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ARKWRIGHT
Route 83
Construction - 1924 (from Robert Baker) [photo1, photo2, photo3]
Bull Road - 1945 (from Robert Baker)
BUSTI
Steamer Landing, Lakewood - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Country Club, Lakewood - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Ashville Depot - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
Geo. E. Maltby Residence, Shermans Bay - ???? (from
Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Busti Mill - early 1900s (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Kent House, Lakewood - ca 1907 (From
the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
CARROLL
Frewsburg Union School Fourteenth
Commencement - 1892 (from Bonnie Kidder)
Trolley at Frewsburg - 18??
(from Ward White)
Warren & Jamestown Street, Frewsburg -
Postmarked Nov. 11, 1908 Frewsburg, N.Y. (from Susan Irish)
Written by Esther
Thayer to W. Elva Thayer in Bellingham, WA.
Fentonville ME Church 1916 (from
Mary McIntyre)
Frewsburg Decoration Day - ????
(from Mary McIntyre)
On back of this card:
"Lest We Forget" The Samuel Derby Post and Auxiliary wil meet
at the Legiion rooms Tues. Evening May 8th at 8:00 P.M. to plan for the annual
Decoration Day observance. Lets all be on hand and show our last G.A.R.
veteran that the Legion does not forget. [signed] C.W. Barton, Comm.
[post-marked May 9, 1939]
Frewsburg Fire, Main St. - ????
(from Mary McIntyre)
Frewsburg Main St. - March 1936
(from Mary McIntyre)
Frewsburg Main St.Bridge - 1936
(from Mary McIntyre)
Gage's Barn, Frewsburg - 2001 (From Jack
McIntyre).
CHARLOTTE
Evergreen Cemetery, Sinclairville - early
1900s (from Audrey M. Rogers)
Rose trellis and barn of Timothy COPP, in
Sinclairville - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
On the national list
of Historical buildings bounded by Church, Joy, East and Okerlund Sts.
Sinclairville.
Sinclairville Railroad Yard -1912 (from Jay
T. Priest)
Home of Timothy COPP in Sinclairville - ???? (from
Dolores Davidson)
This home near the
barn is on the list of US Historical homes. Timothy D. Copp [son of John &
Mary Copp ] b. October 27,1812 d. March 5,1893 ] lot # 44 Evergreen Cemetery,
Sinclairville.
CHAUTAUQUA
Old Holland Land Company Vault - built abt. 1802
(from Dolores Davidson)
Old Holland Land Company Vault - 2003 (from
Randall Burt)
Mayville Greys , a softball/baseball team -
1888. William John Akers (b 1862) middle row, far left (from Marilyn King)
Hogs Back, Chautauqua Gulf - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Chautauqua County Jail, Mayville - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Train Depot, Mayville - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Point Chautauqua Shoreline, Chautauqua - 1906 (from
Vicki Richardson)
Ice Harvest, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Lighthouse Point, Chautauqua Lake - ????
(from Vicki Richardson)
Spencer Cottage, Point Chautauqua - ???? (from
Vicki Richardson)
Motor Boat, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Musky, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Hermit of Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Airmail Service (pilot)
- 1912 (from Dolores Davidson)
Airmail Service (plane) - 1912 (from Dolores
Davidson)
"Pilot A. J.
Engel, Carrying Mail Over Chautauqua Lake from Celoron to Mayville, Stopping at
Lakewood, Bemis Point, and Chautauqua, New York."
