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Local History Photos & Newspaper: May 9, 2025

Linda Reimer , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hi everyone, here are the local history photos & vintage newspaper of the week for last week, which will be followed by the blog post for this week later this afternoon; last week I thought I had scheduled the local history post to publish on Friday, May 9; and only just discovered today, that in fact I hadn’t done so – sorry about that!

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Local History Photo 1: Erie Railroad Bridge, Painted Post, New York

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Local History Photo 2: East Section of Corning Glass Works, Corning, N.Y.

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Local History Photo 3:  Pier’s Corning Band

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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. | May 9, 1925

1925.05.09 LeaderDownload

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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!

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays.

Local History Photos & Newspaper April 4, 2025

Linda Reimer , , , , , , , , ,

Hi everyone, here are the local history photos & vintage newspaper of the week.

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be published on Friday, April 11, 2025.

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Local History Photo 1: Corning, New York (1882)

From the Library of Congress free usage, digital collection.

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Local History Photo 2: Congressman Erastus Corning (1859)

From The Library of Congress’s free usage digital collection. Corning was named for the congressman and merchant

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Local History Photo 3:  Major General Baron von Steuben (photo of 1783 engraving)

This photo, of the engraving, from 1783, is also an image from the Library of Congress’s free usage digital collection.

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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. | April 4, 1925

1925.04.04 The LeaderDownload

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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!