by Old Mentz | Jan 5, 2014 | bridge, Port Byron, Rochester Street, school students
When I first posted this photo, I didn’t know where this bridge was located. However, since then, I and others, have figured out that this is the old Rochester Street bridge, before Rochester Street was realigned as Route 31. What is left of this street today is...
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 | 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 | Dec 4, 2011 | Port Byron, school students
The back of this card says, “Oct 13-10. Hows school nowdays. I am getting a long in school well there are about 34 scholars. Having very cold weather here. Fredrick.” The card was mailed to Hattie Wallace of Clyde, NY. It was mailed October 13,...
