The United States Library of Congress (LOC) maintains an incredible collection of public domain photographs taken throughout the United States (primarily East of the Mississippi River) in the late 1800s and early 1900s by Detroit Publishing Company.

This book includes the best of the LOC's Detroit Publishing Company collection from Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Western New York, and beyond. Many of these images had seen the effects of age, so all pictures included in this publication have been cleaned to remove stray marks, stains, and fingerprints. When necessary, they have been strategically cropped. As you peruse these pages, you will see how the beautiful, high-resolution, black and white images provide a gorgeous, nostalgic look into simpler times in a burgeoning region with unlimited potential, magnificent architecture, diverse culture, hard-working residents, and breathtaking natural scenery.

• History
• Photography

• Trade/General Adult (ages 18+)
• Non-fiction (varies based on subject matter)
• Professional/Scholar (adult)

Serial entrepreneur, web designer, publisher, and author William ("Bill") Even has been self-employed since 2006. In addition to his web design and marketing firm, The Coming Wave, LLC., and independent publishing firm, Media Hatchery, Bill runs a web-based subscription service to develop nutrition facts panels (NutritionFactsMaker.com) and runs an e-commerce website that sells vintage photographs of Buffalo and Western New York on canvas (NostalgicBuffalo.com).

Bill has authored three books: A Brief History of the United States for the Easily Offended, Nostalgic Buffalo, and Nostalgic Railroads. In addition, he has revitalized and published a number of public domain works on the history of Buffalo, NY, as well as his favorite "children's book," Struwwelpeter, written in 1845 and re-introduced by Dwight Schrute in an episode of The Office.

Bill lives outside of Buffalo with his wife, Nadine. He has two successful adult children that he is counting on for support in his old age.