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- Rochester: 1904
- Circa 1904. "State Street, Rochester, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... of them we might not get to visit in person. Read where Rochester is second only to NYC in size of economy even though it is third in ... must have been around the time that the bicyle craze hit Rochester.
Sweet oblivion When I was a kid, my dentist had a sign in ...
Posted by Dave - 01/11/2013 - 8:52am -
- Hotel Rochester: 1908
- Rochester, New York, circa 1908. "Hotel Rochester, Main Street and Plymouth Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit ... Roof Bldg. The building with the odd curved roof is the Rochester Savings Bank, built in 1844 and described by one writer as a "fancy ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:42am -
- Rochester: 1904
- "Powers Building, Rochester, N.Y., 1904." Detroit Publishing. View full size.
One for the ... by them regularly.
Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was a Rochester resident for most of her life, coming to the area with her family as ... stop the car and use a track bar.
(The Gallery, DPC, Rochester, Streetcars) ...
Posted by Dave - 08/06/2012 - 6:03pm -
- Tank: 1942
- ... photo was taken in April of 1942 in what I'm guessing is Rochester N.Y. The back of the photo has printed on the back: Chas. J. Ewing 402 Temple Bidg. Stone 2482 Rochester N.Y. April 6th, 1942 View full size
Rochester for sure! ...
Posted by Tony W. - 09/17/2011 - 8:11pm -
- Over the River: 1904
- Rochester, New York, circa 1904. "Where Main Street crosses the Genesee." 8x10 ...
Trolls living under the bridge? I've lived in Rochester for over 20 years and didn't realize there formerly were buildings on ... chutes.
+106 Here's the same view circa Fall 2010. Rochester Riverside Convention Center is on the right and, if I'm not mistaken, ...
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 6:12pm -
- Retail Rochester: 1904
- Rochester, New York, circa 1904. "East Main Street at South Avenue and St. Paul ... on February 26, 1904, along with the rest of the block in Rochester's worst fire to that time:
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http://www.gendisasters.com/new-york/7988/rochester-ny-fire-sweeps-downt...
Sales kiosks? What are the tall ...
Posted by Dave - 05/07/2018 - 7:35pm -
- Rochester Panorama: 1905
- Rochester, New York, ca. 1905. Panorama of three 8x10 plates. View full size. ... demolition) one Sunday morning to make way for the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
More about Holy Redeemer As part ... the Genesee River.
(Panoramas, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Rochester) ...
Posted by Dave - 08/06/2012 - 10:23pm -
- Rochester to L.A.: 1921
- ... and hopped on a train for a nice comfy trip back to Rochester. By the look on Mom's face, I'd say that's exactly what they did.
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Posted by Dave - 01/24/2020 - 10:30am -
- Eastman Kodak: 1905
- ... "Eastman Kodak Co., State Street factory and main office. Rochester, New York." Future home of the late lamented Kodachrome. 8x10 inch ... is alive and well A year ago I went out to Kodak in Rochester for training on their computer to plate and workflow systems. I ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:55am -
- Merchants Despatch: 1904
- ... invented the air brake in 1869. - Dave]
Rochester's great industrial suburb Despatch is now called East Rochester. Merchants Despatch Transportation Company churned out thousands of ... 1929 + as an ice inspector for them. He worked out of Rochester, then to Bellefontaine, Ohio where I was born, then on to the yards ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:37am -
- Arnold Park: 1905
- Circa 1905. "Arnold Park -- Rochester, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... curbside mounting blocks and hitching posts. - Dave]
Rochester Memories I didn't live in Rochester very long but I do remember it having more trees and railroad tracks ...
Posted by Dave - 08/01/2012 - 1:42pm -
- Washington Cadillac: 1926
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Step on it, Rochester To the Kit Kat Klub!
They're Still Like That Cadillac ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 6:47pm -
- Gamers: 1910
- February 1910. "A crap game in the paper alley. Rochester, New York." Newsies gotta have some fun, right? Photograph by Lewis ... much of anything.
Old Newsboys When I was a boy in Rochester some 45 years ago I recall there was a yearly fund drive called ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 11:44am -
- Let George Do It: 1942
- ... few would get that reference.
Timeline Thanks to Rochester for researching George Camplair's history.
It really adds weight ...
Posted by Dave - 10/28/2023 - 2:48pm -
- Main Street: 1908
- Rochester, New York, circa 1908. "Main Street and Hotel Rochester ." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. ... Not in the 1970's. The last streetcar service in Rochester ran on March 31, 1941. By some accounts, most of the rails in the ...
