Local History Jigsaw Puzzle of the Week
By Courtney
Here’s something to beat the boredom! We're going to be posting a link to a jigsaw puzzle every week using different pieces of art from our LH Collection. Challenge your friends and family to see who can get the fastest time!
Here’s something to beat the boredom! We're going to be posting a link to a jigsaw puzzle every week using different pieces of art from our LH Collection. Challenge your friends and family to see who can get the fastest time!
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Week 1:
Niagara Falls by George W. King, 1891. The large oil painting depicts the American and Bridal Veil Falls, with Rock of Ages in foreground. Viewpoint from Fisherman's Rock at shore of river below Goat Island. |
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Week 2
Old Stone Chimney by P.C. Flynn, 1888 |
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Week 3
Sewall Smith watercolor, ca. 1920. |
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Week 4
Untitled (Niagara River) by Captain John Symes, 19th century |
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Week 5
Rescue of William McCullough from the rapids, June 1, 1874 by Ferdinand Reichardt, 1874 |
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Week 6
Niagara Falls by P.C. Flynn, 1874 “But few recall the advent to the village of Mr. Flynn, who was born in Ireland…At an early age he showed merit as an artist and, was, in his time, one of the men most talked about in the world of art…In Niagara Falls he found a haven that coincided well with his fancies. Nature was an open book for him, and he proved to be an ardent devoted student. The falls he conveyed to canvas with a master hand, and in a quaint little shop in Main street, right in the middle of a row of art emporiums, with curios on one side of his place and an expert photographer on the other, the artist worked the while and gave to the tourists a lasting impression of their visit.” Read more about the artist here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152662922/patrick-c-flynn |
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Week 7
Niagara Falls From the Ferry; print engraved by J. Cousen after a picture by W.H. Bartlett, 1838.
Niagara Falls From the Ferry; print engraved by J. Cousen after a picture by W.H. Bartlett, 1838.
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Week 8
Fisherman on the Niagara River by Captain John Syms, ca. 1880s |
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Week 9
Lithograph promoting On the Bowery, a Broadway show which opened on Sep 10, 1894. Steve Brodie was well known for jumping from Brooklyn Bridge (which has been in doubt!). He also claimed to have jumped from the Suspension Bridge in Niagara Falls in 1889 but it could never be proven. More about this interesting figure here: https://www.thoughtco.com/steve-brodie-and-the-brooklyn-bridge-1773925 |
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Week 9
Niagara Falls from Falls View Station by Charles Graham, 1893 and engraved by John A. Lowell's Co. Boston, U.S.A. Copyright 1893. |
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Week 10
Original Watercolor by A. W. Sangster, 1881. This piece was donated in memory of Mr. John Alden Jordan by the Jordan Family. More about the artist: https://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists/details/746 |
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Week 11
Niagara Falls from the American Side. Photogravure after a drawing by G.H. Andrews, Illustrated London News, London, October 27th 1860. |
