Ferry service between the Buffalo and Fort Erie banks of the Niagara River dates back to 1796. Many settlers crossed into Canada from Buffalo via ferry.
To meet wartime demands for pilot training, the SS Greater Buffalo was one of two Great Lakes cruise ships converted to aircraft carriers on the Inland Seas.
The rich woodcut and watercolor work of John Reuben Chapin, magazine and book illustrator of the 19th Century, receives its due in this retrospective by a descendant.
The Buffalo Pitts Company's thresher made its mark in agricultural history right behind McCormick's reaper. Little known, though, was the company's pioneering aeronautical efforts that anticipated flight patterns to come.
The Director of the Pedaling History Bicycle Museum shares his discovery of a landmark building complete with rare interior descriptions.
"Tony" Bannon, director of the museum, tells the story of George Eastman with choice photos from one of the world's greatest photo image collections.
For a few years in the late 1920s, the village of Eden, NY, was home to a small press with a colorful history. This small press was the vision and child of Spencer Kellogg, Jr.
Around 1915, automobile manufacturers had ceased advertising their vehicles as reliable transportation and had switched to selling the romance and adventure of driving oneself wherever one's heart might desire.
WNY Heritage Magazine is published four times per year. Subscribe or give a gift subscription!
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.