Felton High School, postcard (c1920).jpg
date: 1920

Felton High School, postcard (1907).jpg
date: 1907

Felton High School, postcards (c1905).JPG
date: 1905

Felton High School, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

Felton High School, North Tonawanda, postcard (1924).jpg
date: 1924

Felton Grammar School, Lunch Milk Token (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Ascension School and Convent, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Ascension School, 1st Grade class photo (1916).jpg
date: 1916

Marble, Granite and Stone Works, letter (1894-05-01).jpg
date: 1894-05-01

Werkley's Home Made Candies, 115 Goundry, illustrated box (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Walkinshaw and Co Modern Plumbing, 138 Goundry, North Tonawanda, illustrated letterhead (1905-02-23).jpg
date: 1905-02-23

W.E. Zavitz, Payne and Schenck, calendar (1913).jpg
date: 1913

Vic and Kai Delicatessen, 665 Oliver, ice cream box (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

Twin City Auto, Main and Goundry, ad (1916-02-19, Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1916-02-19

Twin-Ton Dept Store, ad (Tonawanda News, 1954-03-02).png
date: 1954-03-02

The Clothes Closet, 236 Oliver, classified ad (Tonawanda News, 1981-04-29).jpg
date: 1981-04-29

Swastika the Lucky Flour, Federal Milling Co., 1021 Oliver Street, illustrated ad (1913, Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1913

Sauberan Home Steam Laundry, 53-55 Young, ad (1902, Tonawanda News).png
date: 1902

Sample Opens at Mid-City Plaza, illustrated ad (Tonawanda News, 1960-09-29).jpg
date: 1960-09-29

Rudzinski Grocery, 653 Oliver, engraved ashtray (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Rose Motor Co., 112 Delaware, Ford ad (Tonawanda News, 1924-04-02).jpg
date: 1924-04-02

Opium and coca dispensary, 300 Payne, tax stamp (1940).jpg
date: 1940

Oliver businesses owners describe construction's impact, article (Tonawanda News, 1978-09-08).png
date: 1978-09-08

Old Empire Straight Whiskey, Wm Holgate, 27 Felton St., bottle (1906).jpg
date: 1906

Nor-Ton Taxi, 526 Oliver, matchbook (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Nice and Hinkey Hardware, paperweight (1882).jpg
date: 1882

New Sugar Bowl, Tonawanda, postcard (1911-07-21).jpg
description: Located at 32 Webster, this dealer in delectables kept Twin Cities dentists busy for generations. According to the website of North Tonawanda History Museum: 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. There was also a Young Street, Tonawanda location operated by the Yianilos brothers. Still others report a Zeffrey's Sugar Bowl at 5 South Niagara. Today, 32 Webster is the patio of Crazy Jake's.
date: 1911-07-21

Martin Tobacco, 236 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1953-03-19).jpg
date: 1953-03-19

Martins Candy and Cigars, 236 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1955-12-24).jpg
date: 1955-12-24

Martins Book Town grand opening in new location, article (Tonawanda News, 1973-11-28).jpg
date: 1973-11-28

Map of downtown businesses (Tonawanda News, 1984).jpg
date: 1984

Long's Electric, 106 Webster, ad (Tonawanda News, 1951).jpg
date: 1951

LeClair the Tailor, Webster and Tremont, ad (Tonawanda News, 1907-06-15).jpg
date: 1907-06-15

Koch and Brown's Postoffice News Room, trade card (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Joe's Shoe Repair, 236 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1985).jpg
date: 1985

Jesella's Liquor Store, matchbook (c1940).JPG
date: 1940

Jeffs Carpet Service, 596 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News 1986).jpg
date: 1986

Ives Ice and Coal Co., 156 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1908-03-30).jpg
date: 1908-03-30

Ives Ice and Coal Co., 101 Main, North Tonawanda, ad (Tonawanda News, 1907-07-17).jpg
date: 1907-07-17

Immense Crowds at Opening of NT Market, article (Tonawanda News, 1908-08-17).jpg
date: 1908-08-17

G.C. Murphy Company, 64-66 Webster, ad (Tonawanda News, 1925-11-20).jpg
date: 1925-11-20

