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A miniature spinning wheel, unknown if it made as an apprentice's project, a doll house furniture piece, or a salesman's sample. The wheel turns when the foot pedal is pressed.

A white cyclist shouldering/jostling/bullying his competitor - the "Black Cyclone", Major Taylor. Taylor was an amazing cyclist, competing and excelling on the world stage before the age of 20. He was subjected to a lot of abuse and discrimination…

A shallow silver dish purchased by Jim and Marie Palsir during their 1963 honeymoon to Niaraga Falls.

"As his fame increased, Sam was offered $75 by a group of hotel owners to jump at the Niagara Falls in October 1829. No one had ever survived a jump at Niagara. Sam’s jump was scheduled for October 6, but he arrived too late to make the jump, so it…

Advertisement for ‘Indian Curiosity Store’, circa 1855. First Nations goods were popular sale items in the 19th century Niagara Falls. Thomas Barnett, museum proprietor at the Falls, hired Native women to create souvenirs in front of his Museum and…

Photograph of man and woman in front of falls

From Japanese description: Craftsmen under construction at the Japan Pavilion "Phoenix Hall" of the Chicago World Exposition (1893)