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

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Local History Photo 1: Panoramic View of Southside Hill, Corning, N.Y.

Our first photo for this week is from our batch of photos by the early local photographer Isabel Walker Drake. This photo offers a neat street scene with Saint Mary’s Church & the Castle Arsenal seen in the background.

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Local History Photo 2: Corner of First and Cedar, Corning, N.Y.

This photo, another by Isabel Walker Drake, was taken in front of what was then the Drake family home, and is now part of the 171 Cedar Arts complex; and we can easily tell the location the photo was taken by the view of Corning’s Christ Episcopal Church, which can clearly be seen across the street from the group of people, and looks much the same today as when the photo was taken. And the photo must have been taken after 1893 as that is the date the new Episcopal church building was completed – if you walk by the church you can see the date on the corner stone located to the left of the first Cedar Street entrance. And the group of people in the foreground, seen in their festive clothes with a toddler in white; it looks like it might just be a christening party.

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Local History Photo 3: Panoramic View of Corning from Southside Hill Too

This second panoramic photo offers us view from the Southside Hill northward, towards the heart of the City of Corning and despite being a bit faded clearly shows the Corning Glass Works factory in the background.

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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 1926.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | July 31, 1926

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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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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.