For my family, it is Niagara Falls.
As an archivist who specializes in ‘reading’ photographs, I like to take in the details of photos.
For photos taken at Niagara Falls, that detail is the distinctive ornamental design of the wrought iron railing along the parapet walls.
According to the Niagara Parks Commission, the first section of this wall was begun in 1904 and completed in 1923. It was extended to other sections in the 1930s.
The ornamentation of the wrought iron may have been the work of blacksmith Frederick James Flatman (1876-1957), who worked for the Commission in the 1930s and 1940s.
The accompanying slideshow depicts 4 generations of my family visiting Niagara Falls from 1948 through 2000, and all with the same railing detail in the background. Postcards and photographs in the collections of the City of Niagara Falls Museums also include this same railing detail.
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