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 | 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.
by Old Mentz | Nov 18, 2012 | Cayuga County, GAR, Lockwood Post, Port Byron
This is another photo from the Donald Gallagher collection. The caption reads; “Lockwood Post G.A.R. Stillwell Camp S.O.V. May 30, 1914, Port Byron, NY.” This would have been taken on Memorial Day.
by Old Mentz | Oct 29, 2012 | mill, Owasco Outlet, Port Byron, Wilt's Mill
As of October 22, 2012, Wilt’s Mill, the Green Street icon, was no more.
