Collections
A photograph collection from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, documenting hydro-electric power industry in Niagara Falls, NY
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 collection contains photographs and postcards that share the history of the Village of Endicott.
The photographs include a number of street views and houses in Delhi, New York. Also included are a number of images of the Frank Farrington home on Elm Street, with pictures of his family. A series of images of a military camp appear to date from 1919 in Camp Lee, Virginia.
This collection consists of pages from the 1895 "souvenir" book called "Sketches" that Estabrook created.
This collection features photographs taken by Ernest Blue in the Fulton Chain Lakes region around 1900.
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
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 documenting the inventors and inventions of the GE Research Laboratory from 1900 - 1990.
This collection contains General Electric publicity photographs taken between 1880 - 1970.
Photographs relating to the history and development of Geneva, New York in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Photographs of Buffalo and Western New York during the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by George Nathan Newman.
Photographs and descriptions of buildings in Glen Cove, Long Island.
Historic photographs of Glenwood Landing, NY.
A collection of photographs showing the construction of various boats being built in Willard Hanmer's boat shop in Saranac Lake, NY.
Materials from the Hanna and Barben collections, including photographs of Goulds Pumps in Seneca Falls.
The Henry Page Historical Files were collected by local historian Henry Page throughout his lifetime in Perry. They cover many topics, such as local businesses, organizations and events. Some photos are also of people of note.
Photographs, Newspaper clipping, and postcards from Hicksville, NY.
A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.
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.
Photographs, objects, ephemera and printed materials from the 1860s through 1971 relating to the Hudson River Day Line.
Historic images of the Hudson River Night Boats.
This collection contains photographs from 1875 to 1935 and shows how the village of Ilion looked before, during, and after the building boom that occurred in the late 1800s to early 1900s.