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

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on Friday, September 27, 2024.

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Local History Photo 1: Pine Street Square, Corning, N.Y. (Circa early 1900s)

Our first photo for this week shows what was then Pine Street Square, and is now Centerway Square.

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Local History Photo 2: Market Street, Corning, N.Y. (c. late 1800s)

Our second photo for this week shows Market Street decorated for a patriotic event, perhaps a parade; in the late 1800s.

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Local History Photo 3: The Old City Club Building, Corning, N.Y. (1926)

And our final photo for this week, shows what was then the old City Club Building on the corner of First and Pine Streets in Corning, in the aftermath of a fire that occurred in May 1926. The building was subsequently repaired and remodeled and opened as the World War Memorial Library on Memorial Day 1930. Today the building houses apartments.

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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!

Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1924.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | September 20, 1924

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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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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 local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and 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!