Payne Park at dusk, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Payne Park, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, North Tonawanda, ink and watercolor (2017).jpg

Oliver switch station detail, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Oliver STreet Cleanup.jpg

Oliver Street, ink and wash (2017).jpg

NTMIW, ink and wash (2017).jpg

North Tonawanda water tower, colored sketch (2017).jpg

North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works, ink and watercolor (2017).jpg

Miller Street home in winter.jpg

Manhattan Street sketch.jpg

Manhattan Street, sketch (2017).jpg

Lumber place on Main.jpg

Long Homestead and building, ink and wash (2017).jpg

Long Homestead, ink and wash (2017).jpg

Long Bridge, ink and wash (2017).jpg

Little River and Smith Boys, ink and wash.jpg

Joes Budapest Cafe, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Herschell Carrouself Factory Museum, colored scketch (2016).jpg

Gilmore School, ink and wash (2017).jpg

Friedens, Ghostlight, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Felton High School, colored sketch (2016).jpg

Downtown North Tonawanda, birds-eye view, colored sketch (2017).jpg

Corner Store, colored sketch (2016).jpg

Alexanders stairs and entrance.jpg

Ancient monuments in the United States, illustration and article (E. G. Squier, Harper's Monthly Magazine, May 1860).jpg
date: 1860-05

Urban renewal feelings expressed, photo (Tonawanda News 1969-01-10).jpg
description: John Cirrito hung these signs on his Old Timer Saloon at 64 Young Street, slated for demolition.
date: 1969-01-10

Town of Wheatfield, map (1937).jpg
date: 1937

Jack Ayrault, postcard (c1920).jpg
description: A Jack Ayrault lived in Tonawanda and went to Lehigh in Pennsylvania; this is not necessarily a Lumbermen player (as was advertised on eBay)
date: 1920

Tonawanda Island, map (1892).jpeg
date: 1892

Tonawanda Frontier Brewery, employee photo (taken 1941).JPG
date: 194 1

Tonawanda Driving Park and Fairground Assn., illustrated envelope (c1890).jpg
date: 1890

Swing bridge to Tonawanda Island aproach, photo (George Hunter, c1965).jpeg
date: 1965

Swing bridge to Tonawanda Island, photo (George Hunter, c1965).jpg
date: 1965

Rojek's Dairy, bottle (c1960).jpeg
date: 1960

Riverside Chemical Company, blotter (c1915).jpg
date: 1915

R. T. Jones Lumber Company truck, postcard (1949-03-30).jpg
date: 1949-03-30

Oiriginal site of Riverside Chemical Co., A. Rasch, map detail (1908).png
date: 1908

News Bush's bridge Is open, old one to be dismantled (1947).jpg
date: 1947

Milliman, the Shoe Man, 70 Webster, ad (Tonawanda News, 1905-05-24).jpg
date: 1905-05-24

May be body of Miss Hill, article (Tonawanda news, 1916-01-25).pdf
date: 1916-01-25

First National Bank of Tonawanda, 5 dollar note (1882).jpg
date: 1882

Fire guts NT lounge, article (Tonawanda News, 1979-10-31).jpg
date: 1979-10-31

Ellicott Creek boathouse and park building, Tonawanda, photos (c1930).png
date: 1930

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

Cantilever bridge being tested, photo (c.1922, Bridgehunter.com).jpg
date: 1922

Red Hill, postcard (c1935).jpg
date: 1935

Pee Wee's Pizzeria, 281 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1949-12-02).png
date: 1949-12-02

Great Christopher Corn and Callous Salve, box (c.1930).jpg
date: 1930

Durez Plastics, employee ID badge (c.1930).jpg
date: 1930

Durez ad (c.1930).jpg
date: 1930

Durez ad (1937).jpeg
date: 1937

Collapse of Long Bridge Produced Major NEWS Headlines in 1916, article (Tonawanda News, 1961-03-21).pdf
date: 1961-03-21)

Bridge to Tonawanda Island, photo (Ken Kraemer, c1980).jpg

Bank of North Tonawanda, note (1902).jpg

B. H. Neff, Kent Block, trade card (1881) front.jpg

Try to Remember articles .htm
date: 1977

Polish Colony in Tonawanda propspers, article (1933-01-29, Tonia Prelewicz).jpg
date: 1933-01-29