Griffith Point Landing, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from
Vicki Richardson)
City of New York Steamer, Chautauqua Lake - 1914
(from Vicki Richardson)
Long Point, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Long Point, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
Canoeing, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
'City of Pittsburgh' Steamer - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
"Sea Lion" of Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from
Dolores Davidson) (more photos)
Old Chautauqua County Home - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
Dewittville Church - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Tourgee House - 2003 (from Randall Burt)
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
Sherwood Memorial Hall - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Pier House Belfry Chimes - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Miller Edison Cottage - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Traction Station - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
CLSC Building - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Clark Street - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Athenaeum Hotel - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Miller Memorial Bell Tower - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Miller Memorial Bell Tower - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Post Office - 1908 (from Vicki Richardson)
Flower Girls, Recognition Day - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Foot Race, Field Day - 1909 (from Dolores Davidson)
Recognition Day - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Athletic Field - 1911 (from Vicki Richardson)
Denominational Houses - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Hall of Philosophy - 1923 (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Hall of Christ - 1924 (from Vicki Richardson)
Boat Landing - 1932 (from Paul & Bonnie
Kidder)
"Shore
View" Assembly Grounds, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Chris
McClelland)
Chautauqua North
Shore, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Chris McClelland)
Norton Hall - 1932 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Hurlbut Hall - 1934 (from Paul & Bonnie
Kidder)
Chautauqua Tents - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
Many early
Chautauquans lived in tents or tent houses. Tents were often brought to
Chautauqua by visitors; some were made on the grounds; others were rented.
Miller Cottage - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson) Summer home of Mrs. Thomas Edison on Lake Chautauqua.
Snow Cottages - ???? (from Peggy Strickland)
Owned by Orre Snow
CHERRY CREEK
South Side Avenue - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
South Side Avenue East - ???? (from Gladys
Pecoraro)
South Main Street - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
Main Street - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
Baptist Church - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
United Bretheren Church - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
CLYMER
DUNKIRK
Adams Memorial Church - ???? (from the collection of
Jay T. Priest)
High School - ???? (from the collection of Jay T.
Priest)
Bluffs at First Gulf - ???? (from the collection of
Jay T. Priest)
Bluffs at Battery Point - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
St. Mary's Orphans Asylum - ???? (from
Jay T. Priest)
City Hall - ???? (from Jay T. Priest)
Post Office, City Hall, and Civil War Soldiers Monument -
???? (from the collection of Jay T. Priest)
Point Gratiot Lighthouse - 1875 (from the
collection of Dolores Davidson) Another View
Built:
1875. This light is situated at Point Gratiot on a bluff overlooking Lake
Erie. The first lighthouse at this site was built in 1829 but was determined to
be in poor condition by the Lighthouse Board. The present tower is attached to
the large Victorian style two-story dwelling by an enclosed short brick
passageway.
Dunkirk Lighthouse - 1920 (photo
taken by George Eggers of Swan Street, Dunkirk, NY, donated by Mary A. Kayhart)
Dunkirk Lighthouse - 19?? (photo taken by
George Eggers of Swan Street, Dunkirk, NY, donated by Mary A. Kayhart)
Central Avenue & Fourth Street - ????
(from Dick Allen)
Lake Erie - 19?? (photo taken by George Eggers of
Swan Street, Dunkirk, NY, donated by Mary A. Kayhart)
Randall, Rolland J. & Josephine (Eggers)
photos & obituary - 19?? (donated by Mary A. Kayhart)
Dunkirk Academy - 1909 (from the collection
of Dolores Davidson)
Dunkirk Central Avenue - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
ELLERY
Bemus Point, Chautauqua Lake - 1908 (from
Mary Little McIntyre)
Bemus Point, Pickard House - ca 1900 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus
Point Businesses - 19?? (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Skillman Store, Post
Office, Pickard Hotel
Bemus Point Store - ca 1908
(from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
The Bemus Point store, would have been taken about 1908-1909 when T.P. Mattison
went to Bemus Point from Sugar Grove, PA The men are, left to right-
sitting in chair is Erwin Killman, sitting on the steps, Tom and Eugene
Mattison, standing left to right are Lester Killman and Marion Ingerson.
Bemus Point - ???? (from Richard Marchand)
Bemus Point - ???? (from Richard Marchand)
Bemus Point - Stow Ferry - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
Bemus Point - Stowe Ferry - 1909 (from
Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - The Browning - ????
