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Images database Collections   <<< More Collections .  City of Niagara Falls Museum Collection (2 records) Type  Collection   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Copper Plate Negatives (31 records) Type  Collection   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Dobbie Collection (297 records) Type  Collection Description  This collection includes photographs of cultural events in Niagara Falls during the Summer of 2016.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Francis J. Petrie Collection (5380 records) Type  Collection Creator  Petrie, Francis J. Description  Francis J. Petrie was for many years the City Historian of Niagara Falls, as well as the author of a regular newspaper column in the Niagara Falls Review. After his death many of his photographs, negatives, slides, and postcards were donated to the Library.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Fred Helie Collection (258 records) Type  Collection Description  Fred Helie worked on the Sir Adam Beck II Power Plant construction project during the mid-1950s. During that time he took numerous photographs during all phases of construction. The photos were donated to the library by his family after his death.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  General Photograph Collection (8576 records) Type  Collection   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Glass Negatives Collection (57 records) Type  Collection Description  Until the early 1930s glass negatives were often produced by photographers. Those in the library's collections are up to 8" x 10" big.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Harbottle Collection (279 records) Type  Collection Creator  Harbottle, Russell Created  1985. Description  This collection includes photographs of buildings (residential, commercical, industrial and public), streets (streetscenes), structures, businesses, stores, attractions and areas of Niagara Falls to reflect the look of the city in 1985.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Hodge/Bain Collection (85 records) Type  Collection   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  James Collection (3976 records) Type  Collection Description  For many years the James Photograph Studio was a landmark of downtown Niagara Falls, passed on from father to son. After Ken James' retirement, the building was sold. Library staff discovered that over 40 years of negatives were about to be destroyed, and managed to salvage them. Of the estimated 200,000 negatives, only a small proportion has been processed.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Jean Huggins Collection (1 record) Type  Collection Description  Jean Huggins was a lifelong resident of Queenston who had an extensive collection of historical material from the area. The collection includes photographs, letters, and other material.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Kiwanis Collection (389 records) Type  Collection Description  In the mid 1970s the Kiwanis Club of Stamford donated money to the Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation for the purpose of purchasing historic photographs of Niagara Falls. Items in this collection are a result of that project.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Leslie Collection (100 records) Type  Collection Description  The Leslie collection includes photographs from the personal collection of Frank H. Leslie, longtime publisher of the Niagara Falls Review.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Mason Collection (36 records) Type  Collection Description  This collection includes photographs of buildings (residential, commercical, industrial and public), streets (streetscenes), structures, businesses, stores, attractions and areas of Niagara Falls to reflect the look of the city in 2015.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Mounted Photograph Collection (11 records) Type  Collection Description  This collection consists of images that have been enlarged and mounted for display purposes.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Negative Collection (437 records) Type  Collection Description  The library has a large collection of negatives, many of which have been printed or scanned directly into the database.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Collection (382 records) Type  Collection Description  This collection consists of photographs that the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission has taken of the bridges that they operate - the Rainbow Bridge, the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, and the Whirlpool Bridge, going back to the 1930s.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Niagara Falls Bridge Commission - Queenston Lewiston Collection (25 records) Type  Collection   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection (906 records) Type  Collection Description  The Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation was founded in the mid 1970s by George and Olive Seibel. The object of this foundation was to obtain copyright-free images, art works, and other materials about Niagara Falls, and to produce books and audio-visual material about the falls. The material acquired by the Foundation was housed in the Niagara Falls Public Library. When the Foundation was disbanded In the mid-1990s ownership of this material was given to the Library.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>     .  Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections (7627 records) Type  Collection Description  As part of its mandate to help preserve the heritage of the City of Niagara Falls, the library regularly photographs different aspects of the city and its natural surroundings, using digital technology since the late 1990s. In addition, some residents wish to share their images but retain the originals. These are scanned into the library's databases and then returned to the owner. Both of these types of images are in the Digital Collections.   Browse this collection >>   More about this collection >>       More Collections >>> Names (Creator, contributor) Place names Subjects Titles

 

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