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Chairman Lawrence Gracey and Executive Director Elizabeth Gere inspect the Christmas Seals during the 1956 sale campaign. The most popular fundraiser for combating tuberculosis was the Christmas Seals.

The Great White Plague: Combating Tuberculosis, Part 1

A brief history of the efforts in Geneva and Ontario County to combat tuberculosis in the 20th century.
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Sketch of the New York Pavillion at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

1876 Centennial Celebration

Overview of the 1876 centennial activities in Geneva.
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Possible photograph of Bert Hazzard with Major Turner

Bert Hazzard, Bicycle Trainer

A short biography of Bert Hazzard, bicycle trainer for Black cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor.
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Pen and ink sketch of Geneva with a view of Seneca Lake and buildings around Pulteney Park

How Did Geneva Get Its Name? – Historians Agree and Also Disagree

Exploration of how Geneva got its name.
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Local ad created by the Ontario County Committee on Tuberculosis and Public Health.

The Great White Plague: Combating Tuberculosis, Part 2

Examining Geneva's response to the discovery of the cause of tuberculosis in the early 20th century.
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1822 newspaper ad for dentist Mr. Parly in Geneva, New York

Early Geneva Dentists

Early history of visiting and resident dentists in Geneva.
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Colored postcard of Lafayette tree and historic marker

The Truth about General Lafayette’s Visit to Geneva

General Lafayette visited Geneva in 1825. But people remember the story of his visit in different ways. How does that happen?
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A head and shoulders drawing of a short-haired man in a high necked shirt, jacket, and fur coat.

General Lafayette’s Visit to Geneva, 1825

Newspaper account of General Lafayette's visit to Geneva on June 8, 1825.
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Black and white photo of people around the the fountain in Pulteney Park

Main Street Improvement Association, Part 2

The second article in a series about the Main Street Improvement Association.
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Men in uniforms with cannons on Exchange Street

Battery Boys: The Independent Battery

A brief history of the Independent Battery (1879-1923), sponsored by the Grand Army Republic Swift Post No. 94 in Geneva.
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Number 799 side path tag from Saratoga County, New York. Dates to 1900.

Bicycles and Cinder Paths, Part 2

Part two in a series chronicling cinder paths, or side paths, for bicycles in Geneva during in the 1890s.
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Five male members of the Area Mayors Plan Campaign to Clean up Comics

Objectionable Comics or Freedom of the Press

Examining the court case involving Louis Budgar, owner of a news agency, over censorship and comic books in the 1950s.
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black and white photo of dirt road with cinder path to left

Bicycles and Cinder Paths

Cinder paths, or side paths, for bicycles in the 1890s.
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Horse drawn fire wagon in front of a building

“No one hungry in Geneva this winter:” Firemen’s Cafeteria

A recounting of the Firemen’s Cafeteria which operated during the winter of 1932-33 in Geneva.
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A commercial street of buildings with a trolley running down the middle and a man with a shovel and two horses behind large snowbanks.

Geneva 1879: Year in Review

A few highlighted events from the Geneva Courier's 1879 Year in Review.
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A group of mostly black men and women wearing shawls and hats stand on a sidewalk outside a white clapboard building with a lampost.

An 1837 View of Geneva

A view of Geneva published in the October 14, 1837, issue of the Colored American.
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Contemporary photo of Brooks or Smith Observatory on Castle Street

1925 Solar Eclipse

Newspaper accounts about the 1925 solar eclipse and the unsuccessful balloon ascension.
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A man in a black suit standing with his eye to an old-fashioned telescope.

“Eclipse Was On Time:” 1900 Solar Eclipse

Account from the Geneva Daily Times about the 1900 solar eclipse with commentary from local astronomer Dr. William Brooks.
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The American City, list of various NY cities contacted for the article on legalizing Sunday movies and baseball.

No Movies on Sunday

In April 1919, New York State passed an act that granted cities a local option to legalize Sunday movies. A look back on how Geneva legalized showing movies on Sundays.
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A middle aged woman sitting at a desk talking on a landline phone.

Geneva’s Early Woman Journalist: Mildred Jennings

The life and career of journalist Mildred Jennings, one of 20th-century Geneva's first woman journalists.
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Newspaper headline baskets full of christmas good cheer

December 1922

Happening in and around Geneva in December 1922 based on local newspapers.
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Logo for 125th anniversary of the Geneva's city charter

Geneva’s First City Budget

The city's first budget from 1898.
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Color ad for Columbia Grafonola record player

I’ll See You in My Dreams: 1920s Records and Record Players

Overview of record players and records sold in Geneva during the 1920s based on ads in the Geneva Daily Times.
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People and a horse-drawn sleigh standing around the street outside a badly fire-damaged building of three stories and a mansard roof.