14 Webster, Canalside, photo (Google map 2022).jpg
date: 2022

State National Bank illustrated check, Talismanic, Peuchen, Chelius (1899-06-22)
date: 1899-06-22

Bonk's Delicatessen, Vic and Kai's, (665 Oliver).htm
description: From: https://ampoleagle.com/vic-kais-ice-cream-bring-back-sweet-memories-p7119-202.htm Vic and Kai are short for Victoria and Casimir Witkowski, two of North Tonawanda's more prominent Polish proprietors. But this little shop on Oliver Street has a longer history than just the couple. The history of Vic & Kai Delicatessen actually begins with Vic's father, Joseph Pawlicki some 15 years before Vic and Kai married. Born in Poland, Joseph arrived in North Tonawanda in 1914. By 1925, Pawlicki saved enough money to open his own dry goods store at 665 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda's Polonia district. Billed as "Everything for Everyone," Joseph sold crockery, enamelware, pictures and picture frames, clothes lines, rakes, baskets, pails, brooms, mops, nails, cake, soap, glue and just about anything else you could want. Joe enjoyed his place in the community; he knew all of his customers and what they needed. In 1938, Joseph's daughter Victoria married Casimir at Our Lady of Czestochowa and the couple moved in above the store. Seeing an opportunity to retire, Joseph arranged for Vic and Kai to run their own store out of 665. In 1940, Vic & Kai Delicatessen opened for business. Like all good delicatessens, Vic & Kai's could meet all convenient store needs. You could pick up a pack of cigarettes, a bag of penny candies, lunch meats, a six pack, and if you had 75 cents, a half gallon of store made ice cream. The deli thrived through the 1940s and into the 1950s. The couple welcomed their first son James soon after starting the deli with their daughter Linda following a few years later. The business was good for the young family, but the lead up to the recession of 1953 hit the mom and pop shop hard. In a September 1952 interview with the Tonawanda Evening News, Kia was asked if he was better off today than two years earlier, his reply, "No, we do not know what is going to happen day-to-day. Prices are sky-high and money is spent by the government foolishly." With the difficult…

The Blue Danube, 1093 Oliver, ad (Tonawanda News, 1949-07-07).png
date: 1949-07-07

Temple Theatre, ad (Tonawanda News, 1914-06-22).jpg
date: 1914-06-22

Stuart Little's, 384 Oliver, ad (1974-06-27).jpg
date: 1974-06-27

Former Big Daddy's Pizza, 715 Oliver Street, photo (Google, 2020).jpg
date: 2020

Big Daddy's signage.jpg
date: 2018-06

Deported, article (Tonawanda News, 1893-09-05).jpg
description: "An insane German sent back to the Fatherland" - On his arrival in North Tonawanda form Hamburg Henry Sommerfelt boards at Yerkley's on Robinson Street and then Hotel DeHamburg on Ganson Street (23 Ganson supposedly built 1920). "He reveled in his liquor and carousals until about May [ILLEGIBLE]" when he is arrested and fined. After paying the fine his "queer" behavior intensifies. Overseer of the Poor Capt. James Ennis is brought in. Sommerfelt is declared insane by experts, sent to County Alms House at Lockport, and ultimately back to Germany. "It is not an easy matter for insane alien paupers to remain here if only the right man puts his shoulder to the wheel." (A Mr. J. Q. Harvard, ex-Inspector of Immigration, is faulted in this article for neglecting to deport the German from Lockport).
date: 1893-09-05

46 Sweeney, 3 floors, map detail (1951).jpg
date: 1951

46 Sweeney on postcard (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

46 Sweeney on postcard (c1906).jpg
date: 1906

46 Sweeney on newspaper image (c1910).jpg
date: 1910

46 Sweeney in photo (1920-08-03).jpg
date: 1920-08-03

46 Sweeney Street, map detail (1880).jpg
date: 1880

Alexanders, ink and watercolor (Dennis Reed Jr).jpg
date: 2019

Tavern owners and bartenders face charges, Alexander's, article (Tonawanda News, 1969-08-20).jpg
date: 1969-08-20

Perew's hotel is wiped out by fire, White Star, 46 Sweeney, article (Buffalo Courier, 1909-09-12).jpg
date: 1909-09-12

NT lounge fire probed, article (Tonawanda News, 1979-11-01).jpg
date: 1979-11-01

N side man killed in fall down stairs, 46 Webster (1945-08-04).jpg
date: 1945-08-04