Foss TV, 289 Schenck, illustrated ad (Tonawanda News 1975-11).jpg
date: 1975-11

F.J. Errick Bicycles, 236 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1922-06-26).jpg
date: 1922-06-26

F.J. Errick Bicycles, 236 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1922-05-31).jpg
date: 1922-05-31

Do Your Buying on Oliver Street, business ads (Tonawanda News, 1913-12).jpg
date: 1913-12

Chinese Wong Law Laundry, Young Street, Tonawanda postcard (c1901).jpg
date: 1901

CF Oelkers shoes, letterhead (1901-04-05).jpg
date: 1901-04-05

Castor oil, George L Traver, Pharmacist, Oliver and Miller, labeled bottle (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Block of ads (Tonawanda News, 1907-08-12).jpg
date: 1907-08-12

Bedell's, Bonk's listing, other ads (Tonawanda News, 1974-08-04).png
date: 1974-08-04

B. H. Neff Shirt Emporium, Kent's Block, trade card (1890s).jpg
date: 1890

Asbestos-Lined Irons, Knapp-Cramer Hardware, 26 Webster, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1906-04-02).jpg
date: 1906-04-02

Adolph LeClair, Merchant Tailor, 37 Webster, ad (Tonawanda News, 1905-12-20).jpg
date: 1905-12-20

More Garishness? letter to editor criticizes Blue Whale Car Wash (Tonawanda Evening News, 1973-01-08).jpg
date: 1973-01-08

Letter to editor agreees that Willy the Whale is an eyesore (Tonawanda Evening News, 1973-01-18).jpg
date: 1973-01-18

Joke about Blue Whale palm trees and De Graff pyramids, About Town item (Tonawanda Evening News, 1977).jpg
date: 1977

Blue Whale saga just won't end, letter to editor (Tonawanda Evening News, 1985-06-08).jpg
date: 1985-06-08

Blue Whale Car Wash was demolished in May (Tonawanda Evening News, 1985-12-28).jpg
date: 1985-05-01

Blue Whale Car Wash is an eyesore, letter to editor (Tonawanda Evening News, 1973-01-12).jpg
date: 1973-01-12

Blue Whale Car Wash framework, photo (c1972).jpg
date: 1972

Blue Whale Car Wash, illustration (1983).jpg
date: 1983

Blue Whale Car Wash, photos of seahorses (c1975).jpg
date: 1975

Blue Whale Car Wash, photo of tail (1983).jpg
date: 1983

Blue Whale Car Wash, photo (1983).jpg
date: 1983

Wilmer C. Goerss, obituary (Niagara Falls Gazette, 1951-10-17).jpg
date: 1951-10-17

Leona W. Goerss dies, article (1981-12-17).jpg
date: 1981-12-17

Leona W. Goerss, obituary (Tonawanda Evening News, 1981-12-17).jpg
date: 1981-12-17

Goerss funeral draws Rescue Fire Company 5, notice (Tonawanda Evening News, 1971-01-21).jpg
date: 1971-01-21

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1986-04).jpg
date: 1986-04

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1984-08).jpg
date: 1984-08

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1962).jpg
date: 1962

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1961-05-16).jpg
date: 1961-05-16

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-11-17).jpg
date: 1959-11-17

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-11-10).jpg
date: 1959-11-10

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-10-27).jpg
date: 1959-10-27

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-10-20).jpg
date: 1959-10-20

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-04-20).jpg
date: 1959-04-20

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-02-17).jpg
date: 1959-02-17

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-02-09).jpg
date: 1959-02-09

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1959-01-27).jpg
date: 1959-01-27

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1958-11-25).jpg
date: 1958-11-25

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1958-07-25).jpg
date: 1958-07-25

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1958-07-15).jpg
date: 1958-07-15

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1957-12-31).jpg
date: 1957-12-31

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1957-02-18).jpg
date: 1957-02-18

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1956-12-31).jpg
date: 1956-12-31

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1956-07-19).jpg
date: 1956-07-19

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1952-12-31).jpg
date: 1952-12-31

