by Old Mentz | Oct 5, 2013 | Chauncey Henry, Leslie Blake, Mentz, Port Byron school
These two photos are of the same group, taken at the same time. Maybe somebody moved? Anyhow, the only hints we have is the label, P.B.H.S. and on the back it says; Port Byron H.S. Picnic.It also lists Reba Pinkney, Chancey Henery, and Leslie Blake. A bit of...
by Old Mentz | May 8, 2013 | Cayuga County, Grace Austin, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron school
This is the second of the photos loaned me by Joni Lincoln. It was very faded, so I did my best to bring it back. I did make out that it was taken in 1896 at the Port Byron School. Grace Austin wrote the pageant that marked Port Byron centennial. She was listed as the...
by Old Mentz | Apr 24, 2013 | Mentz, Myra Coulter, Port Byron, Port Byron school, Richard Bunn Bonelli, school students
Miss Myra Coulter was the teacher of this Port Byron class. I would place this photo around 1896-1900 as Richard Bunn (later the opera singer Richard Bonelli) is in this class in the front row and he was born in 1889.There are lots of interesting names in the record...
by Old Mentz | Feb 9, 2013 | 1940, Port Byron, Port Byron school, Yearbook
My neighbor was kind enough to drop off this 1940 yearbook she found in her attic. So over time, we will feature pages of it here. As you can read, it was titled “The Phoenix” as the school has risen from the ashes just as the mythical bird...
by Old Mentz | Jan 22, 2013 | downtown, Mentz, Port Byron, Port Byron school
It is 1938 and the new school is complete. This photo gives us a real nice view of Port Byron. See what you can find. The Warren Mill, with the millpond in the upper right corner, the churches on Church Street, the lumber and coal yard, the route of the old Erie Canal...
by Old Mentz | Mar 4, 2012 | aqueduct, Cayuga County, Erie Canal, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Port Byron school
This photo was taken in 1957 by a Canal Society of New York State member who was photographing existing canal structures. But so much more can be seen. The auto garage on the banks of the Outlet next to St John’s; the old Creamery; the church next to the school;...