Now Open, Alexander's Lounge, ad (1970-12-26).jpg
date: 1970-12-26

More charges files in melee at NT taven, Alexander's, article (Tonawanda News, 1969-08-21).jpg
date: 1969-08-21

Josephine Saunders obit (Tonawanda News, 1966-04-30).jpg
date: 1966-04-30

Fire badly damages lumber city lounge, photo article (Biffalo Courier-Express, 1979-11-01) 7597, 1 of 2.jpg
date: 1979-11-01

Cancels license, Alex and Peter Vergos, 46 Sweeney, article (Tonawanda News, 1970-05-21).jpg
date: 1970-05-21

Bribery action is now on trial, article (Niagara Falls gazette, 1937-02-02).jpg
date: 1937-02-02

Alexanders Lounge, ad (Tonawanda News, 1976-05-21).jpg
date: 1976-05-21

Alexanders Lounge, ad (Tonawanda News, 1974-07-03).jpg
date: 1974-07-03

Alexander's Lounge, as (1975-07).jpg
date: 1975-07

Alexander's Lounge, ad (1974-09).jpg
date: 1974-09

Alexander's Cocktail Lounge, ad (Tonawanda News, 1967-05-26).jpg
date: 1967-05-26

46 Sweeney, map detail (1893).jpg
date: 1893

Stumpf Photography, Martin Motors, Delaware Street bridge, Tonawanda, photo (c1925).jpg
date: 1925

Stumpf and Bros. Portraits, photographers, 65 Sweeney Street, logotype (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Two children, cabinet card (Torrey's Photographic Rooms, c1891).jpeg
date: 1891

Two children, cabinet card (Torrey's Photographic Rooms, c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Old woman, solio print, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Old woman, cabinet card (W.J. Park, c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Man with oiled hair, cabinet card (R.J. Clench Studio c1917).jpeg
date: 1917

Man with moustache, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1901).jpeg
date: 1901

Man with moustache, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1900).jpeg
date: 1900

Man with goatee, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

F.B. Clench studio, illustration (c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

F.B. CLench, self portrait (via Randall Gamby c1890).gif
date: 1890

Chlid on pillow, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Boy and baby, cabinet card (Torrey's Photographic Rooms, c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Boy with candle, cabinet card (Clench Studio c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Baby, cabinet card (Torrey's Photographic Rooms, c1890).jpeg
date: 1890

Buffalo Norsemen, sweatshirt (c1975).jpeg
date: 1975

Buffalo Norsemen, NAHL pennant (c1975).jpg
date: 1975

Excerpts from North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, book, pp 9-21 (1891).jpg
source: North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City (1891)
date: 1891-01

https://nthistory.com/items/show/2891
title: North Tonawanda pioneer residents, incorporation and village institutions, lumber, iron, brief sketches of Wheatfield residents, illustrations, transcription (excerpt from History of Niagara County, pp 376-381, 1878).jpg
source: A History of Niagara County, 1821-1878 SUPERVISORS OF WHEATFIELD. The following gentlemen have been supervisors of the town: In 1837, Benjamin McNitt; 1838, N. M. Ward; 1839, William Vandervoote; 1840, John Sweeney; 1842, Isaac L. Young; 1843, N. M. Ward; 1844, 1845, Lewis S. Payne; 1846, N. M. Ward; 1847, 1848, L. S. Payne; 1849, Sylvester McNitt; 1850, L. S. Payne; 1851, Seth F. Roberts; 1852, S. McNitt; 1853, 1854, Peter Greiner; 1855, Joseph Hawbecker; 1856, 1857, George W. Sherman; 1858, N. M. Ward; 1859-61, L. S. Payne; 1862, Peneuel Schmeck; 1863-66, George W. Sherman; 1867, H. H. Griffin; 1868, James Carney; 1869, H. H. Griffin; 1870, Edward A. Milliman; 1871-73, Joseph D. Loveland; 1874, 1875, Thomas C. Collins; 1876, L. S. Payne; 1877, 1878, Christian Fritz. NORTH TONAWANDA. Previous to the location and construction of the Erie Canal there appears to have been but little progress made in settling that portion of the town now embracing the large and rapidly advancing village of North Tonawanda. As at other localities, the canal was the impetus that moved capitalists to invest at this favorable point. The following original handbill shows the beginning of business enterprises: VILLAGE OF NIAGARA. “This village is located at the confluence of the Niagara and Tonawanda rivers, where the Erie Canal from Buffalo enters the Tonawanda, and where boats pass from the canal into the Niagara river by a lock. At this junction of the rivers, and adjoining the village, is a safe and spacious harbor, as well for canal boats as for vessels navigating Lake Erie. “These advantages cannot fail to render the village of Niagara the depot of the products of the West, destined to the city of New York, and of return cargoes of merchandise. “A dam of four or five feet high will be thrown across the Tonawanda, at the village, so as to raise the river to the level of Lake Erie, and the river will be navigated for the distance of eleven miles, and be united with the canal between Niag…
date: 1878

