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Site of former City Hall, Main and Tremont, map (1908).jpg

Site of former City Hall, Main and Tremont (2017).jpg

Police officers outside City Hall, photo (Bicentennial magazine, 1965).jpg

North Tonawanda City Hall with flag reflection, photo (2017).jpg

Photo by Dennis Reed Jr

North Tonawanda City Hall, photo (2017).jpg

Our Breathing Spot: Pine Woods Park, documentary video (2017).vid

Thiele, Rojeks Dairy, Whitco Fuel, calendars (1950s and 1960s).jpg

Rand Company, Patent Bank Ledger, letter (1907-10-11).jpg

Melody Fair sign, photo (c.1958).jpg

GV Goerss Dairy milk cone (c1950).jpg

G. A. Belling, homebuilder, ad (Tonawanda News, 1912-12-07).jpg

G. A. Belling, homebuilder, ad (Tonawanda News, 1912-10-19).jpg

Former Junction Point on Payne Avenue (Thomas Turtle Optician and Galassis), photo (Google, 2011).jpg

Erie Canal looking South, Martinsville, Buschs Bridge, photo (1914).jpg

Carpenters Rapid Transit, fare token, reverse (c1935).jpg

Carpenters Rapid Transit, fare token (c1935).jpg

Buffalo Bolt, ad (1930).jpg

Bridal Veil, Central Milling Co., Illustrated trade card (c1880).jpg

Body of Missing School Teacher Goes Over Dam, article (Tonawanda News, 1916-03-29).jpg

Bicycle license, North Tonawanda, 1964-1965.jpg

Bicycle license, North Tonawanda, 1961.jpg

Benjamin F Felton Called to the Beyond, article (Tonawanda News, 1905-08-30).jpg

Barge Canal Locks, Lockport NY, illustrated postcard.jpg

Account of early Tonawandas, excerpt (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg

Briefly mentions slow start of the area due to flooding problems, and the importance of the state ditches of 1840. Also: exhaustion of local "fine…

Docks, yards and planing mills of Gratwick, Smith and Fryer Lumber Co., illustration from booklet (c1880).jpg

Gratwick, Smith and Fryer Lumber Co., promotional booklet (c1880).jpg

Bennett Bargain Book, selected catalog pages (1926)

Niagara Musical instrument Works, 100 shares (1914-01-13).jpg

Artizan carousel organ, photo (1923).jpg

Our Lady of Czestochowa, yearbook photos (1945).jpg

Includes photos and a history of the Polish settlement in North Tonawanda.

Tonawanda Iron and Steel, SS Jupiter, postcard (c1910).jpg

Fred Pfanner Jr., Flour Feed Grain and Seeds, 46-50 Young Street, photo (c 1890).jpg

1863-1929. Obituary from Haseley Family Pages: Tonawanda Business Man Drops Dead In His Store While displaying some of the new currency, which he had…

Goundry, Ironton and Gratwick schools, Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, excerpt (1884).jpg

Webster Street, Bridge over Canal, postcard (c1940).jpg

Wa-Ha-Kie Hotel, matchbook (c1950).jpg

Twin Cities $75,000 YMCA and City Hall, postcard (1906).jpg

Topolski Restaurant, 747 Oliver, photo (c1980).jpg

Tondisco, ad, logotype (1966).jpg

Tonawanda Roller Mills, advertisement (Tonawanda News, 1893).jpg

Tonawanda Power Co., illustrated postcard (1939).jpg

Tonawanda Iron Company locomotive, photo (1948).jpg

Thieles Dairy, Shawnee Rd, illustrated carton (c1950).jpg

The Lumber District, postcard (c1900).jpg

Stevens and McIntyre Carriage Factory, Sweeney Street, ad (Tonawanda News, 1893).jpg

Spillman Engineering Corp on Oliver and Goundry, photo (c1930).jpg

South Niagara Street, looking west, Tonawanda, postcard, c1900.jpg

Sikora's Hotel, 468 Oliver, matchbook (c1940).jpg

Schwab's Old-Time Brew, ad (Tonawanda News, 1933-12-09).png

Public Library, North Tonawanda, postcard (1908).jpg

Post Office, postcard (c1918).jpg

Portrait of a young woman, Torreys Photographic Rooms, cabinet card (c1880).jpg

Portrait of a young man, R. J. Clench, 21 South Canal Street, cabinet card photo (c1880).jpg

