (Tonawanda News, 1920-04-20, 0788).jpg

Twin Fair, photo (c1975).jpg

Tops, ad (1972-05-30).jpg

Tonawanda & Wheatfield Electric Co., stock specimen 1 (1890).jpg

Stans Motor Sales, logotype, ad (Tonawanda News, 1956-04-13).jpg

McIntire and Miller Carriages and Wagons, Main and Sweeney, ad (Tonawanda News, 1896).jpg

McCarthy Fruit Market, 206 Oliver, logotype ad (Tonawanda News, 1947).png

Christmas Comes to NT, View of Webster Hotel maybe, photo article (Tonawanda News, 1969-12-18).jpg

Vaudeville at Park Theater, Scenic Theater discontinues vaudeville, article (Tonawanda News, 1910-02-18).jpg

Park Theater bill pleases big crowds, article (Tonawanda News, 1910).png

Park Roller Rink and theater, ad (Tonawanda News, 1910).png

Calkins will operate motion picture machine for Park, leaves Scenic, articel (Tonawanda News, 1910-03-03).jpg

At Park Theater, article (Tonawanda News, 1910).png

100,000 automatic ostrich to be exhibited (Courier-Express, 1927-02-06).jpg

100 women needed now, ad (Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., 1945-02-22).jpg

Yacht capsized, Perew, article (Buffalo News, 1900-07-16).jpg

Stock-selling pair arrested on mayor's tip, article (Buffalo Courier-Express, 1939-03-01).jpg

Saloons Tipped Off - Tonawandas KKK Establishes New Branch - Buffalo NY Morning Express 1924 - 0585.pdf

Philip Perew sued by United States, article (Tonawanda News, 1905-12-16).jpg

Philip Perew's scheme, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-02-02).jpg

Has device to turn torpedoes, article (Tonawanda News, 1917-08-14).jpg

Gunboat once built at North Tonawanda, seals, Philip Perew, article (Lockport Union-Sun Journal, 1965-04-14).jpg

Cappola jury discharged, part 1, article (Buffalo Courier-Express, 1937-02-04).jpg

Big motor boat race, article (Tonawanda News, 1908-10-02).jpg

A test, invention will be tried in canal, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-01-12).jpg

1897 NT Football Team placard, North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg

Writ of manadamus served on mayor, article (Tonawanda News, 1915-07-24).jpg

Would open Sunday show, Oliver Theater will make fight in courts, article (Tonawanda News, 1913-12-12).jpg

Sunday moving picture fight, article (Tonawanda News, 1915-06-05).jpg

Oliver Theater, bill (1920-04-06).jpg

No police action to halt Dreamland or Oliver Theater, article (Buffalo Courier, 1915-05-17).jpg

New Oliver Theater, ad (Tonawanda News, 1910-11-03).jpg

Mayor Rand refuses Oliver theatre movies Sunday license, article (Buffalo Courier, 1915-06-03).jpg

Frontier Cholcolate Factory, postcard (c1912).jpg

Auto-Wheel fire, photo set (Tonawanda News, 1972-05-31).jpg

Whisper in Dad's ear, Auto-Wheel, ad (Buffalo Courier, 1916-12-20).jpg

Tell mother and dad, ad (Everyday Engineering Magazine, 1919-03).jpg

Sled concern in area to resume production, article (Buffalo Courier-Express, 1964-09-28).jpg

R. W. Morgan profile, Auto Wheel new owner and president, article (Buffalo Courier-Express, 1965-01-24).jpg

Local plant to enlarge, article (Tonawanda News, 1914-03-08).jpg

Local exhibit, Buffalo Industrial Exhibition, Buffalo Sled and Niagara Silk Mills, article (TEN, 1908-12-17).jpg

Heres the new Auto-Wheel book-free, ad (Everyday Engineering Magazine, 1919-02).jpg

Flames cause 200,000 loss, article (Buffalo News, 1920-02-18).jpg

Dad gave me an Auto-Wheel, ad (Everyday Engineering Magazine, 1918-08).jpg

Come on fellows, join in the fun, ad (Everyday Engineering Magazine, 1918-11).jpg

Buffalo Sled production manager taken to asylum, article (Tonawanda News, 1921-05-04).jpg

Buffalo Sled Co plans to enlarge, article (Tonawanda News, 1915-03-06).jpg

Buffalo Sled Company has changed its name, article (Tonawanda News, 1920-07-03).jpg

