by Old Mentz | Dec 3, 2012 | Cayuga County, Crane's Department Store, downtown, Interurban railroad, Port Byron, trolley
(Click on the picture to see it in a larger size. This works with all the pictures on this blog.)Well, it is somewhere between June 1908 and 1931 in the downtown shopping area. We know this because of the trolley heading toward Auburn on the Auburn and Northern line....
by Old Mentz | Nov 26, 2012 | Don Gallagher
I never knew the man, but he deserves many thanks for preserving many of the photos I have been using here on this blog. Plus Don added descriptions to them, which is such a help many years after the fact. So Don, for all your work, here is to you.
by Old Mentz | Nov 26, 2012 | Cayuga County, Don Gallagher, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Rochester Street, St. John's Church
A view of St John’s that I have never seen before. Don Gallagher wrote;”Rochester Street in foreground. Left to right- Episcopal Church, St John’s R. Catholic Church, then Wellington (Bill) Bush home. Owasco Outlet on right side of picture. The...
by Old Mentz | Nov 23, 2012 | downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, shopping
Taken from a December 1922 Port Byron Chronicle.
by Old Mentz | Nov 23, 2012 | downtown, Port Byron
If you are cold after shoveling all that snow, stop in at the Trolley Restaurant for a warm pick me up.Year of this photo is unknown, but the John’s were running this ad in the 1920’s.