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The Niagara Falls is one of the most fascinating and storied waterfalls in the world. From being one of the earliest sources of massive electrical production via hydroelectric systems to its history of romance and daredevils, it is simply unforgettable. This collection of 33 highly illustrated books brings the early history of Niagara to life. With its wonderful collection of images of the falls in the various seasons to local attractions and industry, it is a fascinating time capsule of the falls in the mid 1800's to the very early 1900s.
Here are the volumes in the collection:
- Photo-gravures of Niagara Falls (1898) - Wittemann, A. - 86 pages
- The book of Niagara Falls (1836) - Parsons, Horatio A. - 118 pages
- Steele's book of Niagara Falls (1840) - Parsons, Horatio A. - 128 pages
- A guide to the Falls of Niagara (1846) - De Tivoli, J. - 28 pages
- Sketches of Niagara Falls and river (1846) - Clinton, George W. - 161 pages
- Niagara Falls (1897) - Niagara Falls (N.Y.). Chamber of Commerce - 120 pages
- Niagara Falls Views (1890) - 82 pages
- Niagara Falls (1890) - 102 pages
- Niagara Falls (1884) - Wittemann Brothers - 20 pages
- Niagara Falls (1916) - 52 pages
- Niagara Falls (1901) - 44 pages
- Niagara Falls (1903) - Michigan Central Railroad Company - 56 pages
- Niagara's Parks (1897) - S. D. Morse - 60 pages
- A Souvenir of the Niagara Falls, showing Summer and Winter views of Niagara Falls and their surroundings (1913) - 44 pages
- The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls, containing sketches, stories and essays (1893) - Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate - 253 pages
- Views of Niagara Falls (1905) - 62 pages
- Niagara Falls, America. (1906) - Taylor, Edward H - 44 pages
- Niagara Falls in miniature (1896) - Michigan Central Railroad Company - 44 pages
- The Falls of Niagara Depicted by pen and camera (1892) - 64 pages
- Niagara Falls, nature's throne (1907) - Vogt, J. Whitney - 56 pages
- Old and new views of Niagara Falls : with short description (1901) - Zybach, John - 48 pages
- The Niagara book (1901) - Howells, William Dean - 427 pages
- A guide to travelers visiting the Falls of Niagara : containing much interesting and important information respecting the Falls and vicinity (1835) - Parsons, Horatio - 106 pages
- A New guide to Niagara Falls and vicinity : giving a full and complete description of Niagara Falls, suspension bridge, Buffalo, Rochester, Ontario beach, Toronto, Lockport, Tonawanda, Lewiston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Chautauqua, and other places of interest (1892) - 190 pages
- Cutter's Guide to Niagara falls (1897) - Cutter, Charles - 114 pages
- Niagara Falls and their history (1895) - Gilbert, Grove Karl - 46 pages
- Tunis illustrated guide to Niagara (1877) - Allen, H. T - 84 pages
- Power : or, The story of Niagara Falls (1914) - Hubbard, Elbert - 60 pages
- Anthology and bibliography of Niagara Falls Volume 1 (1921) - Dow, Charles Mason - 768 pages
- Anthology and bibliography of Niagara Falls Volume 2 (1921) - Dow, Charles Mason - 788 pages
- One hundred glimpses of Niagara (1900) - W.G. MacFarlane - 60 pages
- Niagara Falls and electrical age. Marvelous effect of the world's greatest electrical power development upon a famous region and the United States at large (1914) - Williams, Edward T - 56 pages
- Tunis's topographical and pictorial guide to Niagara : containing, also, a description of the route through Canada, and the great northern route, from Niagara Falls to Montreal, Boston, and Saratoga Springs. Also, full and accurate tables of distances on all railroads running to and from Niagara Falls (1855) - Tunis, W. E. - 166 pages
Here are some pages from various volumes to give you an idea of the types of illustrations contained in several of the books in this collection:
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