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 out on Friday, April 25, 2025.

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As I was scanning a copy of the The Leader for this blog post, I came across an article, on the final page of the April 18, 1925 paper, notes that the Corning glassmaker, Frederick Carder had been appointed by the then Secretary of Commerce, and future President, Herbert Hoover as Commissioner to Attend International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris; and it got me thinking that I don’t talk much about local notables from the past in this blog, other than whomever is highlighted in the Leader issue spotlighted each week. So I thought I’d adding some information on citizens who lived in Corning in the past and made a notable contribution to our local community; this also compliments the library’s in-house Notable Locals display, which by the way will be updated in May – but I digress!

Getting back to the point, as Frederick Carder is mentioned in The Leader that was published 100 years ago today, on April 18, 1925, I thought I’d share a bit of information on him to refresh the memories of many of us and perhaps enlighten a few others.

In a nutshell, Carder was born in England, learned glassmaking there and was later recruited by glassmaker Thomas Hawkes* to come to Corning and manage The Steuben Glass Works, which he did from 1903-1932. He then took a position as design director for Corning Glass Works. Carder was a very creative and industrious individual, and spry too and continued working locally in the glassmaking business until his retirement at age 96!

In addition to his passion for glassmaking, Frederick Carder was a firm believer in getting a good education and supported the advancement of local education and as a result had a school, my alma mater named after him – Frederick Carder Elementary School in Corning.

Biographical information on Carder is from the Corning Museum of Glass site, and the full bio can be accessed here https://people.cmog.org/bio/frederick-carder

For more information on Carder, and there is quite a bit to be found online; however, if you wish to go the traditional route, you can check out a book from the library – a neat one is: Frederick Carder: Portrait Of A Glassmaker by Paul Gardner.

And as a FYI note, while you’re traveling about town, check out the historic marker for The Steuben Glass Works; it was located where today we have a parking lot, across Denison Parkway in Corning from Burger King & the historic marker is on the north side of the street adjacent to Burger King.

Here is a link to a photo of the marker, which if you’re anything like me and you live in Corning – you buzz around town and don’t tend to notice the historic markers – but they are cool! https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=249463

And with all of that in mind, our first photo for this week is of Frederick Carder posing with the corner stone of Carder Elementary School in 1954.  

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Local History Photo 1: Frederick Carder With Carder School Corner Stone

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Local History Photo 2: Pine Street Looking North

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Local History Photo 3: Getting Into A Carriage With Corning Glass Works Buildings In 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 1925.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | April 18, 1925

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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!