Norman Ball Stereo Card Collection, 1873-1905, n.d.
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The collection consists of 104 stereo cards of Niagara Falls and the Niagara River sorted by publisher or photographer. Photographers and publishers include American Scenery; E. & H.T. Anthony, including “American Views”; Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, New York; C. Bierstadt; Geo. E. Curtis; Griffith & Griffith; T. W. Ingersoll; International Stereoscopic View Co.; Keystone View Company; B.W. Kilburn; The “Perfec” Stereograph / H.C. White; Standard Series, American scenery; Strohmeyer & Wyman, sold by Underwood and Underwood; and Underwood and Underwood.
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Norman R. Ball is the owner and founder of Norman R. Ball and Associates. The focus of the company is the history of technology and engineering and the interaction between technology and society. Dr. Ball was formerly the Director for Society, Technology and Values at the University of Waterloo. He also served as the Director of the Centre of Society Technology and Values and Northern Telecom. He was a Professor of Engineering Impact on Society in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Alberta. His research has covered a wide variety of topics including: hospitals, the history of engineering in Canada, Canadian public works, electrical manufacturing and Niagara Falls tourism. He received his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Toronto.