Another fire hits NT, 140 Payne, article (Tonawanda News, 1976-07-15) .jpg
date: 1976-07-15

End of eyesore near, 140 Payne, photo article (Tonawanda News, 1976-09-10) .jpg
date: 1976-09-10

Young woman w unusual look, cabinet card photo (W. H. Torrey, c1895).jpg
date: 1895

Young woman, cabinet card photo (C. T. Stumpf, c1895).jpg
date: 1895

Young man, cabinet card photo (W. H. Torrey, c1895).jpg
date: 1895

Young man, cabinet card photo (Stumpf and Bros., c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Village Inn, postcard (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

The Carborundum Plant at Niagara, article (The Electrical World, 1895-10-26).jpg
date: 1895-10-26

Teti Shoe Repairer, article 1 of 2 (Ton News, 1925-05-07).png
date: 1925-05-07

Slips off Niagara River, northmost Gratwick, map detail (1908).jpg
date: 1908

Pioneer at his trade, W. H. Torrey, 360 Tremont, obit (Tonawanda News).jpeg

Ellicott Creek Park, postcard (1952-09-06).jpg
date: 1952-09-06

North Tonawanda City Directory (1893), excerpts.jpg
date: 1893

Martinsville and Sawyer's Creek, description (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891).jpg
date: 1891-03

Ironton addition, Payne bio, North Tonawanda Land Co., description (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891).jpg
date: 1891-03

Gratwick, descriptive sketch (excerpt from the book, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda - The Lumber City, 1891).jpg
date: 1891-02

Tonawanda Brewing Company, 533 Niagara Street, Tonawanda, ad (1908).jpg
date: 1908

The Young Peoples Practical Temperance Association, pledge card (1885).jpg
date: 1885

The Little Store, 64 14th Avenue at Gilmore Street, photo (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

State National Bank, photo ad (1907).jpg
date: 1907

Paschens Dry Good Store, photo article (Tonawanda News 1965-11-20).jpg
description: 290 Oliver. Escape Room Buffalo in 2022.
date: 1965-11-20

Packet Inn interior, postcard (c1960).jpg
date: 1960

McDonalds and Hills signs, Meadow Drive, photo (c1985).jpg
date: 1985

Marine Men Got Even with New York Central, tugs Tonawanda and Bird, article (Tonawanda News, 1905-09-01).jpg
date: 1905-09-01

Ice Cream H. P. Schroeders Candies, Cigars and Tobacco, 136, photo (1921).jpg
description: Not sure what street this is?
date: 1921

Goode Shoppe Ice Cream and Dessert Emporium employees, 644 Oliver, photo (Tonawanda News, 1981-06-22).jpg
date: 1981-06-22

City of Tonawanda meter attendant, felt badge (c1950).jpg
date: 1950

Builders Hardware Roofing, catalog (Bennett Lumber Co., c1910) 2.jpg
date: 1910

Ads from O. H. Gorton, A. B. Williams, Noyes and Reed, J. S. Bliss, Smith, Fassett and Co, etc ( Tonawanda Herald, 1877-05).jpg
date: 1877-05

Niagara Silk Mills, ad print (c1920).jpg
date: 1920

Niagara Maid Silk Gloves, Emma Carus, postcard (c1915).jpg
date: 1915

Southern swing bridge, photo (c.1973).jpg
date: 1973

Armitage-Herschell, illustrated letterhead (1893-12-31).jpeg
date: 1893-12-31

Elephant seat, photo (Hoyt Toy, c1950).jpeg

305 Schenck, photos (Al Moser, c1920).jpg
date: 1920

Boathouse Park, Wardell Boat Yard, Weatherbest Slip Rd, photo (Google, 2021).jpg
date: 2021