(from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - Dock - early 1900's (from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - Church Street - early 1900's (from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - The Oaks - Aug 1910
(from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - View from
the Landing - early 1900's (from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - Blanche Kellogg - early 1900's
(from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
wife of Dr. James
Kellogg & charter memeber of Bemus Point NY Vol Fire Dept
Racing Crew at Greenhurst -
Chautauqua Lake - 1910 (from Mary Little McIntyre)
Bemus Point - 373 Bemus Heights -
ca 1911 (from Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - Early Blacksmith Shop of James
Culver - ???? (from James V. Culver)
Bemus
Point - T.P. Mattison WWI Military Census & Inventory - 1917 (from
Bonnie Kidder)
Bemus Point - Post Office - abt 1920
(from Bonnie Kidder)
Picture was taken
when Tom Mattison was postmaster (1916-1922). Karl Brewster in the picture
would carry mail from the depot to the Post Office according to notes on the
back of the picture.
Bemus Point Parade
- ca 1922 (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Decorated Buggy Car-1 Car-2
Maple Springs - The Campbell
Cottage - ???? (from Lois Campbell) [winter view from porch, Campbell Family]
Maple
Springs - Midway Park - 2007 (from Randall Burt)
ELLICOTT
Celoron Park from above, Celoron - 1907 (from
Dolores Davidson)
Celoron Park - 1907 (from Paul & Bonnie
Kidder)
Celoron Phoenix Wheel - 1907 (from Jay T.
Priest)
Celoron Lover's Walk & Tower, Chautauqua Lake -
1910 (from Mary Little McIntyre)
Sylvan Park, Celoron - 1910 (from Jay T.
Priest)
Celoron Grounds, Chautauqua Lake - ???? (from Chris
McClelland)
Double Deck Trolley Car, Celoron - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Figure Eight Roller Coaster, Celoron - ???? (from
Vicki Richardson)
Lake Front, Celoron Park - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Auditorium, Celoron - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Indian Village, Celoron - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Toboggan Slide, Celoron Park - ???? (from Vicki
Richardson)
Celoron Dock with THE Ferris Wheel, Celoron Park -
1910 (from Dolores Davidson)
Celoron Dock - May 19, 1912 (from Terry Heismann)
Falconer, Main St. - ???? (from Mary McIntyre)
Lucille Ball Statue at Celoron Park - 2003
(from Randall Burt) [2]
ELLINGTON
Ellington Band Stand - ???? (from Bonnie
Covedill)
Ellington Lock Stock
& Barrel Country Store - 2003 (from Bonnie Covedill)
FREDONIA
Fredonia White Inn - ???? (from Jay T. Priest)
Fredonia Grange No. 1 - ???? (from Jay T. Priest)
East Main Street - 1911 (from Paul & Bonnie
Kidder)
Fredonia Normal School - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Fredonia Teachers College - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
Columbia Hotel - ???? (from Jay T.
Priest)
Fredonia Fire Company & Methodist Church -
???? (from Jay T. Priest)
Fredonia Baptist Church - ca. 1945 (from Dolores
Davidson)
"In
this church, on December 15, 1873, 208 crusaders met, organized, and
became the First "Womens Christian Temperance Union" of the world
"
State Teacher's College - 1946 (from
Dolores Davidson)
Hart's Service Station - 19?? (from
Frederic Bolling)
Located at the
bottom of West Hill
FRENCH CREEK
GERRY
Gerry Home for Children - ???? (from
Carolyn Culver)
HANOVER
Skew Arch, Silver Creek - 1869 (from Jay T.
Priest)
Silver Creek - 1892 (from Jay T. Priest)
Silver Creek National Bank, Silver Creek - ????
(from Jay T. Priest)
Babcock Avenue School, Silver Creek - ???? (from Jay
T. Priest)
High School, Silver Creek - ???? (from Jay T. Priest)
First Presbyterian Church, Silver Creek - ???? (from
Jay T. Priest)
Main Street and Central Avenue, Silver Creek -
???? (from Dolores Davidson)
Central Avenue, Silver Creek - ???? (from Jay
T. Priest)
Silver Creek Bridge & Arches - 1900 (from
Jay T. Priest)
Hanover Mills, Forestville - ???? (from Gladys
Pecoraro)
Pearl Street, Forestville - ca 1908 (From
the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Walnut Creek Bridge, Forestville - 19??
