Month: February 2017

Local History Photo: Friday, February 24, 2017

Linda Reimer , , , ,

Hi everyone, here is our local history photo of the week!

(Click on the photo for a larger view!)

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The record for this photo has no information – so if you know anything about the people in the photo and/or what they were doing let us know!

It is a neat, and fairly clear photo, of a number of men that appear to be firefighters and policemen among others transporting slated items via horse drawn cart.

See the marching band near the driver of the horse drawn cart in the foreground, I wonder if perhaps they’d been in a parade…

Have a great weekend!

Linda, SSCL

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:

Don’t forget at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

And here’s your weekly reminder that at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

Also of note, we have the local paper, at times called the Corning Leader, Corning Journal or Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!

 

Local History Photo: Friday, February 17, 2017

Linda Reimer , , , , , ,

Hi everyone, here is our local history photo of the week.

(Click on the photo for a larger view!)

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This record for this photo is completely blank — however, if you look closely at the photo you can see at the top it says “B.P.O.E. Corning, N. Y.” So I think we can safely say this is a photo of an Elks Club building in Corning at some time in the past. My only question is — is this actually the same Elks Club building that we see on Walnut Street today? If so what a difference! The old building had great class the new building looks like a upgrade from the 1950s or 1960s.

Have a great weekend!

Linda, SSCL

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:

Don’t forget at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

And here’s your weekly reminder that at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

Also of note, we have the local paper, at times called the Corning Leader, Corning Journal or Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!

 

Local History Photo: Friday, February 10, 2017

Linda Reimer , , , , , , ,

Hi everyone, here is our local history photo of the week!

(Click on the photo for a larger view)

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The record for this neat photo is brief and it doesn’t give a year for the photo it does say:

“Float In Parade For Football Game – CFA vs. GlenCove”

I’ve never heard of GlenCove but then when I went to CFA it was a middle school and not a high school. So perhaps some of you know a thing or two about CFA Football and/or the GlenCove Football team?

If you know more than we do about our local history photos – please let us know!

Have a great weekend!

Linda, SSCL

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:

Don’t forget at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

And here’s your weekly reminder that at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.

Also of note, we have the local paper, at times called the Corning Leader, Corning Journal or Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!

And…

If you find any old photos of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library! We’re happy to add new photos to our Local History Photo Archive.

 

Local History Photo: Friday, February 3, 2017

Linda Reimer , , , ,

Hi everyone, happy February!

Here is our local history photo of the week.

(Click on the photo for a larger view!)

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The record for this photo notes that the subject is “W. Kisbaugh,” that the location is “Riverside” and the photo was taken on April 3, 1924.

I don’t know which of the ladies seen in the photo is W. Kishbaugh, or if perhaps that is the person who owned the building. And, indeed, it is hard to make out details about the two ladies in the photo; however, I think the billboards on the building are really cool! The billboards/posters, from left to right and clockwise read”

Chemung Tobacco

Bank Roll Scrap

&

Pinch Nut

And the fourth poster features a baseball player but I cannot make out any of the text on the sign.

What a cool snap shot of Riverside in 1924!

Have a great weekend!

Linda, SSCL

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:

Don’t forget at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album or calendar for 2017!

And here’s your weekly reminder that at the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.

Also of note, we have the local paper, at times called the Corning Leader, Corning Journal or Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!

And…

If you find any old photos of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library! We’re happy to add new photos to our Local History Photo Archive.