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An excerpt from an article titled "Nitey Nite Sets Pace In Industry" in The Perry Knitting Company News on including a local committee of mothers to help their production of Niteys.

One of the most famous American paintings of the 19th century, Church prepared for his work via numerous studies and the innovative decision to adapt his aspect ratio to the Falls' width--probably borrowed from murals and panoramic paintings. The…

During the mid-1960s, journalist Cliff Spieler of the Niagara Gazette published a series of articles warning that the American Falls were in danger of "disappearing" due to erosion and rockfall (two major incidents occurring in 1931 and 1954). By…

By the 1880s Niagara Falls was a very popular tourist destination, thanks to the availability of railroad transportation to its spectacular falls. A number of viewpoints and activities are shown on the map, including a dicey-looking elevator ride…

Promotional brochure from the motor age--"There is no Automobile Road Through the Gorge"--was created by an electric railway company started in the early 1890s. Capt. John M. Brinker, a Buffalo businessman, had the perseverance to capitalize a…

Model showing the good parts of the Nite-Nites made by the Perry Knitting Company. Ten ways the sleepers are better.

A newspaper clipping about a foreign girl watching the bowling team play with their Nitey Nite Dolls.

A catalogue showcasing exclusive patterns from nitey nite. Patterns include aquatic, squeaky bunny, and much more.

Cover of a promotional 78 rpm record, created for the Perry Knitting Company's "Nitey Nite" line of children's sleepwear, features a photograph similar to its print advertising of the time. In the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle a local department…