Portrait of a woman, R. J. Clench, cabinet card photo (c1880).jpg

Policeman, Torrey, cabinet photo (c1895).jpg

Pee Wee's Pizzeria, 281 Oliver, ashtray (1962-06-01).jpg

Pee Wee's Pizzeria, 281 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1955-12-24).jpg

Our Lady of Czestochowa, postcard (c1920).jpg

Niagara Cutters, milling cutters, catalog (1971).jpg

Men camping by Niagara River, stereogram detail (c1870s, RJ Clench).JPG

Melody Fair, building and tent, photo (Buffalo Courier-Express, 1956).jpg

Map of Power Canal to Lockport, illustration (Tonawanda News, 1904-04-15).jpg

Litwin's Trade Token, 671 Oliver (c1950).jpg

Ives Ice and Coal, 156 Oliver, logotype (1936).jpg

IRC train at the Junction, Lockport Freight Line, Sommer St at left, North Tonawanda 2 (1947-07).jpg

IRC train at the Junction, Lockport Freight Line, Sommer St at left, North Tonawanda (1947-07).jpg

IRC embankment, photo (Tonawanda News, 1948-03-09).jpg

International Paper Company, Tonawanda Island, photo 2 (c1970).jpg

International Paper Company, Tonawanda Island, photo (c1970).jpg

Hewitt Co., Everything Electrical, 26 Tremont, ad (Tonawanda News, 1925-02-14).jpg

Goerss Dairy, bottle (c1960).jpg

Forbes Tourist Home and Cabins, 1166 Niagara Falls Blvd, card (c1930).jpg

First Trust Company, logotype (1931).jpg

First Fire Truck in 1917, Fred Knight, Charles Doebler (From 100 Years, 1965).jpg

Firefighter, Active Hose No 2, Clench studio, portrait photo (c1890).jpg

Esplanade the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, photo postcard (c1935).jpg

Ernie Green's Grill, 596 Oliver, matchbook (c1955).jpg

Erie Barge Canal, photo postcard (c1960).jpg

Entrance to New Barge Canal, postcard (1917).jpg

Elks Club, matchbook (c1945).jpg

Elks Club, matchbook (c1940).jpg

Early firemen, horse and buggy, photos c1890 (From 100 Years, 1965).jpg

Deluxe Lanes, T-shirt (c1980).jpg

Eugene de Kleist and employees (c1903).jpg

Employees of the de Kleist Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company.

Columbia Hook and Ladder, parade photo (Kathleen Dahl Rich, c1925).jpg

Columbia Hook and Ladder, fireman and little girl, photo (Kathleen Dahl Ricch, c1925).jpg

Columbia Hook and Ladder, 252 Oliver, group photo (Tonawanda News, 2000-06-17).jpg

Clover Club, 367 Oliver, matchbook (c1940).jpg

Charlie the Goat Man, sketch (Kelley Collection, Artist Ron Stein, c.1980).jpg

Boy with tricycle, Stumpf, cabinet card (c1900).jpg

Bedells and others, matchbooks (c1960).jpg

Bedell's, Santora's LaStanza Ristorante, Metta's Farm Cooking, Mickey's Restaurant, Bonanza Sirloin Pits, Beachy's Grill

Battenfeld Grease and Oil, employee pin (c1930).jpg

Account of Indian mound, armory on Tonawanda Island, excerpt (Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1849).jpg

Gratwick, neighborhood sketches (Dennis Reed Jr, 2016).jpg

Martinsville, neighborhood sketches (Dennis Reed Jr, 2016).jpg

Wurlitzer Park, neighborhood sketches (Dennis Reed Jr, 2016).jpg

Ironton, neighborhood sketches (Dennis Reed Jr, 2016).jpg

Payne Avenue High School, aerial photo (c1940).jpg

DeGraff Hospital, postcard (c1960).jpg

The NiaCAP Story Is Told, Ironton for Headstart (Tonawanda News, 1971-02-03).jpg

Southern end of Tonawanda Island looking up New York State Canal (Apple Map, 2016).png