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• Aerial Photographs, Erie County
  At present, photos from the 1920s and from 1951 are online, courtesy of the Erie County Department of Public Works, Division of Highways
• Aerial Photographs at UB
  A handful of samples from the University Libraries Map Collection
• America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black and White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
  Seen here are almost 350 photos of the Buffalo harbor, women war workers (many identified by name), Easter mass at Corpus Christi church, Lakeview Nursery School, and other subjects. Brought to you by the Library of Congress.
• American Memory: Photos and Prints
  Enter Buffalo, New York at the search screen provided here by the Library of Congress and get over 900 vintage images
• Archives of Ontario, Canada
  Why does Canada have pictures of Buffalo? I don't know, but enter Buffalo at the search screen to get about 35 photos, some of which are aerial views of the Buffalo harbor & industry circa 1919, plus a few pictures of the Peace Bridge and the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railway.
• Biniasz.com
  Has pages on Bufalo Polonia, St. Stanislaus Church, Lost Buffalo, and the Central Terminal. Brought to you by Marty Biniasz.
• Buffalo Exploration
  This irritatingly over-designed page has pictures of abandoned Buffalo buildings. If you use MS Explorer, mouse over the color pictures to see the building's name at the bottom of your browser.
• Buffalo & Niagara Frontier From the Air
  Published in 1924, this short picture book has early black & white aerial views of the city
  
• Buffalo Full Text
  Has links to over 125 full text books about Buffalo from the 19th and early 20th century. Some of them are illustrated with views of the city.
• Buffalo History Works
  Has about 100 vintage photos
• Buffalo, NY: Before & After
  Pairs photos from fifty or more years ago with views from today
• Buffalo in 1897
  Eighteen scans from a souvenir book
• Buffalo, New York Postcards from the Elleanor "Nellie" Roberts Kreischer LaClair collection, circa 1907-1920's
  Eleven vintage postcards
• Buffalo Transportation Museum Digital Library Image Collection
  Includes extensive Pierce-Arrow pictures
• Buffalonian.com Photo Gallery
  Has a few hundred vintage photos online, many care of the Western New York Heritage Institute
• BuffaloPix.com
  A commercial site with lots of contemporary images
• Buffalo's Architecture: The Past in Pictures
  About two dozen photographically-illustrated pages from The City of Buffalo, New York, (Portland, ME: L.H. Nelson Co., 1907)
• BuffPics
  Various city scenes from the 1980s and 1990s, plus a stranded bus from the Blizzard of '77
• C.L. Pond Series
  Seven of the stereoviews shown here were taken in downtown Buffalo in the 1870s. Brought to you by the George Eastman House.
• Cyburbia.org Gallery
  The ultimate urban planning website, founded by a Buffalonian, has about 50 pages of contemporary photos for a total of over 400 pictures of Buffalo
• Detroit Publishing Co.
  Photos of Buffalo from 1880-1920. About 175 of them can be seen by entering Buffalo at the search screen provided here by the Library of Congress.
• Detroit Publishing Co. Postcards
  Enter Buffalo in the search box provided here to get about two dozen picture postcards of Buffalo
• East Side Working Group
  Has some user-contributed photos of homes, schools, businesses, etc. on Buffalo's east side
• The Erie Canal
  Presently has 8 groups of vintage photos online
• Exploring Buffalo
  Black & white photos taken in 2003 of Buffalo Central Terminal, Church of the Transfiguration, Cargill-Superior elevator, and more
• FamilyOldPhoto.com Buffalo
  Has a small number vintage postcards. Site accepts submissions, so you can upload your vintage pictures here
• Fort Erie Public Library Local History Digital Archive
  Search on Buffalo and use the dropdown menu to return a maximum of all items to see over 200 postcards, pictures, and clippings
• Great Lakes Images
  From "Maritime History of the Great Lakes" digital library. Search on Buffalo to get pictures of passenger vessels, freight vessels, the harbor and waterfront, etc.
• Harvard University Open Collections Program: Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
  Search on Buffalo to get 70 vintage pictures of charities and social services facilities, including Welcome Hall, municipal baths, the Erie County Almshouse, St. Francis Asylum, and St. Mary's Asylum
• Hello Buffalo
  Offers three groups of pictures: Buildings, Panoramics, and People.  See the navigation column on the right.
• Heritage Architecture of Buffalo, NY
  About 50 contemporary color pictures of favorite buildings and landmarks, with a link for easy ordering
• History of the Germans in Buffalo and Erie County, NY
  Full-page scans from the 1898 book with pictures of all kinds of Buffalo scenery with text in English and German
• Images of Western New York
  Here is an online photo album where you can upload your contributions
• Institutional Green
  Black & white interior photos of several beloved Buffalo landmarks, including the Central Terminal and the Buffalo Psychiatric Center
• Karl R. Josker, Buffalo album
  Current and vintage photos of Crystal Beach, churches, bars, houses, urban art, fire houses, theaters, and more.
• Kindred Roots Online: Erie County, New York
  About 35 vintage and contemporary scenes, including Sattler's and Fisherman's Wharf
• LisaAndMike.com
  Has four vintage stereoviews of Buffalo
• Michael Calanan's Photos Taken in Buffalo
  Contemporary photos of Central Terminal, Elmwood Village, grain elevators, waterfront, and more
• Monteleone's Pictures of Buffalo
  Almost a hundred vintage and modern scenes of Buffalo
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
  Search on Buffalo NY to get over 130 photos, prints, and other interesting ephemera, like advertising memorabilia and Hotel Statler menus
• New York State Archives
  Enter Buffalo at the Search link to get over 70 vintage images, a good number of which are scans of the 1845 census of the Buffalo Creek Reservation
• OAIster
Is a single search engine for digital collections at 750 different institutions.  Enter Buffalo, N.Y. at the search screen here, change the drop-down menu from Entire Record to Subject and limit to Images, and you will get over 150 pictures of the Guaranty Building, various Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, the Pan American Exposition, and a few other scenes.