(From the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Hanover Bridge, Silver Creek - 1906 (from
Dolores Davidson)
Skew Arch & Trestle, Silver Creek - 1910
(from Jay T. Priest)
Sunset Bay - 1920 (from Jay T. Priest)
Erie Railroad, Forestville - ????
St. Columban's Seminary, Silver Creek - 1937
(from Jay T. Priest)
NY Central RR Depot, Silver Creek - 1978
(Evening Observer photo) Depot built ca 1880.
HARMONY
Panama Fire - 1905 (from Dan Farnham) [pic1 pic2 pic3 pic4 pic5 pic 6]
Watts Flats Postcard - ca 1909 (from the
Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Panama Rocks and Lion Rock, Panama - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
Old Town View, Panama - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
JAMESTOWN
Abner Hazeltine Sr. home on 7 Allen St. -
Spring 1869 (from Terry Heismann)
Jamestown Bird's Eye View - 1882 (from
Dolores Davidson) Lithograph.
Gustavus Adolphus orphanage - 1886
(from Dolores Davidson) Located
on Chautauqua Lake, "Owned and Controlled by the New York Conference of
the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod, Dedicated January 27, 1886, Sustained
by Benevolence",
Main Street, Jamestown - 1906
(from Kathy Johnson) (back of card
)
Main Street, Jamestown - 1907 (from
Dolores Davidson)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church - 1907 (from
Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Prendergast Library, Jamestown - 1909
(from Dolores Davidson)
Sherman House after fire, Jamestown - 1910 (from
Mary Little McIntyre)
Courthouse
and Post Office, Jamestown - 1913 (from Dolores Davidson)
Dow Park, Jamestown - ???? (from Paul &
Bonnie Kidder)
Allen Park, Jamestown - 1916 (from Mary
Little McIntyre)
Churches of Chandler Street,
Jamestown - 1916 (from Dolores Davidson)
Third Street East - ca 1907 (from
Mary McIntyre)
Jamestown Armory - ca 1908 (from
Mary McIntyre)
Jamestown Centennial -
1910 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder) (back of card)
Jamestown Hotel - ???? (from Jay T. Priest)
James Prendergast Free Library - ???? (from
Jay T. Priest)
Episcopal Church & Parsonage - ????
(from Jay T. Priest)
W.C Williams, One Man Band - ????
(from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
First M.E. Church - 1917 (from Jay T.
Priest)
Seven Churches, Jamestown - ????
(from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Mt. Tabor Temple, I.O.O.F. - 1919 (from Jay
T. Priest)
Samuels Hotel, Jamestown - ???? (from
Dolores Davidson)
Swedish Lutheran Church, Jamestown - ????
(from Dolores Davidson)
Lake Outlet & Steamer - 1923 (from
Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Third Street Bridge - 1936
(from Pat Lawrence)
Partridge-Sheldon DAR
House - 1996 (from Bonnie Kidder)
PARTRIDGE-SHELDON
MANSION at 70 Prospect St, Jamestown, NY It is a Bed and Breakfast now in 2004.
The house was the first house built on Prospect Street. Joel Partridge built
part of this home about 1845. He also named the street "Prospect".
Later Porter Sheldon, a prominent lawyer and business man, elevated it to
mansion status with over 20 rooms. In 1908, the property was willed to his daughter
Cora Sheldon Tew and later passed to Granddaughter, Dorothy Tew Johnson. She
bequeathed the house to the Jamestown Chapter of the Daughter of the American
Revolution. (The information is from the brochure by the DAR.)
