Collections
The Early Canastota Collection contains photos, clippings, and documents that describe Canastota in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
The Emporium Lumber Company was a logging company located in Conifer, New York in the early 20th century. This collection of photographs relates to their logging and railroad business.
This collections contains images of the Erie Canal in the Fort Plain area.
This collection contains documents and photographs relating to the Erie Canal in Oneida county.
Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.
Postcards, photographs and ephemera about the Erie Railroad in Hornell, NY.
The Erieville-Nelson Historic collections contains photographs that share the history of the Erieville and Nelson areas.
The Floral Fete Collection contains souvenir programs, photographs, postcards, stereoviews, articles, and ephemera from Saratoga’s floral parades.
Gar Wood was a successful speedboat racer and business owner. This collection relates to his racing career and his business,GarWood Industries, which specialized in building motorboats.
Items of local historic Interest from the collections of residents and other sources
Images from the archives of the Village of Garden City, New York, located on Long Island in the center of Nassau County
Historic glass and film negatives, prints, and postcards documenting life along New York State’s canals, including the Erie Canal, Black River Canal, and Champlain Canal from the collection of Albert Gayer.
This collection contains images of postcards that show the buildings and surrounding area of Greenwich, New York.
Historic photographs of Glenwood Landing, NY.
Historic postcards from Long Island’s Gold Coast.
Brochures, maps, and invitations from Glen Head and Glenwood Landing, NY.
The Great Steamboat Race Letters collection features contest entries that proposed innovative designs for steam powered canal boats.
Photographs, Newspaper clipping, and postcards from Hicksville, NY.
Historic postcards from Hicksville, New York.
These photographs were taken from 1904-1914, during construction of the Panama Canal, in locations throughout and beyond the Canal Zone.
A collection of photographs of horse drawn wagons and carts in Potsdam, New York.
Historic images of the Hudson River Night Boats.
The Hudson River Voyage collection contains still images of steamboats that went up and down the the Hudson River between 1937 and 1939.