Weatherbest boathouse owners petition for water service, article (Tonawanda News, 1949-06-01).jpg
date: 1949-06-01

NT council stands fast on its boathouse policy, article (Tonawanda News, 1966-09-07).jpg
date: 1966-09-07

NT asked to sell valuable property, NT offers bargain rates, articles (Tonawanda News, 1959-08-18).jpg
date: 1959-08-18

Council told homes on slip could mean trouble for NT, article (Tonawanda News, 1961-07-05).jpg
date: 1961-07-05

Boathuse lease forms ready for signatures, article (Tonawanda News, 1947-08-11).jpg
date: 1947-08-11

Boathouse Park, photo (DennisReed Jr, 2018).jpg
date: 2018

Schumacher and Hoover Grocers, Payne Ave near Christiana , Torrey cabinet photo, colorized (c1890).jpg
description: Maybe 140 Payne that was destroyed by fire in 1976. The 1880 map structure at this corner appears to be a different footprint. 1908 and 1951 look similar. Converted to apartments early on, 1910s? Hair salon.
date: 1890

Other players who were on the Norsemen, photos.jpg

Slap Shot Original, excerpt (Dave Hanson).htm
description: Description of a Jets / Norsemen series that inspired scenes from 1970s classic hockey movie, Slap Shot.

Buffalo Norsemen Magazine, game program vs Erie Blades, excerpts (1976-02).jpg
description: Paul Crowley profile
date: 1976-02

Buffalo Norsemen Magazine, game program vs Maine Nordiques, excerpts (1975-11).jpg
description: Profile on Larry Gould
date: 1975-11

Arrest of robber reveals petting party holdups, article (Tonawanda News, 1925-09-28).jpg
description: McDonald apprehended at 970 Oliver while posing as a dry agent. Failed plan of police to locate highwayman by dressing up like a "spooning" couple related.
date: 1925-09-28

970 Oliver Street.jpg
description: 970 Oliver (between 16th and 17th Avenues) has been an apartment building, a tavern, a delicatessen, a dry cleaners and more. It appears on a 1908 map, when much of the Avenues was still undeveloped. The building *may* have acquired its distinctive wood shingles when the Creo-Dipt / Weatherbest Corporation was located just north (see 1951 map: Creo-Dipt sold stained shingles worldwide). The newspapers tell of an interesting incident that happened here in September 1925, during Prohibition. An intoxicated man walked into the "drinkery" around 11 pm, pretending to be a dry agent (one who enforces anti-alcohol laws). After failing to convince the men gathered there to give him money, he pulled out a revolver, at which point the men disarmed him and threw him into Oliver Street. He drove away, only to get into a car accident and be taken away by police. Police soon connected him to a series of "petting party" robberies that had taken place in the remote lovers' lanes and outskirts of the Tonawandas over the previous month. Here is some more of its history (mostly news items relating to residents over the decades): 1907: Ad for furniture in Tonawanda News, household goods for sale 1908: Appears on a map, maybe "W. Dier" property (see images)? 1903 a William Dier is identified as living on Young Street in Tonawanda; March 2, 1905 a William Dier "dies suddenly," lived on (100) Ellicott Creek. 1910: Ad for Toni Trocki renting rooms 1917(6?): 11-19 Peter Harber fined for not sending his 15 year-old daughter Alice to school 1922-02-18: A vagrant whom occupant Albert Clench and Thomas Conklin had permitted to sleep in the basement started a fire on his mattress by smoking, and disappears. 1923-01-27: Albert Clench dies at 58, survived by wife, 5 children and brother in Tonawanda. Worked at Buffalo Bolt. 1925-04: Resident Mrs. Anna Gworek is charged with failing to make her 8 year-old daughter attend school. In court she claimed she could not afford to clothe the child properly…

Creo-Dipt, Weatherbest, map detail (1951).jpg
date: 1951

Beechwater on postcard (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Englewood Theater apperance, article (Suburbanite Economist, 1914-04-10, via cyberneticzoo.com).jpg
date: 1914-04-10

Positive Corn Cure, advertising card (c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Great Christopher will remove that corn, ad (South New Berlin Bee, 1922).jpg
date: 1922

Great Christopher remedy is sold by Buffaloo druggists, article (Courier-Express, 1940-09-16).jpg
date: 1940-09-16

