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Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)

Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)

Date2/8/1947
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  • Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
  • Now forbidden territory for sightseers; this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker; a well-known photographer of that period who won many medals for his landscapes. Bustles worn by women of that time can be seen. The picturesque ice formations at Niagara have long been an object of interest
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Original Toronto Star caption: Now forbidden territory for sightseers; this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker; a well-known photographer of that period who won many medals for his landscapes. Bustles worn by women of that time can be seen. The picturesque ice formations at Niagara have long been an object of interest
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106938F
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      Tunnel under Horseshoe Falls again open for sightseers, Scenic tunnel has been repaired and extended
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/4/1945
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/21/1946
      Bustling Mill St.: Elora's main street once housed a lumber yard, a feed store and a chicken processing plant. Now it's a haven for shoppers and sightseers
      Bustling Mill St.: Elora's main street once housed a lumber yard, a feed store and a chicken processing plant. Now it's a haven for shoppers and sightseers
      Brennan, Pat
      4/26/1982
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      A 50-year-old streetcar draws a crowd of sightseers in the St
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      Ontario. Department of Travel & Publicity
      7/13/1963
      Niagara Falls. : a guide and souvenir with a new series of views from photographs taken on the spot. To which is added a complete guide in French and Spanish
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      Blondin, 1824-1897
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      A Souvenir of Niagara Falls with a series of views in oil colors, from photographs taken on the spot
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      Sage, Sons & Co.
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      T. Nelson & Sons
      1860
      Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/1/1938
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      Steele, Oliver G. (Oliver Gray), 1805-1879
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