Buffalo Sled Co. doing wonderfully increased business, sketch of history, article (Buffalo Courier, 1915-12-22).jpg

Buffalo Sled Co., photo (Ton News, 1970, 6393).jpg

Boys, look at my new Auto-Wheel convertible Roadster, ad (Everyday Engineering Magazine, 1918-09).jpg

Auto-Wheel fire, photo set (Tonawanda News, 1972-05-30).jpg

Auto-Wheel Coaster Club, promotional pennant (c1917).jpg

Auto-Wheel arouses national interest, ad (Hardware World- Plumbing & Heating, Volume 15).jpg

Arson suspected in NT fire, article (Tonawanda News, 1972-05-30).jpg

After factories, Buffalo Sled moving, article (Tonawanda News, 1908-10-27).jpg

Fassett, T. S..jpg

Biographical and Portrait Encyclopedia of Niagara County, 1892

Girls in Auto-Wheel Coaster, magic lantern slide (c.1920).jpg

Auto Wheel No. 1, ad (Good Hardware, 1923).jpg

Auto Wheel Coaster Wagon, ad (Dennis Reed Jr, 2017)

Auto Wheel, company mark (Dennis Reed Jr, 2017).png

Auto-Wheel Roadster metal sign, reproduction.jpg

Auto-Wheel Fleetwing Racer Sled, photo set (c.1930)

Auto-Wheel Coaster, c1916.jpg

Niagara Scooter, Auto Wheel, Fleetwing, postcard (Buffalo Sled Co., 1919-10-14).jpg

Auto-Wheel Health Builders for Children, 4-page catalog (c1920).jpg

Former site of Scenic Theater at 40 Webster, map detail (1913).jpg

Scenic Theatre Calkins attempts to bring live bear from three mile creek, article (Tonawanda News, 1907-07-20).jpg

Scenic Theater repoens with excellent bill, article (Tonawanda News, c1910-04-05).jpg

Remember the Scenic Theatre, photo from 1900 (Tonawanda News, 1968-10-26).jpg

Eagle Theater to reopen in place of Scenic, Wallenberg, article (Tonawanda News, 1910-08-06).jpg

Damon and Pythias to be shown at Scenic, article (Tonawanda News, 1908-07-02).jpg

Change of program at Scenic Theater, article (Tonawanda News, 1910-05-09).jpg

The Beginning of the NT Tradition, display at North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg

North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame, sign and building, photo by Dennis Reed Jr (2017).jpg

North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame, front, photo by Dennis Reed Jr (2017).jpg

North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame, exterior, photo by Dennis Reed Jr (2017).jpg

Inductees, North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame, photo (2017).jpg

How Rule Changes Have Shaped the Game, display at the North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg

Frank Hinkey photo, North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg

1897 NT Football Team photo, North Tonawanda Football Hall of Fame (2017).jpg

Reconaissance Level Survey of Historic Resources of City of North Tonawanda (kta preservation, 2019).pdf

A mostly readable overview of the area's early development from 1600, with special emphasis on early village luminaries in general and the Sweeney…

Thiele's Dairy, bottle, detail (c1970).jpg

Thiele Dairy, bottles.jpg

Sweeney Cemetery placard, photo (2009).png

Photo by Dennis Reed Jr

Sweeney Cemetery, photo.png

Judd, G.L., photo of grave in Sweeney Cemetery.png

Johnson, Selden G., photo of grave in Sweeney Cemetery.png

Franklin, Warren, photo of grave in Sweeney Cemetery.png

Felton, Benjamin, photo of grave in Sweeney Cemetery.png

Post Office, North Tonawanda, postcard (1919-10).jpg

DeGraff Memorial Hospital, postcard (c1940).jpg

Walker Bros and Monroe Jewelers, trade card (c1930).jpg

From a reader: "They were established in 1925 and now the shop is located at 84 Webster st....They are known as the 'Clock Doctor.'"

North Tonawanda map (Centennial magazine, 1965).jpg

Phil Perew home at 46 Sweeney, map detail (1908).jpg

Walking automaton is a mechanical wonder, article (Buffalo Courier, 1900-09-02).jpg

Walking Automaton is a Mechanical Wonder
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This Man May Walk For Years Without Rest or Sleep,
Yet Never Feel Fatigue or Need For…

Tolerable Tales notes about Perew, article (Ton News, 1983-07-09).jpg

Scale model of Normandie rides seas, photo article (Tonawanda News, 1938-02-07).jpg