Niagara Fall Museum & Penny Arcade

Real Photo Postcard. 1950s facade of the famed museum featuring painted signs for Bobby Leach, Martha Wagenfuhrer, and Anna Taylor who all went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Lettered signs over each window: Indian Relics, Butterflies Insects, Taxidermy, Skeletons Deformities, Science, Art, Knowledge, Numismatics, Oceanography, Biblical Scenes, Wood Craving, World's Greatest Mummies, etc. On verso: Printed: "Manufactured by Machleith Photo System, Milwaukee, Wis."

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