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, December 2, 2022.

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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: Edwin Clarke English (photo circa 1900)

Our first photo for this week is of Corning attorney and Civil War veteran Edwin Clark English. If you look closely as the bottom of the

photo you can see a date – December 18, 1910. I assumed that date was the day Mr. English died and did a search of The Evening

Leader for December 19, 1910 and was able to find his obituary at the top of Page Eight:

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While I was looking for Mr. English’s obituary, I came across the obituary of another prominent local resident of the era, in the same

day’s newspaper; The Evening Leader, December 19, 1910, in this case on Page Seven the obit of George Drake and as it offers an

interesting mini-bio, I thought I’d share it!

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Local History Photo 2: Alliance Band of Corning (c. 1903)

Our second photo for this week shows the “Celebrated Alliance Band of Corning” set up to play on the brick street in front of the old

Corning City Hall (today, the Rockwell Museum building)

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Local History Photo 3: Crystal City Lodge Members (c. 1900)

Our final photo for this week shows members of the Crystal City Lodge, Knights of Pythias in 1900.

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

And this week, we’ve got two short articles as I thought they were both fun and couldn’t pick between them!

The first piece is titled Library Gets 13 New Books and the second, Seniors Make $200 On Play, tells that tale of a successful play

Addison High School seniors put on!

Both pieces appeared on Page Nine of the Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 25, 1910

For a glimpse of more local and regional news of the day, here is the entire page the articles of the week appeared upon,

Page Nine of the Corning Leader, November 25, 1910

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And for a glimpse of national and international news of the day, here is:

The Front Page of the Evening Leader, November 25, 1910

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Have a great 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:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

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.

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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.

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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!

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, November 25, 2022.

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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: Third Street in Corning, looking East from Walnut Street

Our first photo for this week shows Third Street in Corning, looking easterly from the intersection of Walnut and Third Streets.

Our record for this photo notes that the Arthur Houghton home can be seen at right; and the Sinclair home just past it, on the

corner of Pine and East Third Street. It is also cool to note, this photo was taken before Third Street was paved and before the

current Corning Free Academy building was built on the south/left side of the street.

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Local History Photo 2: The Old, Old Corning Hospital

Our second photo for this week shows the old Corning Hospital, a precursor to the Corning Hospital on Denison Parkway, built on

the block between Chemung and Pearl Streets, and which was torn down a few years ago with a modern apartment building

complex built in its place.

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Local History Photo 3: Corning Free Academy Class of 1956

Our third photo for this week shows the senior class at C.F.A. in June of 1956. Our record card notes that this graduating class was

the first to wear caps and gowns.

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Old Newspaper Article(s) of the Week

I found two fun articles this week, on the same page of The Evening Leader and Corning Daily Democrat, Corning, N.Y.

• Page Five, November 18, 1905. – and I couldn’t pick between them; so here they both are: Academy News and North Side

offering a look at local news of November 1905!

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Academy News

From The Evening Leader and Corning Daily Democrat, Page 5 | November 18, 1905

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North Side

Also from Page Five of The Evening Leader and Corning Daily Democrat | November 18, 1905

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For a glimpse of local and regional news, here is the entire page the article of the week appeared upon:

Page Five of The Evening Leader and Corning Daily Democrat | November 18, 1905

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And for a look at national and international news of the day, The Front Page of the paper for that same day, November 18, 1905

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Have a great 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:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

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.

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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.

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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!

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

–

Local History photos are published on Fridays; and the next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 18, 2022

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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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Today, November 11, is of course, the traditional day Veteran’s Day was celebrated in the 20th Century. Veteran’s Day was the

second designation for the day to honor all the soldiers who served in both World Wars. After World War I, but before World War

II, the day was called Armistice Day to celebrate the ending of World War I which fell on the eleventh hour of the eleventh month

at eleven o’clock.

Thus, this posting is in honor of all soldiers who served in the World Wars and all-American soldiers who served our country in

the 246 years since our country’s founding. Thanks to all for their service!

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Our three photos for this week show local World War I era soldiers.

Local History Photo 1: Lt. Laurison Walsh (1918)

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Local History Photo 2: Lt. Harold McCormick

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Local History Photo 3: Ensign John V. Heyniger

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

This week our article is an interesting ad that appeared in The Evening Leader the day the armistice was signed that ended

World War I, November 11, 1918. James Lese, the proprietor of a store at 161 Front Street had been called up in the draft and was

selling all his stock and even his car. I wondered what became of the gentleman and looked up that name in Corning city

directories in the 1920s and found a man with the same name was later a butcher and owner of another story in the City of Corning

– so assuming it is the same James Lese, he survived the end of the war and returned to Corning.

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CALLED TO WAR MUST DISPOSE OF MY BUSINESS

Appeared in The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 11, 1918, Page Seven

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For a look at additional local and regional news of the day, here is the entire page the article of the week appeared upon:

The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 11, 1918, Page Seven

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And for a look at the national and international news on that momentous day, here is:

The Front Page, The Evening Leader, November 11, 1918

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Have a great 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:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

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!

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

–

Local History photos are published on Fridays; and the next local history photo posting will be up on Friday, November 11, 2022.

–

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 Photos 1 – 3: Undated photos of Corning

(with no descriptions/location info in our records)

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Old Newspaper Article of the Wee

On The Bookshelf

From The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y., November 4, 1925, Page Four

For a broader look at local and regional goings on here is

Page Four, of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 4, 1925

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And for a window into the national and international events of the day here is the:

Front Page of the Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | November 4, 1925

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Have a great weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

–

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:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

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!