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Erie Railway, North Tonawanda Station, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be packed in crates for shipment to ordnance officers throughout the country. Women's hosiery was once the chief product of this Eastern mill which is now forty-percent converted to the production of netting for American troops. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture used on mosquito netting is mixed by a worker in a large Eastern mill which formerly made women's stockings. This chemical solution stiffens the netting and prevents subsequent shrinkage, so that the hardest tropical downpour which American armed forces may endure will not alter the netting

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture use...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan and her roommate, Alice, workers at the Bell Aircraft plant, share a room in Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse

Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan and her roommate, Alice, worker...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for women to work in war plants. This program was organized by the War Manpower Commission in cooperation with local war plants who loaned nineteen women workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting fo...

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Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Stack drilling from a template. The sign in the background shows that the department has a 100% war bond purchase record

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Stack drilling fro...

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Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barton Hill, Center & River Streets, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Barton Hill, Center & River Streets, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Significance: Present house replaces house built in 1807 and burned on December 19, 1813 by the British during the War of 1812. Owner, Major Benjamin Barton, was patron of Lewiston and a partner in Porter-Barto... More

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N416 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-B

Nathan Dayton House, 499 Market Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Nathan Dayton House, 499 Market Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6155 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000556

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6155 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000556

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, ...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N415 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-A

Francis Hitchings House, Summit Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Francis Hitchings House, Summit Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Significance: A fine stone house of the vernacular style typical in the Lockport area which has Greek Revival and Federal characteristics. Survey number: HABS NY-6095 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Co... More

Christ Episcopal Church, 425 Market Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Christ Episcopal Church, 425 Market Street, Lockport, Niagara County, ...

Survey number: HABS NY-6092 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001225

Edward D. Adams Station Power Plant, Niagara River & Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Edward D. Adams Station Power Plant, Niagara River & Buffalo Avenue, N...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-400 Survey number: HABS NY-6150 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001212

Frontier House, 450 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Frontier House, 450 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Significance: At one time the western terminus of a New York stage coach line, the building was known as the "Finest Hotel West of Albany." Survey number: HABS NY-6087

Bates Cook Law Office, 755 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Bates Cook Law Office, 755 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Significance: Bates Cook was treasurer of Niagara County; postmaster of Lewiston (1816-1826); and a congressman (1831-1833) Survey number: HABS NY-6085

Niagara Falls, New York. Maid of the Mist boat in foreground

Niagara Falls, New York. Maid of the Mist boat in foreground

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, nineteen-year old chemical operator at the Niacet Chemical Company, and a friend writing letters

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, nineteen-year old chemical oper...

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Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen year old chemical operator at the Niacet chemical company earning thirty-nine dollars a week, taking readings from dials and thermometers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen year old chemical op...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan a nineteen year old chemical operator at the Niacet chemical company, earning thirty-nine dollars a week, taking readings from dials and thermometers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan a nineteen year old chemical ope...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Woman welder who has been welding the ejection chutes of fifty callibre machine guns

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Woman welder who h...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Entertaining guest playing Chinese checkers on Nan Hannegan's birthday at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse for war workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Entertaining guest playing Chinese checkers o...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

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Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, ...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N415 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-A

First Presbyterian Church, 505 Cayuga Street at Fifth Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

First Presbyterian Church, 505 Cayuga Street at Fifth Street, Lewiston...

Significance: The oldest church building in Niagara County. Survey number: HABS NY-6320

Tobacco. Miller and Brown's store. Wilson, New York

Tobacco. Miller and Brown's store. Wilson, New York

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal bulldozer was used to fashion parts for merry-go-rounds to lighten the hearts of carefree children. The drill press has now been converted so that it can perform a face milling operation on landing gear cases for Airacobras. Mathew Kipa, expert machinist, uses a depth micrometer to check the accuracy of his work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these figures for merry-go-rounds, peacetime product of this New York state plant, now turning out bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell Aircraft Corp., Niagara Falls, New York. Dispatcher in the sub-assembly department of Bell Airacobras

Bell Aircraft Corp., Niagara Falls, New York. Dispatcher in the sub-as...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for women to work in war plants. This program was organized by the War Manpower Commission in cooperation with local war plants who loaned nineteen women workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting fo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and insides of their lunch boxes and packages to the guards at the gate when they enter and leave the Bell Aircraft plant

Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and inside...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan drying her hair. A chemical operator in a war plant, she must keep her head covered all day, and finds her hair needs washing frequently

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan drying her hair. A chemical oper...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erie Railway, La Salle Station, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barton Hill, Center & River Streets, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Barton Hill, Center & River Streets, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Significance: Present house replaces house built in 1807 and burned on December 19, 1813 by the British during the War of 1812. Owner, Major Benjamin Barton, was patron of Lewiston and a partner in Porter-Barto... More

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

Hennepin Hall, Center & Seventh Streets, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY
Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara Count...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N414 Survey number: HABS NY-6348

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6155 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000556

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, ...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N415 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-A

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Inspection Office Building, Rainbow Plaza, ...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N415 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-A

David Bouck House, 532 Pine Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

David Bouck House, 532 Pine Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-A

Edward D. Adams Station Power Plant, Niagara River & Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Edward D. Adams Station Power Plant, Niagara River & Buffalo Avenue, N...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-400 Survey number: HABS NY-6150 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001212