Great Christopher, article (Donald D. Cook, Evans Journal, 1968-06-06).jpg
date: 1968-06-06

FTC cease and desist against Reliable Specialty Corp. and its Great Christopher Positive Corn Cure (1940)
description: Mr. A. Gerald Weinberg of Buffalo is named as the respondent for the Reliable Specialty Corporation. Organized in 1913, with principal office and place of business 1030 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo. Published "Hints in Health and Beauty" booklet, wherein they peddled all kinds of doubtful remedies typical of the age, including "Reliable Hair Food." Since investigation began around 1936, the respondent changed the name to "Great Christopher Corn and Callous Remedy."
source: https://books.google.com/books
date: 1940

Tonawanda merry-go-round firm making electric men, transcribed article (Buffalo Express, 1895-07-26).jpg
description: They can be made any size and they are to pull advertising carts after them - Inventor hopes to improve his present model In a short time a Tonawanda firm will be prepared to furnish to the world men of any stature and ? of any temperament or ?. To be sure they will be automatic, but that will but increase their life and durability. They have no reasoning powers but that is, of course, something to be desired. They will not get drunk and they will not strike. Electricity is their motive power, and they are all constructed with phonographs. It is somewhat over a year since Philip Perew, a member of the well-known Gilbert, Goddard & Co., conceived the practicability? of manufacturing an automaton in the form of a human being which could run about and pull a cart. So he set to work. He studied the work of Hermes, T? and Caglestro?. He read with ? mary Wollstonecraft's novel "Frankenstein." But he found no inspirations. Indeed?, he found no directions in all the Caballa how to make springs at the hips into the legs naturally, or raise the feet with nicety. But ? will tell, and the ingenuity of Yankees cannot be circumvented by each small things. No, at the present day, there is a patent obtained and recorded in the Patent Office at Washing ton to this Mr. Perew for the exclusive construction of electric men. Gillie, Godard & Co. are manufacturers of merry-go-rounds. The step from a merry-go-round to an electric man is perfectly logical and natural. Now that the model has proved itself efficacious, the firm will begin the manufacture of men at once. The idea is by no means perfected. At present all the man is good for is to pull a cart about the streets of a city. The model that has been exhibited in Tonawanda to the delight of the populace and the honor of a certain soup? us but a crude thing. The man clothed in Continental uniform drags a bea? cart with some ease, while on the sides of the cart boring? signa exalt the glory of soup? or pills, as the case may be. The mo…
date: 1895-07-26

As natural as life, article (Glens Falls Times, 1901-01-18).jpg
description: Article also found in the New Orleans Bee, LA; Dryden Herald 1901-06-19
date: 1901-01-18

Machine-made man to walk from New York to San Francisco, illustrated article (The World, 1900-09-02).jpg
date: 1900-09-02

The Automatic Man, two photos (New York Public Library Photography Collection, c1900).jpg
date: 1900

Company incorporated to operate Philip Perew's patent, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-02-05).jpg
description: According to a later article, development of Perew's "electric canal boat trolley" is at least one reason for the incorporation
date: 1900-02-05

Automatic man of Tonawanda, article (Albany Argus, 1900-09-16).jpg
date: 1900-09-16

Mechanical Man, article (Buffalo Times, 1900-09-02).jpg
date: 1900-09-02

Great Christopher, Star Remedy, Positive Corn Cure, advertising card (c1901).jpg
description: eBay seller of this card notes: "From research, this product packaging said: "Great Christopher Corn and Callous Remedy prepared by the Reliable Specialty Corp., Buffalo, New York. Both the box and the tube feature the Great Christopher Trademark of a man pulling a handcart. The sealed tube states on the back 'A Safe and Reliable Remedy for Removing Corns and Callouses, each ounce contains 5 grains of cannabis.'"
date: 1901

Mechanical giant in human form, photo article (New York Herald, 1900-09-09)
date: 1900-09-09

Perfected is the work on Philip Perew's invention, article (Tonawanda News, 1896-05-11).jpg
date: 1896-05-11

Great Invention, Perew's Automatic Man, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-09-04).jpg
date: 1900-09-04

Batt Brothers Bottling Works, Tonawanda NY, bottle (c1900).jpg
description: Aqua Beer Bottle, Blob Top
date: 1900