Goerss Dairy, ad (Tonawanda Evening News, 1937-10-06).jpg
date: 1937-10-06

Gerhard V Goerss Stricken Perparing for Work, article (Tonawanda Evening News, 1971-01-19).jpg
date: 1971-01-19

Webster Grill, 112 Webster St, matchbook (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Main Hotel and Grill, 152 Main, matchbook (c1940).JPG
date: 1940

Joe Saccos Restaurant, 216 Oliver, matchbook (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Isle View Restaurant, 791 Niagara Street, Tonawanda, postcard (c1955).JPG
date: 1955

Gleasons Restaurants, 1090 Niagara Falls Blvd, matchbook (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

Franklin Inn Dining Room and Cocktail Lounge, postcard (1963).jpg
date: 1963

Ed Voetsch's Restaurant, 342 Oliver, matchbook (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Saja Foo, Niagara Silk Mills model (c1925).jpg
date: 1925

Niagara River Tourist Camp, River Road, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Fishermen's Park dedicated, article photo (Tonawanda News, 1975-12-08).jpg
date: 1975-12-08

Town of Tonawanda Municipal swimming pool, postcard (1958).png
description: An identical Bintz pool in the Town of Tonawanda, built in 1954.
date: 1954

Twilite Golf Course, 3287 Niag Falls Blvd, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Plan for Pine Woods Park (Sweeney Park) and adjacent lots, North Tonawanda, NY (c1917-09).jpg
date: 1917-09

Electric Beach park and hotel on Grand Island, ad (Tonawanda News 1910-07-01).jpg
date: 1910-07-01

CB radio QSL postcard 15 Jesella Drive (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Boy Scout Troop 5 in Hannah's Woods, photo (c1920).jpg
date: 1920

La Truda 2nd, Niagara River racing boat, postcard (c1930).jpg
date: 1930

Ellicott Park and bridge, photo (c1980).jpg
date: 1980

Ellicott Creek boaters, photo (1909).jpg
date: 1909

Ellicott Creek, Tonawanda, postcard (c1915).jpg
date: 1915

Ellicott Creek, Tonawanda, postcard (1915).jpg
date: 1915

Ellicott Creek, Tonawanda, postcard (1910).jpg
date: 1910

Ukrainian Club, 75 17 Ave North Tonawanda, photo (2014).jpg
date: 2014

Ukrainian Club, 75 17 Ave North Tonawanda, matchbook (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

Elks Temple, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1939).jpg
date: 1939

Elks Lodge 860, postcard (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, North Tonawanda to Buffalo, ticket (1910).jpg
date: 1910

Erie Bridge, Tonawanda, postcard (1916).jpg
description: 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.
date: 1916

Sheriff-Elect Charles F. Foley, article with portrait photo (Tonawanda News, 1908-11-18).jpg
date: 1908-11-18

Elect John Lukasik Mayor, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1965).jpg
date: 1965

Straw Vote on Local Option, Wet or Dry (Tonawanda News 1918-04-11 ).jpg
date: 1918-04-11

Tonawandas Newest Civic Center, photos and article (Ton News 1924).png
description: 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.
date: 1924

Payne Hill Residence Tract, ad (Tonawanda News, 1913-12).jpg
date: 1913-12

On Elliot (sic) Creek, Tonawanda NY, postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

Martinsville boundaries, 1875, comparison maps.jpg
date: 1875

Residence of E. H. Santee, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1940).JPG
date: 1940

Lumber barons built stately homes, 208, 309 Goundry, article, Neal (Tonawanda News 2007-07-23).jpg
date: 2007-07-23

Goundry Street Looking East form Paynes Avenue, de Kleist residence, postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

Goundry Street looking east, postcard (1908).jpg
date: 1908

Goundry Street, postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

Goundry Street, postcard (1909).jpg
date: 1909

Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1925).jpg
date: 1925

Goundry Street, postcard (1913).jpg
date: 1913

YMCA building, postcard (1908).jpg
date: 1908

Webster Street, with dog, postcard (c1900).jpg
description: 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.
date: 1900

Webster Street, woman walking, postcard (1900).jpg
date: 1900

Webster Street, facing south, postcard and details (1917).jpg
description: 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.
date: 1917

