Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History photos are published on Fridays; and the next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, March 12, 2021.
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Local History Photo 1: Dapper Man
Our first photo for this week shows a dapper looking gentleman standing on Market Street, just beyond the old Corning Real Estate Insurance Agency. The date the photo was taken is unknown; it is one of the photos taken by the Drake Family and donated to the library at some point in the past.
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Local History Photo 2: Street Scene: Girl in Winter
Our second photo for this week, also a Drake Family photo, shows a girl standing on one of the old wooden sidewalks in Corning, during a cold winter day, years and years ago!
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Local History Photo 3: Elephants in Corning!
Our final photo for this week, also a Drake Family photo, offers us a glimpse of elephants waking through Corning as part of a parade – back in the days of horse drawn carriages! As with the first two photos, the date the photo was taken is unknown, but I’d guess by the carriage in the foreground that it was taken before 1920.
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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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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:
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!
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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!
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