Image of an aerial landscape view of Niagara Falls and the surrounding areas showing the electric railway lines of the International Traction Company between towns including Lewiston, Lockport, Tonawanda, and Buffalo, New York, and Niagara Falls, and Chippewa, Ontario, Canada, with a top-left vignette of a trolley car labeled "31 Buffalo & Niagara Falls 31 Electric Railway", a lower-left vignette of the "International Traction Co's. New Suspension Bridge, Lewiston & Queenston" and a lower-right vignette of the "International Traction Co's. Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara Falls." Image verso contains panels with fold-up map covers and information on stops, rates of fare, points of interest, and connections. No printer identified; Probable date based on item text referencing the Pan-American Exposition to be held on "May 1st to November 1st, 1901." "W. Caryl Ely, President [space] Daniel S. Lamont, Vice President. [space] Richard F. Rankine, Secretary and Treasurer. [space] Burt Van Horn, General Manger. [space] J.E. Stephenson, General Passenger Agent. Head Offices, Main and Terrace, Buffalo"--text, bottom right of image verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 20.64 x 78.11 cm (8 1/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Advertising--Transportation Advertising--Railroads Bridges--Pictorial works Cities and towns--Pictorial works Electric railroad trains--Pictorial maps Landscapes--Pictorial works Landscapes--New York--Pictorial works Local transit--Pictorial works Pictorial maps Railroads--Pictorial works International Traction Company Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Maps. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Railroad The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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