View of Webster Street, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1893-08-05

Sweeney Building, Ton Power Company in 1920s, photo article (Ton News, 1965-05-08).jpg
date: 1965-05-08

Smith Building, northeast corner of Webster and Tremont, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1893-08-05

Real Estate Exchange Building, postcard (c1910).JPG
date: 1910

Looking northwest form the roof of the Real Estate Exchange, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
description: Webster Street buildings in the immediate foreground. Beyond is Manhattan Street, the lumber yards, and Tonawanda Island in the Niagara River. Far in the distance is what appears to be Tonawanda Iron Works. The Real Estate Exchange was a six-story building at the northeast corner of Tremont and Webster streets.
date: 1893-08-05

Looking northeast form the roof of the Real Estate Exchange, illustration (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
description: Main street in foreground. Hotel Sheldon seen at Main and Goundry. Herschell carousel tent down Goundry. The Real Estate Exchange was a six-story building at the northeast corner of Tremont and Webster streets.
date: 1893-08-05

Last of Manhattan Eyesores Comes Down, photo (1950-08-15 Tonawanda News.jpg
date: 1950-08-15

Felton, Benjamin F. (1827-1905).jpg
description: One of the most prominent early residents of North Tonawanda, Felton is born in Massachusetts in 1827. He moves to Buffalo in 1853, involved in the manufacture of leather goods and stationery. He opens a candy business with his brother at 193 Main Street in Buffalo. In 1865 they are listed at 159 Main Street. He secures an exclusive franchise to sell newspapers on the New York Central and Lake Shore train lines (he later sells this lucrative business as the Union News Company). In 1867 he moves to North Tonawanda with his wife, Ellen. He invests heavily in real estate, at one time owning (with John Simson) all the Niagara River frontage north of Wheatfield Street, and fosters the area's industrial growth as an organizer of the Niagara River Iron Corp (later, Tonawanda Iron and Steel.) Gratwick's Felton Street is named after him. He is a Mason. By the 1870s he is breeding horses and even has a race track on his massive farm bounded by Division Street (Mile Strip Road) road to the west, Rumbold to the north, Tremont Street to the south and "Black" Hannah's woods to the east. His stationery business with his brother continues to be advertised at various Main Street, Buffalo addresses well into the 1870s. In 1876 he is re-elected president of the Tonawanda Driving Association. In 1883, he's Sup't of Niagara County Fair He spends 30 years as president of North Tonawanda's Board of Education. The former Felton School and its nearby orphaned athletic field, Felton Field, still bear his name. Felton is Village President in 1891. He lives at 211 Division when he dies in 1905.
source: His obituary
date: 1827

Genealogy of Benjamin Long, booklet with photos (1898).jpg
date: 1898

Letter to William Vandervoort (c1860).jpg
date: 1860

Give to Tonawanda News Retarded Children Fund (1975-11 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1975-11

Residence and office of Garwood L. Judd, Esq., illustration (History of Niagara County 1821-1878).jpg
description: Garwood L. Judd bio. Most likely at the southwest corner of Oliver and Goundry, though an 1875 map also shows a "G. L. Judd" office on the northwest corner of Goundry and Webster.
date: 1878

Portrait of a couple, W. H. Torrey studio, photo cabinet card (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Martin Reisterer, Cashier German-American Banl, photo (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1893-08-05

Edward G Reisterer, Cashier German-American Bank, photo (1893-08-05 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1893-08-05

African-American girl, photo portrait by Clench of Tonawanda (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Profile of Frank S Wahl, electrician, Tonawanda Power to Niagara Mohawk (1952-04-18 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1952-04-18

Michael J Joyce, photo portrait (1905-04-02 Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1905-04-02

Map of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda (1935, Tonawanda News).jpg
date: 1935

Census Enumeration map of northern North Tonawanda, hi-res (NARA, 1940).jpg
date: 1940

Residence of Col. L.S. Payne, illustration (History of Niagara County, 1821-1878).jpg
description: Wheatfield Street in foreground, looking north up Payne Ave.
date: 1878

Wurlitzer Mfg. Co, postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. building and park, postcard (c1940 HST).jpg
date: 1940

Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. approach to tower, photo (c1940).jpg
date: 1940

Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. Esplanade, the Great Wurlitzer Plant, Home of Lyric Radio, postcard (c1935).jpg
date: 1935

Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., photo (c1935).jpg
date: 1935

Payne, Colonel Lewis S. (1819-1898).htm
description: From Landmarks of Niagara County (1897): Col. Lewis S. Payne was born in the town of Riga, Monroe county, N. Y., January 21, 1819, the son of Stephen and Ruth A. (Smith) Payne. The Payne family is of honorable New England ancestry and its founder in the New World was of Puritan stock. His paternal grandfather, Aepba Payne, was a native and lifelong resident of Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His son, Stephen Payne, father of Colonel Payne, was born in 1790, in Hinesdale, Mass., settling in Monroe county when a young man. He died at the residence of his son, Colonel Payne, at North Tonawanda, February 11, 1880, in the ninetieth year of his age. Col. Lewis S. Payne was educated in the common school and High School in Monroe county. At the age of sixteen he became a clerk in a mercantile house in Tonawanda, and five years later he and a fellow clerk purchased the business in which they had been employed. Four years afterward the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Payne accepted a position as clerk in Buffalo, remaining there four years. In 1847 he built the first steam saw mill in North Tonawanda, which he operated for nine years, after which he engaged in the lumber business for several years. In the fall of 1861 Mr. Payne, at his own expense, raised a volunteer company, of which he was made captain, and which was attached to the 100th N. Y. Vol. Regiment, later becoming a part of Casey's Division of the Army of the Potomac. The l00th N. Y. Regiment, with Colonel Payne leading his company, participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill among others. Later on he and his company made many daring expeditions from the vicinity of Charleston, and the information thereby gained was of great value to the Union cause. On the night of August 3, 1863, while engaged on Morris Island in intercepting communication with Fort Sumter, he was attacked by a superior Confederate force. A desperate engagement followed, in which …
date: 1819

National Roofing Co., illustrated letterhead (1906-05-25).jpg
date: 1906-05-25

Van Raalte Co, woman with warp holders during wartime conversion, photo (LOC 1942).jpg
date: 1942

Van Raalte Co, woman models silk nightgown wartime conversion, photo (LOC 1942).jpg
date: 1942

Van Raalte Co, woman models silk gloves during wartime conversion, photo (LOC 1942).jpg
date: 1942

An Electric Man, article (Strand Magazine, Vol. 20, 1900-02ish).jpg
description: American ingenuity is ever striving for startling effects. It is never satisfied. Ordinary achievements seem beneath its attention. It looks beyond, even if the object of its aim be more or less fantastic. One of the latest freaks of mechanical skill is the contsruction, by Louis Philip Perew, of Tonawanda, NewYork - a small town near Niagra Falls - of a gigantic man. Parew, with all the ardour of a modern Frankenstein, has endeavoured to make his man as life like in appearance as possible. Not only is its outward form a close model of a human being, but within it have been secreted mechanical devices which endow the automation with weird properties, making it even more nearly resemble an intelligent being. Nikola Tesla recently constructed a machine called the Telaumaton. It did everything but think. Perew has out-Teslaed Tesla. The great electrician's device bore no resemblance to a human being. It was devoid of the human body as a medium through which to operate. The Frankenstein of Tonawanda has brought into existance a thing of wood, rubber, and metals, which walks, talks, runs, jumps, rolls its eyes - imitating to a nicety almost every action of the original on which it is founded. All that is lacking is the essential spirit - the Promethean fire, as it were - which would enable one to say to the automatic creature, "Thou art a man". On first sight of the automation one is impressed with the exceedingly life-like appearance of the novel object. Were it not for the abnormal height - 7ft 5in - one would almost mistake the figure for that of an actual man. It is true there is a sort of woodeness about the face that betrays its nature; but, for that matter, many human faces are "wooden" in expression. the figure is clothed in a huge suit of white duck, and in its coat - a rather fantastic decoration, to my judgement - is a pretty boutoniere. On the mans enourmouse head is a cap of Brobdingnagian proportions. Never before was so large a hat turned out by any manufa…
source: https://archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/page/n6
date: 1900-02