Statue of Robert Houghwout Jackson - 1996
(from Bonnie Kidder)
B. February 13, 1892
Spring Creek, Warren Co. PA; D. October 9, 1954; Justice of the United States
Supreme Court - 1941-1954; Statue is on North Main St., Jamestown NY
Chadakoin River & Warner Dam, Brooklyn
Square, Jamestown NY - 2001 (from Paul Kidder)
Reuben Fenton Statue, Jamestown - 2001 [detail ] (from Bonnie Kidder)
KIANTONE
Kiantone Congregational Church - 1999 and Sign - 1999 (from Bonnie Kidder)
MINA
Findley Lake - ca 1912 (from Phil Goodman)
Findley Island - ca 1912 (from Phil
Goodman)
Findley Boat - ca 1912 (from Phil
Goodman)
Findley Assembly - ca 1912 (from Phil
Goodman)
Findley Lake Ruins - ca 1912 (from Phil
Goodman)
Findley Lake - 1918 (from Dolores Davidson)
Camp Findley - Bathing Beach - 1951 (from
Paul & Bonie Kidder)
Camp Findley - Dining Hall - 1951 (from Paul
& Bonnie Kidder)
NORTH HARMONY
Stow Ferry, Stow - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
Stowe Ferry, Stow - 1909 (from
Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Atherly
Home, Ashville - ca 1836 (from Dolores Davidson) at 406 West Main St., Historic
Home .
Bly Home, Ashville - built 1835 (from Dolores
Davidson) by Smith BLY,
listed as an American Historical home, located at 4 North Maple St.
Victoria Hotel - 1888 (from Ginny Schroeder)
Hiram Marcy Home, Open Meadows - 1900 (from
Ginny Schroeder) Current photo Drawing
Cheney's Point - early 1900's (from
Bonnie Kidder)
POLAND
Poland
- WWII Honor Roll - 19?? (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
KENNEDY
Crooker? Hotel - 1887 (from the
Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Kennedy - ca 1887 (from the Mattison
Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Nicole Brothers Mill - ca 1895
(from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
D.A. Danielson, Undertaker - 1898 (from
Bonnie Kidder)
E. Main Street & Bridge - ???? (from Bonnie Kidder)
E. Main Street - ca 1900 (from the Mattison
Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Allen Residence - 1900-03 [near far] (from the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Pickles &
Jellies Canning Plant - early 1900's (from the Mattison Collection, via
Bonnie Kidder)
Erie RR Station - early
1900's (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
A.E. Fargo Blacksmith Shop - early
1900's (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
(present site of
Fire Hall)
Waste Gate Dam, Conewango
Creek - ???? (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
View from South of Creek - ????
(from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
View
from the South - ???? (from the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Early
Years - ???? (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie
Kidder)
Bird's
Eye View - ???? (from the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Conewango
Creek - ???? (from the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Main Street looking East - 1913 (from
Bonnie Covedill)
Methodist Church - ca 1914 (from Bonnie
Covedill)
First Street - 1916 (from the
Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
T.P. Mattison Hearse - 1925 (from
the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
The Hearse picture
was taken 1925, when T.P. and Ruth (Fuller) Mattison moved to Kennedy, NY and
bought the funeral home and grocery store business from the Danielson
Estate. "There was an old horse drawn hearse, that was part of the
Danielson Estate, which Tom's (T.P. Mattison) children played in, and later was
given to the Indian Reservation for their use. Tom embalmed the Indian,
Rolling Thunder."
Fuel Oil Ration Book
Cover - WWII, TP Matteson - 1945 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Fuel Oil Ration
Book Coupons - WWII, TP Matteson - 1945 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Sprague's Store & Post Office - 1962 (from the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Cross Store - 1962 (from the
Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
United Methodist Church - ca 1968 (from
the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Main Street looking West - ca 1970 (from
Bonnie Covedill)
POMFRET
Lily Dale Assembly Grounds - ???? (from Dolores
Davidson)
Lily Dale, Cassadaga - ???? (from Kathleen
Newcomer)
Cottage Views & Bowling Alley, Lily Dale - 1907
(from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Lily Dale Cottages near the entrance - ca 1910
(from Ed Kurtz)
Fox Cottage, Lily Dale - ???? (from Paul
& Bonnie Kidder) (back of card)
PORTLAND
Old Stone School House - ????
