Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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This is a special, multi-photo end of the year edition!

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, January 1, 2021.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Photo 1: CFA Football Team

The Corning Free Academy Football Team circa 1900.

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Photo 2: H.P. Sinclair Factory

The old Sinclair Factory in Corning circa 1906. The factory was located in the lot that today houses Dunkin’ Donuts.

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Photo 3: Birds Eye View of Corning

A photo of a postcard showing a birds eye view of Corning from Gibson.

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Photo 4: The Gridley Family

A photo of the local Gridley Family taken in Oneida, N.Y. in 1926; from left to right Mable, Myron, Nellie & Herbert Gridley.

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Photo 5: Caton Methodist Episcopal Church Members

We don’t know exactly when this photo was taken; however, it is a cool photo showing members of the Caton Methodist Church, and it was probably taken in the early twentieth century.

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Photo 6: Firetruck (and fireman too!)

A neat photo of a firetruck, and an unknown fireman, in the early twentieth century.

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Photo 7: William Harrison House

Our seventh photo shows the William Harrison House circa 1930. If you know where the house was, or is as the case may be – let us know! The car the people are standing in front of the house are neat too – we have no information on the people in the photo; they may, or may not be the Harrison Family!

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Photo 8: Lumber Industry

This photo obviously has a water stain on it. However, I wanted to include it because is shows an old lumber factory in Gang Mills. And we forget today, how big a deal the lumber industry was in our area in the nineteenth century!

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, December 18, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Our photos for this week show trains that passed through our area in the days of old. Our records don’t indicate where exactly the trains stopped; however, the photos are cool for the view of the train age and the neat old-style clothing the people in the photos are wearing – not to mention the trains themselves as trains are cool!

Local History Photo 1: Train

 

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Local History Photo 2: Train Too

 

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Local History Photo 3: And Yet Another Train

 

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, December 11, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Local History Photo 1: Denison Park

Our first photo for this week shows Denison Park at sometime in the past.

It looks like a fun picnic was being held, early in the twentieth century.

 

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Local History Photo 2: Corning Baseball Team

Our second photo for this week shows a Corning baseball team in the early twentieth century.

 

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Local History Photo 3: First Street Home

And our final photo for this week shows a home on First Street in Corning, at some time in the past – our records don’t indicate when – but I believe I’ve driven by the house in the past!

It might make a cool weekend walking assignment; walk down First Street in Corning and look for the house in the photo!

 

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, December 4, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Local History Photo 1: “Construction”

The record for our first photo for this week has a very brief description; it says simply “Construction.”  However, just what is being constructed or where, specifically, it is being constructed isn’t clear. However, whether it is the factory buildings or the railroad that are being worked on, construction-wise, it is a neat photo of whichever factory of the Southern Tier is shown in days gone by!

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Local History Photo 2: New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Yards

Our second photo for this week shows the old New York Central & Hudson River railway yards that were once found in the City of Corning.

It is hard to believe today, what a railroad busy place Corning was back in the day!

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Local History Photo 3: “Flood”

Our third photo for this week also has a simple description – it is titled simply “Flood”, and that is all the information found on the item record.

I’m guessing, in peering closely at the clothing the people are wearing that this photo, that it just might have been taken in 1972 – but where the photo was taken is a mystery!

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 27, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Viewer’s Note: This week, all three local history photos feature completely blank description cards – so we know they were taken in Corning at some time in the past – but when is a mystery!

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Local History Photo 1: Market Street circa 1940s

Our first photo for this week offers a true window into the past; showing West Market Street in the 1940s. Specifically, we’re looking at Deluxe Dairy Products, Inc. located at 99 West Market Street and Ward Williams, Frigidaire Appliances located at 93-95 West Market Street. The street view is cool and those now vintage cars are too!

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Local History Photo 2: Painted Post in 1896

Our second photo for this week, is another photo of a photo from the library’s photo archive – but what a cool birds-eye view of the Painted Post! We see the Indian Monument in the foreground, and man driving a horse-drawn carriage in front of that; and the background a streetcar and a man lazily leaning against a lamp post! I can’t see what is going on in the lot on the other side of the street from the monument but perhaps someone with sharper eagle eyes can take a look and figure it out!

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Local History Photo 3: First Street in Corning

Our final photo for this week has a description card that is less informative than would be ideal; we don’t know what year the photo was taken – but it is super cool nonetheless! The view shows an unpaved East First Street in Corning looking westward from what the description card notes is the “Columbia Street area.”

I don’t recognize the building on the left and it may have been torn down decades ago…

And if you recognize exactly where the photo was taken – let us  know!

