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Buffalo, New York, USA

Erie Canal Basin and Elevator, Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C.... Read MORE...
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Main Street, Buffalo, From St Paul's Church
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C.... Read MORE...
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Grain-Propeller, Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
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Buffalo, New York, USA

City of Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
Artwork

Buffalo, New York, USA

Main Street, Buffalo, From St. Paul's Church
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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Buffalo, New York, USA

T. C. Tanke
Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
Buffalo, N.Y.
Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Wilcox Residence, Buffalo, N.Y. where President Roosevelt took the oath of office, Sept. 14th, 1901
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Buffalo, New York, USA

North Street Looking West From Delaware Ave., Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, N.Y., 1907
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Buffalo, New York, USA

The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.
Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space. Visitors Welcome.
The Larkin Company are the World's Largest Manufacturers of Soaps and Toilet Preparations and are important Food Specialists. The entire output of the Larkin... Read MORE...
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Bird's-eye View of the H. A. Meldrum Company's Department Stores
460-470 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Shelton Square, Intersection of Main, Erie, Church and Niagara Streets
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Buffalo, New York, USA

Peace Bridge across Niagara River, Connecting Canada and Buffalo, N.Y.
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History, News and Stories of Buffalo, New York, USA

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1789 - Buffalo, New York founded
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In 1800, Buffalo, New York, was a town of four log cabins.
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Buffalo/Niagara - Travel Thru History
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1813 - Decmber 29 - British burn Buffalo, NY during War of 1812
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1841 - August 9 - Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die
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1844 - October 19 - The famous "Lower Great Lakes Storm" occurred. Southwesterly winds were at hurricane force for five hours, driving lake waters into downtown Buffalo NY. The storm drowned 200 persons.
WeatherForYou.com
October 19, 1844
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Buffalo NY Then and Now
Buffalo NY Then and Now (www.youtube.com) 1850 - TREMENDOUS FIRE ! - OVER $100,000 OF PROPERTY DESTROYED !
From the Buffalo Daily Courier.
It becomes out painful duty to record the most disastrous conflagration, which has ever visited our city. The... Read MORE...
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1854 - Buffalo
Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie county, New York, is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, 2 or 8 miles S. from ... Read MORE...
1871 - Christopher Columbus was badly defeated for Councilman at the Buffalo election. Such is fame.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 7, 1871
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1880 - Ice Cream Sundae
1880: Buffalo, NY; Evanston, IL; Two Rivers, WI; and Ithaca, NY all claim to have invented the ice cream sundae. Wherever it happened, it first... Read MORE...
1889 - BUFFALO'S CALAMITY. The Heart of the City Swept by Fire, and a Loss of $2,500,000 Incurred -
Forty Buildings, Including Two Hotels Burned - A Fireman Killed by Falling Walls - Seventeen Other Persons Hurt.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 4 - The... Read MORE...
1891 - A BIG BLAZE IN BUFFALO. WARNER BROTHERS' NEW BUILDING LAID IN ASHES.
THE LOSS ON BUILDING AND STOCK IN FOUR STORES ABOUT $300,000, FULLY INSURED - TWO FIREMEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS DEAD.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. -... Read MORE...
1893 - HEAVY FIRE IN BUFFALO. FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING DESTROYS PROPERTY VALUED AT $750,000.
Buffalo, Dec. 14 - Fire this morning destroyed the Arcade building on Main street, including ROBINSON Musee, SHEAS music hall and several stores,... Read MORE...
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1895 - Buffalo
Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie co., N.Y., is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, in lat. 42°53' N., lon. 78° ... Read MORE...
1896 - BUILDING COLLAPSED. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED AT BUFFALO, N.Y. ALMOST CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
THE OLD STRUCTURE WAS PROPPED UP FOR REPAIRS, WHEN THE PROPS SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND A SCORE OR MORE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.
NAMES OF THE... Read MORE...
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1901 - Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo)
The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350... Read MORE...
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1901 - McKinley Assassinated
President William McKinley is assassinated in Buffalo.
Location: Inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in... Read MORE...
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On July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, NY)
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1911 - $250,000 FIRE IN BUFFALO FACTORY. FIREMEN BATTERED AND BURNED IN FIGHTING TO AVERT BIG EXPLOSION. TWO WOMEN RESCUED.
THICK SMOKE OVERCOMES DWELLERS IN ADJACENT HOUSE, WHO ARE CARRIED TO SAFETY - SCORE OF FIREMEN BLOWN ACROSS STREET - FLAMES KEPT FROM... Read MORE...
1913 - Six Men Injured in $100,000 Fire at Buffalo Hotel
Buffalo, Sept. 17.- Fire which broke out in the plant of Dirnberger Popcorn company, No. 135 Seneca street this morning spread to the Hotel Broezel... Read MORE...
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1916
Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie co., N.Y., is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, in lat. 42° 53' N., Lon.... Read MORE...
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1922 - March 14 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
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1927 - August 4 - The Peace Bridge between the U.S. and Canada opens. The 3,580 foot long bridge is located near Buffalo, New York, and crosses the Niagara River.
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1945 - December 14-17 - A record December snowstorm buried Buffalo, NY, under 36.6 inches of snow, with unofficial totals south of the city ranging up to 70 inches. Travel was brought to a halt by the storm.
The Weather Channel
1967 - June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
historyorb.com
June 27, 1967
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