by Old Mentz | Jul 28, 2012 | Allen Acers, community bands, Port Byron
It appears that the ACERS cornet band was the creation of Allen Acers, a egg dealer who lived in the village. What isn’t so clear is his death date. The Mt Pleasant Cemetery records shows Allen Agers as dead in 1908, the local paper has it as...
by Old Mentz | Jul 15, 2012 | GAR, Lockwood Post, Port Byron
Here are a couple more photos of the GAR monument. These were taken in the afternoon which explains the setting of the men in the old photo. (facing south for better exposure)
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...