Tag: Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.

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Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Black school at St. Andrew’s

Religion plays an important part in putting down roots in a community and many of our early Black residents belonged to the local churches, including...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Winnifred Wesley

A Niagara Public School Class photo from around the turn of the 20th century shows Winnifred Wesley, who was a descendent of an escaped...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Daniel Servos Waters

Daniel Servos Waters was one of the first successful Black businessmen in Niagara during the mid- to late-1800s. He first ran his carriage service...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Richard Livingstone

Richard Livingstone ploughs with horses in Homer, 1912-1920. Homer was first settled in 1795 by Loyalist William Read, who established a church there. Originally known as Upper Ten...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Niagara Belt Line, 1906

Going through the Niagara Gorge, Niagara Falls, Lewiston and Queenston, passengers of this international trolley system would witness all the natural beauties of the...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: R & J Crysler Store, 1832

This general store was in operation in Niagara from 1817 to 1839 and was located where the Greaves Jam store is today on Queen...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Christmas

This watercolour shows Niagara Camp on the Commons in 1899. The detailed work depicts a celebration within the camp with bright lights and soldiers...