(from Emily Dahlstrom)
District no. 3,
Portland, N. Y. Built 1828
Scott's Store, Portland - ca 1900
(from Edward Kurtz)
Main Street, Portland - 1907 (from
Dolores Davidson)
Main Street, Portland - 1908 (from
Jay T. Priest)
Centennial Celebration - 1913 (from
Edward Kurtz)
BROCTON
Rykeman Wine Cellar - 1903
(from Edward Kurtz)
Central Avenue - 1904 (from
Edward Kurtz)
Rykeman Wine Company - 1905
(from Edward Kurtz)
Grape
Harvesting, Brocton - ca 1909 (from the Mattison Collection, via Bonnie
Kidder)
Main Street - ca 1910 (from
Mary McIntyre)
Main Street - 1910 (from Edward
Kurtz)
Ahira Hall Library -
1910 (from Edward Kurtz)
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Brocton - 1910 (from Jay T. Priest)
Tracton Company Card - ca 1910
(from Edward Kurtz)
Crandall Panel Company - ca
1910 (from Edward Kurtz)
Naboth Grape Juice
Factory - 1910 (from Edward Kurtz)
Crandall Building - 1910
(from Edward Kurtz)
District 9 School House - 1910
(from Edward Kurtz)
Arch Construction - ca 1913 (from
Edward Kurtz)
Citizen's Band - ca 1913 (from
Edward Kurtz)
Bucknor Falls - ???? (from Edward Kurtz)
Brocton Vendor's Card - ????
(from Edward Kurtz)
Ross Dean Residence - ???? (from Edward Kurtz)
Main Street - 1919 (from Edward
Kurtz)
Grape Harvesting - ca 1919 (from the
Mattison Collection, via Bonnie Kidder)
Pennsylvania
and Lake Shore Culverts, Brocton - 1920 (from Jay T. Priest)
Paul Delaney Co. - 1920
(from Edward Kurtz)
Dunham Residence, Main Street -
1920 (from Edward Kurtz)
Baptist Church - 1920
(from Edward Kurtz)
Bailey Block, Main St. - 1925
(from Edward Kurtz)
Brocton Central School -
1949 (from Edward Kurtz)
Brocton
- 1950 (from Jay T. Priest)
St. Patrick's RC Church - 19??
(from Edward Kurtz)
RIPLEY
Main Street, Ripley - 1909 (from Jay T. Priest)
Ripley School - ca. 1909 (from Kaylynn) [back]
"Dear Cousin -
I must write you a few lines. I am in school. It was pleasant when I came to
school this afternoon but it is snowing hard. Tell Katherine that I will send
her my picture in a few days. I can not think of much to say so I will close.
With love from your cousin Dorothy Keite."
The card was addressed to: Miss Vivian Fox Avoca, N.Y. Postmarked: March
11th or 14th of 1909
Cochrane Farm, West
Main Rd., Ripley - Oct 8, 1911 (from Terry Heismann)
Aunt Martha's Home, Cochrane Farm, Ripley - 1911 (from Terry Heismann)
Main Street, Ripley - ca. 1916 (from Dolores Davidson)
Maple Hurst, Ripley (family unknown) - ca. 1920 (from Dolores Davidson)
Cochrane Barn - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
RAISED JULY 4,
1876--The Cochrane barn at 205 E. Main, Ripley still owned by the descendants,
William and Fred Cochrane, grandsons of William W. Cochrane, was "raised
July 4, 1876 by neighbors and friends who took the Independence day for the
construction project.<>
SHERIDAN
M.E. Church - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
Main Street - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
SHERMAN
Sherman Cornet Band - 1890s
(from Paul Gifford)
Sherman Cornet Band, at a 4th
of July celebration at Sam Woods’ Corners (east of Sherman, at the North
Harmony town line), 1890s. Band members are (left to right)
(foreground): Frank Larkin, Ed Dewey; (middle) Abe Clute, Guy Saxton, Tom
Harmon, J. L. Thayer, Everett Brown (?); (third row): Frank Ferguson, A.
G. Saxton, Let Dewey, Ed Ripley, Herb Ellis. Older man sitting in front
of tree on right is Neh Davis.