Governor Joseph Christopher Yates home and environs, Schenectady, New York; photo gallery (2021).jpg
description: The household where Hannah Johnson was born c.1799 still stands at 17 Front Street in the historic Stockade District in Schenectady, New York. The first photos are of this property, its guest house (?) where Lafayette once stayed, a walled garden and carriage house, and the view of the Mohawk River from the backyard. The last three photos are the nearby house where Governor Yates was born. Photos by Dennis Reed Jr and Alaina Reid.
date: 2021-11-08

Theodore Roosevelt 1900 speech at North Tonawanda, historical recreation by Dennis Reed Jr.jpg
date: 2021-10-29

Theodore Roosevelt marker installed, photo (2021-10-29).jpg
date: 2021-10-29

Governor Roosevelt will be here Wednesday afternoon and speak, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-10-29).pdf
date: 1900-10-29

7000 people hear Governor Roosevelt, article (Tonawanda News, 1900-10-31).pdf
date: 1900-10-31

Speech of Governor Theodore Roosevelt, article and transcription (1900-11-01).jpg
description: The entire speech as quoted by the Tonawanda News: "My fellow citizens: I am glad to have the chance of meeting you this afternoon. In this contest I feel that we have a right to appeal to you. I wish to appeal to you in the first place on the ground of material self-interest. I do not want you to take any word of mine, I simply want you to look at the facts as they are, to face conditions as they were four years ago and the conditions today, and to compare Mr. Bryan's prophesy of four years ago with everything that has not happened since. "My Bryan said four years ago, that unless we had free silver and himself we would have four years during which business would be at a standstill and wage-workers be idle, savings bank deposits decrease and mortgages go up. In every singular particular Mr. Bryan has been in error, not one thing that he foretold has come to pass. There has been more work for the wage-worker with increased wages than ever before. In the business world failures have decreased by over two-thirds, savings bank deposits have gone up 40 per cent, and the number of mortgages has gone down 40 per cent. "Now, gentlemen, if in private life you are dealing with a man and he misleads you, the first time he fools you it is his fault, and the next time it is your fault (laughter and applause). Now, if our people go wrong they have themselves to thank for it, for they have had the experience of the last eight years to guide them. Recollect that in 1892 the argument was made that we should upset the existing policy because the capitalist had prospered over-much; because the capitalist was too prosperous, and we were told to down him and we did. We adopted the advice. By 1893 we had the capitalist down, he was down, and the rest of us were down, too (applause). That was where the hitch came in. "And now, gentlemen, Mr. Bryan appeared with his patent remedy and told us we were destined to utter ruin unless we adopted it. We have not adopted it and we are all right. …
date: 1900-11-01

Map of the Village of Tonawanda, illustration detail (1857).jpg
date: 1857

Central Must Pay for Death of Loeschnauer off swing bridge, article (Tonawanda News, 1907-05-11).jpg
date: 1907-05-11

RJ Clench - Photographer, ad (Tonawanda Herald, 1881-08-18).jpg
date: 1881-08-18

Perew Says Cappola Asked Him for Monthly Payments, bought Goose properties from bank, article (Ton News, 1937-02-02).pdf
date: 1937-02-02

Perew proved to be colorful character, article 1 of 2 (Ton News, 1980-09-20 5683).pdf
date: 1980-09-20

Peppermint Stick Teen Club, Clive Holmes, article (1966-11-26).pdf
date: 1966-11-26

Peppermint Stick, Roller Rink, Ward Road, photo (c1950).JPG
date: 1950

Kent's Opera House Grand Opening, article (Tonawanda Herald, 1878-01-17).jpg
date: 1878-01-17

Johnnies Olde Fashion Donuts, 1091 Oliver, as (Tonawanda News, 1979-11-28).jpg
date: 1979-11-28

Frederick Smith steam mill on Sweeney, Zacharia Taylor, woodcut and article - (Tonawanda Herald, 1881-12-01).jpg
date: 1881-12-01

Gillie, Goddard and Co, Gratwick notice (Tonawanda News, 1894).jpg
date: 1894

Fabulous Phil Perew Legendary Figure, article (Ton. News, 1953-03-23).pdf
date: 1953-03-23

Baby, cabinet card photo (Clench, c1890).jpg

Kardex logo (c1922).jpg
date: 1922

Bushs bridge and former Niagara Falls Blvd route on map (c1947).jpg
date: 1947