Vintage Photos - Submitted by Jim Brunn

Thanks to StenzTV viewer Jim Brunn for the following submissions:


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Here’s another photo of interest. This is the “Crystal Palace” which was a castle made from ice blocks at Prospect Point each year around the turn of the century. How’s that for a winter attraction? Of course that’s when winters were winter, before global warming!



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This is a circa 1968 view of Falls St. from 3rd St looking west. The Hancock Bldg is the tall bldg on the left that has the O’Keefe Ale sign on it. That sign created quite a storm of controversy when it was erected.


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The old 5th St. School circa 1880’s, which was located in the 500 blk of 5th St.

Walking Uphill... Both Ways

This popular photo of Niagara Falls (circa 1911) was submitted by now out-of-towner Chris Fortin - thanks Chris! Funny thing about this photo - when I was a little kid, we had this photo hanging in the kitchen of the house I grew up in on Munson Avenue. My father always told us of his strife growing up and how he had to walk to school everyday in the freezing cold (y'know, the stories of walking uphill both ways barefoot on roads made of broken glass). Throughout my childhood I believed that this photo was my father and his school mates walking to school one frozen Niagara Falls morning! I also believed that he was my real father, but thats another story... (just kiddin' Pops!)

Here are a couple other amazing photos of our mighty Niagara Falls at a frozen standstill:

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