• Old Buffalo
  About 180 images collected by Carrie Carver
• Olde Buffalo
  Has 33 vintage photos; not to be confused with Old Buffalo, above
• Pan-American Exposition Playing Cards, 1901
  All 52 cards have been reproduced, each one with a different view from the Exposition. Brought to you by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site.
• Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
  From the collection of the Library of Congress. Seen here are 17 views of Buffalo.
• Patrick Mahoney Postcard Collection
  Several dozen local cards in 10 categories
• Photographing the Pan Am
  A collection of professional and amateur photographs of the 1901 Exposition, brought to you by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural site.
• Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo
  Published in 1912, this volume has hundreds of photographs of buildings and streetscapes that aren't there anymore
  
• PictureHistory.com
  Search on Buffalo New York to get about 40 vintage photographs and engravings of Our Fair City
• Postcards from New York--Erie County
  Presently has over 40 picture postcards
• The Relationship of the Canal to Buffalo and its Harbor, 1845-2000
  About 25 period illustrations and photographs of the Canal District and waterfront
• StaffAnnouncer.com
  Presently has about 600 picture postcards. Brought to you by Steve Cichon.
• Stereoscopic Views of Buffalo from the Robert Dennis Collection
  Brought to you by the New York Public Library
• Tonawanda-Kenmore Historical Society
  Presently has four photo albums online: The Erie Barge Canal, How Western New York Gave Wings to the World, Palmer's Views, and the 1836-1936 Town Centennial booklet.
• Traveling Picture Show
  Has a large selection of vintage Buffalo postcards online, available for purchase as greetings cards and frameable enlargements
  
• Victorian Buffalo
  A dozen period engravings which you can send as free online postcards. Excerpted from my book, Victorian Buffalo, (©1999, Western NY Wares).
• Vintage Buffalo Views
  Period postcards brought to you by Chris Andrle
• Vintage Views of New York
  Scroll down for about two dozen period postcards of Buffalo
• Western New York Heritage Press
  Has dozens of vintage photographs, 1900 to the present
• WNYfilm.com
  Contemporary black & white photos of Buffalo's most photogenic scenery, intended to promote Buffalo as a movie location



Updated 10 May  2008