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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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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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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106938F
Tunnel under Horseshoe Falls again open for sightseers, Scenic tunnel has been repaired and extended
Tunnel under Horseshoe Falls again open for sightseers, Scenic tunnel has been repaired and extended
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Less well known, than they should be are the Brandywine Falls plunging a sheer 200 feet in British Columbia's coastal mountains. Theyère in caribou country on the Pacific Eastern Railroad
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King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
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n.d.
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A 50-year-old streetcar draws a crowd of sightseers in the St
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Winter's lovely, but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Hors(...)
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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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The falls of Niagara, being a complete guide to all the points of neighbourhood of the great cataract, with views taken from sketches by Washington Friend and from photographs
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