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, January 6, 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: The Episcopal and Methodist Churches, Corning, N.Y.

Our first photo for this week is of a postcard showing the Episcopal and Methodist Churches on First Street in Corning at some point in the past.

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Local History Photo 2: First Congregational Church, Corning, N.Y.

Our Second photo for this week is also of a postcard, showing a church; in this case the old First Congregational Church in Corning.

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Local History Photo 3: Methodist Church, Painted Post, N.Y.

And in keeping with our theme of postcards showing local churches, our final photo for this week shows the Methodist Church in Painted Post, N.Y. with unpaved streets running along side of it!

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

Did you know that Painted Post, N.Y. once had its own newspaper? It did!

And I found an entire issue of the paper on the NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/) website and thought I’d share!

So here it is!

All four pages of The Painted Post Times, Painted Post, New York for February 26, 1873:

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And as the old year is on its way out, and 2023 is rapidly approaching, here is a cool and seasonal poem titled Old Father Time, written by Harry Irving Greene and published in Corning’s Evening Leader on December 26, 1916:

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, December 30, 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: Corning Glass Works Complex (circa early 20th Century)

Our first photo for this week is of a postcard showing the old Corning Glass Works factory complex on the south side of the Chemung River.

If you look closely at the bottom of the photo, which unfortunately was cut off when the photographer took the photo, you can see a date 1/4/06 – meaning, of course, January 4, 1906 – so we can estimate that this is what the Corning Glass Works complex looked like at the dawn of the twentieth century.

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Local History Photo 2: Post Flood Cleanup in Corning (1972)

Our second photo for this week offers us a view of the clean up efforts after the Flood of 1972. Mud was a real issue!

The location the photo was taken, other than that it was taken in Corning itself, is a mystery.

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Local History Photo 3: Baron Steuben Hotel (1956)

Our final photo for this week shows the dining room at the Baron Steuben Hotel in Corning ready to receive guests in 1956!

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

The Old Evening Leader Building & Subscription Price

From The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | December 23, 1916 | Page Two

In 1916 The Evening Leader offices and publication hub were housed in a building located on the corner of Erie Avenue (later Denison Parkway) and Walnut Street in Corning.

I thought the illustration of the building was neat and also the subscription information – two cents per day, ten cents per week, forty-five cents per month and five dollars per year; to have the paper delivered to your house!

For a look at additional local and regional news of the day, here is Page Two in its entirety:

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And for a glimpse of national and international news of 1916, here is:

The Front Page of The Evening Leader, December 16, 1916:

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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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*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, December 23, 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: Aerial View of Corning (1956)

Our first photo for this week shows an aerial view of Corning, New York, looking westerly back in 1956.

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Local History Photo 2: Market Street (1961)

Our second photo for this week shows Market Street in Corning, frozen in time, back in 1961!

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Local History Photo 3: Market Street (1961)

And our third photo for this week, also taken in 1961, offers another aerial view of Market Street; this time at night looking

westerly from, near the corner of Wall and Market Streets in Corning.

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

This week our “old newspaper article” actually contains two items that offer a window into what life was like in Corning in 1908.

The first is actually an ad from Bong’s Jewelers alerting local residents to the fact that they had fine hat pins for sale.

And the second, focuses on a gentlemen named George Thrall who worked at a local rail yard and injured his hands while at work.

Today, of course, hat pins aren’t the hot item they were in 1908; and there are far fewer individuals working in the railroad industry

– but just imagine what it was like in 1908 when ladies needed a fashionable hat pin to complete their outfits and train travel was

the primary means of getting people and products across the country – very cool!

And as the hat pin ad and the George Thrall injury notice are a bit fuzzy in the photo, the text is typed out beneath the photo:

HAT PINS

Solid gold, gold filled, and sterling silver. A very large assortment at attractive prices. John E. bong, Corning, N.Y.

–George E. Thrall of Griffith Street, a switchman in the upper Central years, had several of his fingers slightly injured yesterday afternoon while uncoupling cards. The injuries while painful, were not serious.

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For a more in-depth look at local and regional news of the ear, here is the entire page the two items appeared upon, from The

Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | December 16, 1908:

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And for a look at national and international news of the day, here is The Front Page of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. |

December 16, 1908:

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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,

–

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: Hub Clothing Store

Our first photo for this week shows the Hub Clothing Store in Corning, date unknown.

I love the parasol the lady, at the left side of the photo, is using. How many people use parasols today? Very cool!

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Local History Photo 2: Pine Street Looking Northward Towards Centerway Square

Our second photo for this week, is one of my favorites found in the library’s Local History Archive. It shows a view of Pine Street

taken from just below the intersection of Pine and Seconds Streets, and looking northward towards what today is Centerway

Square – what a neat photo showing the unpaved street, the courthouse on the left and the clock tower in the distance!

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Local History Photo 3: Street Scene, Corning, N.Y. (c. early 1900s)

Our third photo for this week offers a street scene of Corning at an unknown date.

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

100 Couples At Firemen’s Ball & The Junior Senior Fair

From The Corning Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | December 9, 1922 | Page 12

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For a glimpse of local and regional news of the era, here is all of

Page 12 of the Corning Evening Leader, December 9, 1922:

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And as a bonus, since the newspapers in days of old offers such a terrific view of who was doing what, i.e. local residents visiting

friends & returning from trips – here is Page Five of the Corning Evening Leader, December 9, 1922 which features more fun

local items of note, including the Personals:

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And for a look at the national and international news of the day, here is

The Front Page of The Corning Evening Leader for December 9, 1922:

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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

–

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,

–

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: Train In Corning (c. early 1900s)

Our first photo for this week shows a train bringing deliveries to Corning.

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Local History Photo 2: Train In Corning Too (c. early 1900s)

Our second photo for this week shows another train, this one with a clearly visible number – 8,000 on the engine, stopped in Corning.

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Local History Photo 3: The Hawkes Building (c. mid twentieth century)

Our final photo for this week, shows the Hawkes building on Market Street in Corning in the mid twentieth century.

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Old Newspaper Article of the Week

The Erie’s Winter Schedule from the Corning Daily Democrat, Corning, N.Y., December 3, 1888.

The “Erie” of course, refers to the Erie Railroad; and how exciting to remember the days when goods and people traveled by railway!

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

Page Four of the Corning Daily Democrat, December 3, 1888

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And for a brief look at national and international news in December of 1888 here is:

The Front Page of The Daily Democrat, December 3, 1888:

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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!