Sherman Residents - ca 1903 (from
Paul Gifford)
Old residents of Sherman,
taken about 1903. Sitting in the foreground is Archibald Dorman, first
white child born there. Enoch Sperry is to his right, and Samuel P.
Hall. Others in the photograph are Benjamin Coffin (to Dorman’s right with
chin whiskers); William H. Coville; Mrs. Dewey (Effie Ripley’s mother); Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sheldon; John Bly; Justin Newell; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hart; Mr.
Voigt; Thomas Coveney; Mrs. Walker Vincent; John and Jennie Beeman; John Green;
and William Robbins.
Sherman Main Street - 1917 (from Sally Smith)
STOCKTON
A. H. Farrar Store - ca. 1900 (from Nora
Cutting Shreve)
Store in Stockton
New York. Once owned by Mary Jane Farrar, daughter of John Farrar. Later sold
to Adelbert H. Farrar (see sign on store) son of James Farrar. Between 1910
& 1920 A.H. Farrar sold to Will Munger. Owned By Munger until his death
then run by his daughter Lucy Munger Clute until sold to Ronald Cave & Wife
in the 50's.
Main Street, Stockton - ca. 1910 (from Nora
Cutting Shreve)
Post Card sent to my Father Floyd Lee Cutting by Rupert P. Coe. dated
Aug.8,1918. Father was in San Francisco at the time. Sign on Hardware Store
says that W.W. Picket was owner at that time. Area now a park.
VILLENOVA
Hamlet Bridge - 1900? (from Herbert Lee Priest)
Hamlet
Bridge Construction - ???? (from Kathleen Newcomer)
Hamlet
Bridge Construction - ???? (from Kathleen Newcomer)
Hamlet
- ???? (from Kathleen Newcomer)
Hamlet Mill - 1900? (from Herbert Lee Priest)
Hamlet Main Street - ???? (from Gladys Pecoraro)
Villenova Cyclone damage - 1908 (from
Gladys Pecoraro)
Hamlet Hotel - 2005 (from Jay
Priest)
Villenova Grange, Hamlet - 2005
(from Jay Priest) [view2]
WESTFIELD
Barcelona Lighthouse (first & only gas
powered, built 1828) - ???? (from Dolores Davidson) Another
View
Pinter's Restaurant, Westfield - ???? (from Vicki Richardson)
Grape Vinyard, Westfield - 1905 (from Dolores Davidson)
Patterson Library, Westfield - 19?? (From the Mattison Collection,
via Bonnie Kidder)
Portage Inn, Westfield - 1925 (from Jay T. Priest)
Button Inn - ???? (from Jay T. Priest) Between
Westfield & Mayville. [The Button
Family]
Methodist Church Barbeque - 1927
(from Karen Simms)
Patterson Library, Westfield - ca. 1928 (from Dolores Davidson)
Main Street, Westfield - ca. 1928 (from Dolores Davidson)
Welch Block, Westfield - 1932 (from Jay T. Priest)
Westfield Hospital, Westfield - 1940's (from Dolores Davidson)
Welch's Grape Juice Factory, Westfield - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
Benjamin Rynd Home, Westfield - ???? (from Dolores Davidson)
On the list of
Americas Historic Homes, 34 Peach St at Washington.
Owned by Rynd, Benjamin F. 1838-1911; Ellen Noble, 1840-1915; Florence A.
1875-1920; in Westfield Cemetery.
Lincoln-Bedell Statue Sign - 1999 and View1 , View2 , View3 (from Bonnie Kidder)
Park & Church - ???? (from Carley
Charles)
North
View - ????
(from Carley Charles)
South View - ???? (from Carley Charles)
Rail
Yard - 19?? (from Carley
Charles)
Rail
Yard - 19?? (from Carley
Charles)
Water
Buggy - ???? (from Carley
Charles)
Women's Group - 1953 (from Carley Charles) [close up view]
OTHER
Ration Book Holder
WWII, Sullivan County, NY - 1943 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Ration Book Holder WWII,
Ruth M. Sandeen - 1943 (from Paul & Bonnie Kidder)
Updated 05 JULY 2008