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 out on Friday, February 28, 2025.

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Local History Photo 1: (Old) City Hall, Corning, N.Y. Postcard

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Local History Photo 2: The Evening Leader Building, Corning, N.Y.

I took a look at the old city directories to find the location of the Evening Leader building. And according to the 1958 city directory The Leader offices were located at 114 Walnut Street.

The 1959 directory indicates that The Leader offices had moved and were then located at 149 East Pulteney Street, in Corning; the building was torn down before the “new” highway was completed in that area; so unfortunately that cool old building no longer exists I’d love to do more research on just when all of that occurred but have run out of time for this week —

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Local History Photo 3: The Painted Post High and Grammar School and Auditorium, Painted Post, N.Y Western Gateway Community of the Finger Lakes Postcard

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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 1925.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | February 21, 2025

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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!