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, May 3, 2024.

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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 Old Courthouse, Corning, N.Y.

Our first photo for this week shows the old courthouse in Corning. The building is still there, although no longer a courthouse.

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

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Local History Photo 3: Centerway Square, Corning, N.Y. (c. 1920s)

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A Glimpse of Local Life: Eight Six Years Ago

Usually this is the section where I include an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day one hundred years ago; this week though I’m going to post two copies of The Leader, one that was published eight-six years ago today, and a second that was published eighty-six years ago tomorrow.

And as you might expect, there is a reason for that!

Rock pioneer guitarist & Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, Duane Eddy was born in Corning, N.Y. on April 26, 1938! He was born in the old Corning Hospital, that as many people will recall was located right across Denison Parkway from the City Hall in Corning.

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Happy Birthday wishes go out to Duane Eddy and here is the entire Leader (Corning, N.Y.) for the day Duane Eddy was born, April 26, 1938.

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And here is The Leader, for April 27, 1938; and if you turn to page 10 you’ll see a short birth announcement for Duane Eddy, although it doesn’t mention his first name, instead it says “A son to Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Eddy.”

Very cool, take a look!

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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!