Herschell-Spillman catalog (1904).pdf
date: 1904

North Tonawanda Centennial Magazine 1865-1965.pdf
date: 1965

North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, book (1891).pdf
date: 1891

Landmarks of Niagara County, book (1897).pdf
date: 1897

History of Niagara County 1821-1878.pdf
date: 1878

1899 Examination and Survey of Tonawanda Harbor and Creek, New York.pdf
date: 1899

Paul's Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity, transcribed excerpts (1896).pdf
description: From pp. 163-164: Tonawanda, the second-greatest lumber market in the world, lies midway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and it has a happy conceit that it will one day annex Buffalo. Be this as it may, it is a remarkable little city, and either way the annexation results, it will add to the extent of Greater Buffalo. From the city line of Buffalo to the city line of Tonawanda is but a space of three miles, so it is plain to be seen that with such a small barrier between two progressive, rapidly growing cities, the time is close at hand when both will virtually be one, even though they maintain distinct municipal governments. Tonawanda, as it is known to outsiders, comprises Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, but between the residents of the two places, there is a friendly rivalry. North Tonawanda considers itself the most prosperous city in the State of New York and sets forth several reasons of high statistical qualities to that end. Glancing at a comparison in the different periods from 1880 to 1893 inclusive, we find an increase in population of over 720 percent. In 1880 the population was 1,400; in 1892, over 8,000, and in 1893, over 11,000. For the past three years, those who claim to know give the opinion that the increase has been fully as great, if not greater. Besides the increase in population, Tonawanda has added many thousands of dollars in improvements that make a city, and with each new improvement came an increase in population and added industries. Tonawanda has a great harbor and immense dock facilities, or it could not take care of lumber to 422,623,000 feet, as was the case in 1894. But this is not the limit of her capacity. She can handle and store greater amounts than that and ship to the various points expeditiously, and at the same rail or water rate as Buffalo. The harbor can float anything that passes over the lakes, and that, no doubt, has been the principal reason for making it so great a lumber city. Tonawanda has many fine brick and ston…
date: 1896

Wan-a-Rest Court Motel, 1376 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (c1950s).jpg
description: In 2022, a Royal Inn Motel.
date: 1950

Twilite Golf and Restaurant - North Tonawanda - postcard c 1960.jpg
date: 1960

The Villa Roadside Inn, 682 Falls Blvd., postcard (c1940).JPG
date: 1940

Stevensons Motel, 1220 Niagara Falls Blvd, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Starfire Motel, postcard (c1977).jpg
date: 1977

Robertsons Tourists Rest, 586 Falls Blvd., postcard (1931).jpg
date: 1931

Niagara Falls Blvd Motor Hotel, 1620 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (c1930).jpg
date: 1930

Modern Aire Motel, 1346 Sheridan, photo postcard (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

Martin's Cabins, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Freddies Rest Tourist Camp, Niagara Falls Blvd, postcard (c1955).jpg
date: 1955

Ellicott Park Court Motel, photo postcard (c1977).jpg
date: 1977

Ellicott Park Court, postcard (1950s).jpg
date: 1950

Elicott Park Court, postcard (c1959).jpg
date: 1959

Cool Crest Motel, 3333 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

Blue Dolphin Motor Lodge, 1951 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (c1960).jpg
description: Amherst Inn & Suites in 2022
date: 1960

Anchorage Motel, 1312 Niagara Falls Blvd., postcard (1950s).jpg
date: 1950

Hydrant Hose, ribbon (1890).JPG
date: 1890

World's Greatest Lumber Market, postcard (c1900).jpg
date: 1900-01

Weatherbest Shingles Co, playing card (c1925).jpg
date: 1925

W.G. Palmer lumber, illustrated envelope (1904).jpg
date: 1904

W.G. Palmer, Oliver Street, illustrated letterhead (1911-03-13).jpg
date: 1911-03-13

View of River Front, postcard (1913).jpg
date: 1913

View of Harbor, North Tonawanda, postcard (c1900).jpg
date: 1900-01

Unloading Lumber in the Twin Cities, postcard (1908).jpg
date: 1908