Mailing Niagara: The Grand Island Bridges have their own postcard

To finish up our postcard series, I thought I'd throw a curveball: a postcard on the Grand Island bridges. Another teacher story: one of my teachers (different from the Hilton one) once said that there were no bridges connecting Grand Island to the mainland until the 1960s. I mean, he's wrong, but the second set … Continue reading Mailing Niagara: The Grand Island Bridges have their own postcard

Mailing Niagara: A Festival of Lights

To start out our month of Niagara Falls postcards, I felt there would be no better option than this vintage piece from the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights. The city of Niagara Falls, NY started off the Festival of Lights in 1980. That makes it older than the Canadian version, so yes, we are the … Continue reading Mailing Niagara: A Festival of Lights