Posted by Dave - 01/24/2013 - 4:38pm -
- The New Hotel: 1908
- ROCHESTER, Sept. 13 — Rochester’s new hotel, the Seneca, will be opened tomorrow in time for the ... in inclement weather.
-- New York Times
Rochester, New York, circa 1908. "Hotel Seneca, Clinton Avenue at Cortland ...
Posted by Dave - 02/17/2017 - 6:25pm -
- Shadow-Catcher: 1839
- ... Cornelius could also easily be a younger version of Edward Rochester, and I feel that both Charlotte and Emily Bronte would agree!
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Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 5:44pm -
- Death Avenue: 1910
- ... father's collection, of one of the Shays in service near Rochester, I believe. The spout on the left is not part of the locomotive but ...
Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 4:16pm -
- Bliss: 1901
- ... a big grin on his face. Eddie Anderson whose character of Rochester was, at the time, considered a major step forward in portrayal of ...
Posted by Dave - 07/20/2011 - 2:59pm -
- Family Style: 1942
- September 1942. Rochester, New York. "The Babcocks at the dinner table." Continuing the saga of ... right-handed.
Hot house Short sleeves in March in Rochester? Must have been warmer than today there--28. And those tomatoes ... with my china cabinet.
(The Gallery, Ralph Amdursky, Rochester) ...
Posted by Dave - 01/28/2017 - 11:59pm -
- Drudge Report: 1942
- September 1942. "Rochester, N.Y. Mrs. Babcock doing the family laundry with an electric washing ... it to go to the trouble of replacing it. If that house in Rochester still stands, I'd bet money that thing is still there and still in ... Mary E. Babcock (age 38) lived at 239 Selye Terrace in Rochester, with their children, daughter Shirley L. (18), son Howard A. Jr. ...
Posted by Dave - 01/28/2017 - 11:58pm -
- Peas Train: 1942
- ... volunteers in the food-for-victory drive left by bus for Rochester and 250 will go Tuesday, accompanied by their families, on a special ...
Posted by Dave - 01/01/2023 - 4:45pm -
- The Bricks of St. Mary's: 1952
- ... , Helen, Albert, Leslie and Morris at St. Mary's, Rochester." The latest installment of Minnesota Kodachromes . View full ... the Mayo Clinic (St. Mary's is one of their facilities in Rochester, NY)? The lady in pink seems to be in pajamas, not street clothes, ...
Posted by Dave - 12/27/2019 - 12:00pm -
- Cook Opera House: 1906
- Circa 1906. "South Avenue -- Rochester, New York." Home to trusses, vaudeville and streetcars, and probably ... it once was. Which is probably for the best-- downtown rochester is a ghost town after 6PM. Somehow gutting your city center to make ... and this is still a fairly busy part of 21st century Rochester, with comparable amounts of daytime foot traffic.
+113 Below ...
Posted by Dave - 06/02/2014 - 4:30pm -
- Flour City: 1904
- Rochester, New York, circa 1904. "Driving Park Avenue bridge and falls on Genesee River." And one of the flour mills that gave Rochester its nickname. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... later.
(The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Factories, Rochester) ...
Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 12:55pm -
- The Palms of Pompeii: 1908
- Rochester, New York, circa 1908. "Pompeiian Room -- Hotel Seneca." ... estate sale, antique store, and consignment shop here in Rochester if there was any hope of them surfacing a century later...
(The Gallery, DPC, Eateries & Bars, Rochester) ...
Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 10:26pm -
- An American Family: 1942
- September 1942. Rochester, New York. "The Babcocks, an American family, tuning in for war news. ...
Posted by Dave - 01/28/2017 - 11:55pm -
- Meet the Babcocks: 1942
- September 1942. Rochester, New York. "The Babcocks, a typical American war worker's family." ... still for the picture.
(The Gallery, Ralph Amdursky, Rochester) ...
Posted by Dave - 01/28/2017 - 11:57pm -
- Granite Building: 1905
- Rochester, New York, circa 1905. "Granite Building, Main Street & St. ... View full size.
It's still there today. Rochester, my home town, has lost dozens and dozens of beautiful buildings over ... graduated in June of '04.
(The Gallery, Bicycles, DPC, Rochester, Stores & Markets) ...
Posted by Dave - 01/31/2015 - 12:15pm -
- New York Central: 1905
- Circa 1905. "New York Central railroad station, Rochester." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. ... later In the 1910s this station would be replaced by Rochester's brand new New York Central station, about a block or two further ...
Posted by Dave - 05/26/2015 - 11:49am -