Geneva in December 1922

A glimpse at Geneva in December 1922 through the newspaper.
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Group of men examining slot machines.

Got A Nickel?

Brief history of slot machines in Geneva.
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image of a pair of scissors made by Geneva Shears Company

The Geneva Shears Company

The first in a series of posts about 35 Lehigh Street in Geneva, New York. Includes a brief history of the Geneva Shears Company.
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June 17, 1899 Headline from the Geneva Daily Times 8991899 June 17

A Victorian Murder Trial

Overview of the 1899 murder trial of Michael Houlihan
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newspaper image of a man sitting down at a desk

The Spanish Association of the Finger Lakes

Brief history of Spanish Association of the Finger Lakes in Geneva, New York.
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The hours that Sherlock Holmes Jr. will be subject to capture.

When Sherlock Holmes, Jr. Came to Town

Who is Sherlock Holmes, Jr., and why did he come to Geneva?
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African American Man In Chef Hat And Coat

Hearing from You: The Rest of the Story

Examples of how our online viewers recently helped to fill in the gaps for some of Geneva’s stories.
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1893 Ballot

Geneva’s Close Election of 1903

Look back at Geneva’s controversial mayoral election of 1903.
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a man climbing over a barbed wire fence

PB Oakley

Brief biography of photojournalist PB Oakley.
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A man and four women surrounded by baskets of food collected and organized by the Salvation Army

Salvation Army

Chronicle of the Salvation Army’s presence in Geneva.
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1815 Geneva Gazette Ad

Should I Stay or Should I Go: Elopement in the 19th Century

How the term elopement has changed
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Last evening was Halloween, and the boys were out as usual, judging from appearances this morning in some parts of the town, although probably their depredations were not as great owning to the storminess of the night

More Trick Than Treat: Halloween in 19th Century Geneva

Overview of how Genevans celebrated Halloween in the 1800s.
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Christmas in Geneva 50 Years Ago

Christmas shopping based on ads from the November 27, 1968 edition of the Geneva Times.
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A man wearing bowler hat and holding a dog stands with two women in high-necked dresses in fornt of a mansion.

After the Swans: The Smiths, 1896-1912

The Smith family lived at Rose Hill from 1896 to 1912.
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Meet the Parker Family

Brief biography of the Parker family including Ira, Stephen and Edgar Parker
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Mechanical Eye: Early History Motion Pictures

An early history of motion pictures
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Geneva 100 Years Ago

Geneva in 1918 through the local newspaper
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Inmate of Every Household

Charles Dickens as seen through local newspapers.
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An engraving of three young women in old-fashioned dress.

Very Mysterious: The Fox Sisters and the Spiritualist Movement

Chronicling the Fox Sisters and the Spiritualist movement through local newspapers.
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Superiority to Fear: Acrobat and Tightrope Walker Blondin

Accounts of Blondin crossing the Niagara Gorge from local newspapers
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As Modest on a Wheel as in a Drawing Room: Female Bicyclists in the 1890s

The reaction to female bicyclists in the 1890s through local newspapers
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Astounding The Crowd: Bicycling in Geneva

The introduction of bicycling in Geneva through local newspapers
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A Mobe By Any Other Name . . .

The debate on what to call automobiles as seen through local newspapers.
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Ho! For California, Part 4

The journey of a local group of men to the California gold fields chronicled through the newspaper
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Ho! for California, Part 3

The Geneva Gazette chronicles the journey of a local group of men to the California gold fields.
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Ho! for California, Part 2

Part two of the Geneva Gazette's chronicle of a local group of men's journey to the California gold fields.
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Ho! for California, Part 1

Reports of the California Gold Rush from the Geneva Gazette
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Lincoln’s Assassination as Seen in Geneva

One hundred fifty years ago this week actor John Wilkes Booth changed American history when he stepped into the Lincolns' booth at Ford's Theater and shot the president in the back of the head, the first man to assassinate a U.S. president. The assassination was an awful event that shook the nation just a week after Lee’s surrender overjoyed the North.
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An example of the Boys in the Service column from the February 23, 1945 Geneva Daily Times newspaper.

World War II in the Geneva Daily Times

When we did our World War II project in the early 1990s, Kathryn Grover was hired to research, write, and lay out the exhibit and book, Close to the Heart of the War. As part of her contract, we received all her research notes for our archives. I recently pulled out one of the large boxes to look at her source material. Any project, i.e. an exhibit, book, or documentary, reflects the creator’s selection of what to include or leave out; it’s good to look at the research with fresh eyes.
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