by Old Mentz | Jul 15, 2012 | Cayuga County, Civil War, GAR, Lockwood Post, Port Byron
I found this photo in the files and thanks to Bill Hecht, we can see it fairly clearly. I thought it was a gathering of the GAR, and it appears this is so. Below is the photo I took today of the same setting. This is the Lockwood Post GAR monument in the...
by Old Mentz | Jul 14, 2012 | May Delaney, Port Byron, teacher
We have a couple photos this time around. This one reads, “May Delaney-Teacher”. No date or other information.This one we have no information on, other than that it was stuck onto a old typewriter in the back room. It looks like some young lady ready...
by Old Mentz | Jun 17, 2012 | Cayuga County, downtown, Port Byron, Rookers Store
Here is another Gallagher collection photo. The caption says;Looking east Utica St, Port Byron, in 1971. Extreme left is part of Emerson Foodland. Next is Irving Rookers Dry Goods Store, Julian Mahuniak Bakery, Old National Bank of Port Byron. Then to extreme right of...
by Old Mentz | Jun 17, 2012 | Cayuga County, Port Byron, Post Office
This photo had no information other than what you see written here. What is also neat is a view of the building across the street, reflected in the window. I believe this was called the Enterprise Building.
by Old Mentz | May 27, 2012 | Blake's Pharmacy, Port Byron
The Port Byron Drug Store as seen in the early 1900’s. The store was located in the lower left part of the Masonic Block, or what is known today as the hardware store.
by Old Mentz | Apr 29, 2012 | Barge Canal, Don Gallagher, Mosquito Point
Don Gallagher wrote on this photo;1961- Front view of Mosquito Point Hotel on Route 38 located on the Barge Canal and Seneca River between Port Byron and Conquest. Picture taken in 1961. Hotel owned by Don Gallagher and Bess Burns. I sold it to Ed and Babiarz of...
by Old Mentz | Apr 20, 2012 | Barge Canal, bridge, Don Gallagher, Mosquito Point, Port Byron
This was the bridge that once crossed the Seneca River at Mosquito Point. Don Gallagher wrote on this photo that the last span was over the barge canal and that the third span was over the Seneca River, most likely meaning the old branch of the river that went around...
by Old Mentz | Apr 6, 2012 | Cayuga County, Don Gallagher, downtown, history, Mincemeat, Port Byron
I found a bunch of photos that I will highlight here on the blog over the coming days. These two were taken at the same time by Jesse Pingert, and come from the collection of Donald Gallagher of Weedsport. The description on the back states that the factory roof caved...
by Old Mentz | Mar 29, 2012 | Cayuga County, history, Port Byron, school students
This photo is labeled “Society of AKA girls of the Port Byron High School June, 1910”, and it is from the collection of Vera Abbie Gutchess Higgenbottom. Vera is the very pretty young lady in the back row with the mark over her head.
by Old Mentz | Mar 28, 2012 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Centerport, Erie Canal, history, Weedsport, West Shore RR
This is the Centerport Aqueduct on April 22, 1957. This aqueduct is located about 2 miles east of Port Byron. Notice West Brutus Street as it passes under the West Shore Railroad embankment.It wasn’t long after this photo was taken that the tracks were removed....
