Made of the Mist

Made of the Mist: Life in Niagara During the Long 19th Century

This website accompanies an exhibition held in the Brock University Library from March 3-26, 2025.

Made of the Mist: Life in Niagara During the Long 19th Century features a selection of items from Brock’s Archives & Special Collections chosen by Visual Arts students in VISA 2P90. Each student in the class selected an item from the collection to research and present.

There is a broad range of material in this exhibit–from stereographs to sketches–but all of the items are connected by a focus on life and culture in Niagara during the long 19th century (end of the 18th century through to the early years of the 20th century).

Items in the Exhibition (links open to PDF files with further details)

Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara (19th century photographic stereocard). Researched by Brianne Bousfield.

Rochester Lithographing and Printing Company, Columbian Raspberry. Researched by Amber Cairns.

Pages featuring articles published by poet and journalist Ethelwyn Wetherald in June/July 1888. Researched by Cecilia Clucas.

Platt D. Babbitt, Luna Island Indigenous People (glass stereograph, 19th century). Researched by Madeline Corbier.

Harvey M. Gayman, Rittenhouse School and Gardens, Jordan Harbor Lincoln County, Ontario (1911). Researched by Samantha Farmer.

Women’s Literary Club Programme, 1894-1895. Researched by Mark Hallihan.

George Macnoe, Curling and Curling Reminiscences (1886). Researched by Jordan Howcroft.

Man Standing on Table Rock in Winter (glass stereograph 19th century). Researched by Zoe Huang.

Morris, Stone & Wellington, Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, etc., etc., (1895). Researched by Ash Kadwell.

“Come Travel With Us.” Sketch from Women’s Literary Club of St. Catharines scrapbook. Researched by Anie Nguyen.

Floral image and page of writing from the Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth Friendship Album, p.35-36. Researched by Brooke Nolan.

Three pencil drawings of birds from the Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth Friendship Album, pgs. 20 32, and 97. Researched by Aaron Rose.

Photographer Unknown, Studio Portrait of a Woman (tintype, 19th century). Researched by Lauren Robertson.

Sidney Hall, Map of the Niagara Frontier (1818). Researched by Emilia Salazar.

Broadsheet from the Fenian Raid Broadside Collection. Researched by Ariana Trevisan.

Knowles & Maxim Publishers, Real Pen Work, Self-Instructor in Penmanship. Researched by Madison Vandermeer.

Photographer Unknown, St. Paul Street Showing Griffin’s Opera House (August 1917). Researched by Lucy Webster.

“Welland Canal Money,” St. Catharines Journal (August 4, 1836), p.3. Researched by Zhenhao Xia.

Advertisement for the Queen’s Royal Hotel. Researched by Laura Yungblut.

Grand Buffalo Hunt! poster (August 1872). Researched by Lifan Zhang.