Lundy’s Lane Observatory handbill, 1855

Abstract

A handbill advertising an observatory on the Lundy’s Lane Battle Ground. There is a large image of the tower and the year 1855 is handwritten above it. The text reads “The above Observatory has been erected at a great expense, and is now open for visitors from the top of which can be seen one of the best SCENERIES on the Western Continent viz: Lake Erie and Ontario—Grand, Navy, Buckhorn and Goat or Iris Islands—Brock’s Monument, Beaver Dam, Short Hills, the Spires of the Churches in Buffalo, the Rapids above the Falls, and a vast country lying on both sides of the Niagara river. This Observatory is much the highest one in the vicinity and is attended by Mr. ADAM STULL, who fought in the battle on the memorable 25th July 1814, of which abundant certificates are in his possession to substantiate the same”. A large ink blot interferes with some of the text on the handbill. At the bottom a new feature is noted, which is the addition of a telescope to the observatory.