Frontier House, 450 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Frontier House, 450 Center Street, Lewiston, Niagara County, NY

Significance: At one time the western terminus of a New York stage coach line, the building was known as the "Finest Hotel West of Albany." Survey number: HABS NY-6087

Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them any more. Conversion of a large Eastern mill from production of women's stockings to mosquito netting for the Army and Navy, gives this worker a vital defense job. She's drawing yarn from warp machine into warp beams prior to its use on looms. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. She wears them but she doesn't make them ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capable hands has delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Their skill has now been diverted for the duration to lathe work on landing gear housings for the deadly Airacobra. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once wove stockings for Miss America. Today they've been put to work for her Uncle Sam in the conversion of a large Eastern hosiery plant to production of mosquito netting for America's armed forces. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is doing lathe work in landing gear housing. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara Falls, New York. Mrs. Hannegan, who runs a boardinghouse for from six to ten girls working in war plants, fixing lunches for them to take to work

Niagara Falls, New York. Mrs. Hannegan, who runs a boardinghouse for f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and masks are worn by workers on operations where their eyes might be endangered by metal fragments

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Mrs. Hannegan runs a boardinghouse for girls who work in war plants. Her daughter, Nan (right) nineteen, who works as a chemical operator at the Niacet Chemical Company is the youngest of eleven children and the only one unmarried. They are washing the supper dishes

Niagara Falls, New York. Mrs. Hannegan runs a boardinghouse for girls ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of cooking, kitchen, food preparation, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

Fort Niagara, French Castle, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niag...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Morgan Van Wagoner Barn, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner Barn, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-B

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

U. S. Custom House, Whirlpool Street at Lower Arch Bridge, Niagara Fal...

Significance: Served as customs house for Niagara from 1867 to the present, except for a period from 1908-1929 when the Customs House occupied the Federal Building (Post Office) at Main and Walnut. Unprocesse... More

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N416 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-B

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY

Rainbow Bridge Toll Plaza, Toll Building, Rainbow Plaza, Niagara Falls...

See also HAER NY-551 for documentation of Rainbow Bridge. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N416 Survey number: HABS NY-6348-B

Thirty-mile Point Lighthouse, Golden Hill Park, Lake Ontario, Somerset, Niagara County, NY
Thirty-mile Point Lighthouse, Golden Hill Park, Lake Ontario, Somerset, Niagara County, NY
New York Central Railroad, Lockport Passenger Station, Washburn & Union Streets, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York Central Railroad, Lockport Passenger Station, Washburn & Unio...

Significance: 1888, built by W.E. Huston. Stonework by Bendenger and Young; masonry by McDonaugh Bros.; plumbing by E.A. Frye. Unoccupied. Building was heavily vandalized after standing empty for several yea... More

St. John's Episcopal Church, Main & Chestnut Streets, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY

St. John's Episcopal Church, Main & Chestnut Streets, Youngstown, Niag...

Survey number: HABS NY-6156 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

David Bouck House, 532 Pine Street, Lockport, Niagara County, NY
Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-A

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-A

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-A

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Morgan Van Wagoner House, Hosmer Road, Somerset, Niagara County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-341 Survey number: HABS NY-5529-A

Fort Niagara, Administration Building, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY
Conversion. Jukebox plant. Production of the drill jig part, pictured here, is included in the conversion of a jukebox manufacturing company to war production. Control instruments based on the jukebox selection device will be manufactured for America's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. Production of the drill jig part, pictured ...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool of silk thread on the machine at right. Instead of using Japanese silk to make women's stockings, this Eastern mill is converting many of its looms (see left) to production of mosquito netting to protect men fighting from insect bites. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool o...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for war planes. They are turned out by a New York state plant which formerly made merry-go-rounds and now makes numerous bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for war planes. They are turned out by a New York state plant which formerly made merry-go-rounds and now makes numerous bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for ...

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Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan's bureau in Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse. In the mirror she can be seen reading a letter from home to her roommate, Alice. Girls live two and three in a room; pay eight dollars a week board. Receiving and writing letters is their favorite pastime

Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan's bureau in Mrs. Hannegan's boa...

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Niagara Falls, New York. The first shift of workers leaving the plant while the swing shift workers arrive at 4:15 p.m. at the Bell Aircraft plant

Niagara Falls, New York. The first shift of workers leaving the plant ...

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Bell Aircraft Corporation. Niagara Falls, New York. Woman cutting a long piece of aluminum into shorter lengths with a metal cutter in the shearing department, as shorter pieces are easier for the machine operator to handle. The outlined shape on each piece is then cut out by machine

Bell Aircraft Corporation. Niagara Falls, New York. Woman cutting a lo...

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen year old chemical operator at the Niacet chemical company, earning thity-nine dollars a week, taking a sample of acid from a still. She will put in brine to bring it to a freezing point

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen year old chemical op...

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Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and insides of their lunch boxes and packages to the guards at the gate when they enter and leave the Bell Aircraft plant

Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and inside...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Niagara Falls, New York. The first shift of workers leaving the plant while the swing shift workers arrive at 4:15 p.m. at the Bell Aircraft plant

Niagara Falls, New York. The first shift of workers leaving the plant ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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