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 20, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Viewer’s Note: This week, all three local history photos feature completely blank description cards – so we know they were taken in Corning at some time in the past – but when is a mystery!

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Photos of the Week:

As I’ve run out of week, and am still trying to catch up, here are several photos from our local history archive that show a postcard, the aftermath of the Flood of 1972 as well as a group of students at C.F.A. and some somberly dressed ladies in black!

 

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 13, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Viewer’s Note: This week, all three local history photos feature completely blank description cards – so we know they were taken in Corning at some time in the past – but when is a mystery!

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Photo 1: Best People On Earth (Elk’s Club) Building

Our first photo shows the old Corning Elk’s Club, date unknown.

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Photo 2: Pine Street

Our second photo shows and unpaved pine street with vintage cars in the background, again the date the photo was taken is unknown – but the cars look like they might be of 1920s or 1930s vintage.

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Photo 3: Train Station

Our final photo for this week shows a train pulled into a local train station; exact date and location unknown.

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

–

Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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The next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 6, 2020.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Viewer’s Note: This week, all three local history photos feature completely blank description cards – so we know they were taken in Corning at some time in the past – but when is a mystery!

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Photo 1: Southside Hill

Our first photo shows the Southside hill looking westward; with the old armory building seen in the background. The old armory building was located in the area where the Castle Garden Apartments are located today.

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Photo 2: Old Corning Factory

Our second photo shows a part of the old Corning Glass Works factory complex.

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Photo 3: Market Street

Our third photo for this week offers a view of Market Street – and possibly the old Corning Club House building. Cast your eagle-eyes on the photo and let me know if you think it is that building – or another one!

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

–

Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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Photo 1: Unpaved Market Street

Our first photo for this week is a super oldie; it shows an unpaved Market Street at some time in the past.

And wow, the horse drawn carriage and the early automobile are super cool!

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Photo 2: View of Viaduct & Glass Factory

Our second photo for this week shows a bird’s eye view of the old viaduct and Corning Glass Factor years and years ago. Our records don’t have a date for the photo; but I believe that is the unpainted Little Joe Tower in the middle of the photo; so I think, perhaps, the photo was taken in the early Twentieth Century; possibly before the first World War.

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Photo 3: Parade In Corning

Our final photo for this week is one of several in our archive that show a parade in Corning at some time in the past. The record for the photo is blank so we don’t know when the photo was taken; but even so – the unpaved street, the wooden sidewalk and the dapper men in their uniforms sure make this photo sparkle!

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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References:

Jordan, Jason. & Simon, Neal. (2018, February 22). Footnotes in local, presidential history. Hornell Evening Tribune., https://www.eveningtribune.com/news/20180222/footnotes-in-local-presidential-history

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

–

Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

–

Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!

Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week.

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Helpful Photo Viewing Tips are found at the end of the posting for anyone who would like a few tips on how best to view the photos*

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This week our photos are all of the same event! All three photos show former General, and future President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, seated next to Amory Houghton Sr., at the dedication of the World War Memorial Stadium in Corning.

And thanks to the Hornell Evening Tribune, I was able to find the date the photos were taken, the same day as the stadium dedication, September 12, 1948!

Also of note, we don’t quite have all our equipment set up at the library just yet! Our scanners aren’t hooked up – so I used my phone to capture these images via the photos in our Local History Photo Archive. Rest assured though, we will be ready for patrons when we re-open to the public on Monday, October 26!

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Photo 1, 2 & 3: Dwight D. Eisenhower at War Memorial Stadium Dedication

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Have a good weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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References:

Jordan, Jason. & Simon, Neal. (2018, February 22). Footnotes in local, presidential history. Hornell Evening Tribune., https://www.eveningtribune.com/news/20180222/footnotes-in-local-presidential-history

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

Research & Learning: Lynda.com, Databases, Etc.

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*To Create A Larger View (make the photos appear bigger on your screen):

You can click on each photo for a larger view. And then click the back arrow on your web browser to go back to the previous screen.

Alternatively, you can press and hold down the CTRL key, on your keyboard, while tapping the + key on your keyboard to make the photos appear larger on your screen.

To Create A Smaller View (make the photos appear smaller on your screen – after you’ve made them appear larger):

 Press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and tap the – sign to make the photos appear smaller again.

And If You Use A Mouse – CTRL & Scroll:

If you use a mouse you can do what is called “control and scroll”, to make photos appear larger and then smaller on your screen. To do this –>press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and push the scroll wheel on your mouse away from you for a larger view. To reverse the larger view hold down the same CTRL key on your keyboard and pull the scroll wheel on your mouse towards you.

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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
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…

And if you find any old photos or postcards of the Corning area that you don’t know what to do with – you can always donate them to the library!