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Black and white photograph showing East Main St. Welland, c. January 1912 (the 1914 date is incorrect), with the downtown streetcar system named the Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway beginning its run on muddy, unpaved streets.

Black and white photographic print showing employees and passengers posing in front of a Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway streetcar, c. 1917.

Photographic print with faint colourization showing East Main Street looking east. Undated, but the presence of the Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway streetcar, along with horse and buggies, place it between 1912 and 1920.

Black and white photograph showing East Main St. Welland, c. January 1912, with the downtown streetcar system named the Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway beginning its run on muddy, unpaved streets. Legible storefronts include Goodwin & Ross and…

Black and white slide of an old photograph of a view along Main Street in Welland, c. 1910-1920. The Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway streetcars and the Alexandra Bridge can be seen in the distance.

Black and white slide of a postcard showing Downtown Welland, as seen from above West Main Street, c. 1910s.

Postcard of Welland's trolley system named the Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway, c. 1925.

The text on the back reads: "The trolley car. Welland's early transit system, circa 1925. One of three cars that operated on the Downtown Trolley Line…

9-page handwritten manuscript titled "Recollections of my first two years both as a British Emigrant and observer of Welland in the early 20th Century" by Walter Gower. Not dated, but probably written in the 1970s. He gives a personal account of many…

Black and white photograph of an aerial view of downtown Welland, c. 1912-1921.

It was taken between 1912-1921 because the Welland trolley and its tracks can be seen on East Main and King Streets. This was the Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie…