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Images of Dixon Homes. The manager discussed with the Council for a Better Geneva about the status of the buildings.

Mayor Rogers’ Council for a Better Geneva, 1955-1957

A citizen’s group working to better conditions for people living in Geneva in the late 1950s.
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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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Logo for 125th anniversary of the Geneva's city charter

Happy Birthday, City of Geneva

To mark the 125th anniversary of the city charter, an overview of how Geneva has changed as a municipality
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wooden sign for the Loomis Wildlife Preserve being hung by two unidentified girls.

Over the River and Through the Woods: Loomis Wood

A history of the Loomis Woods.
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Hand Putting Paper In Ballot Box.

The Ballot Box in New York State

Brief timeline of voting history in New York State
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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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$200 reward notice for a burglary and attempted murder at a home on Genesee Street in 1862

The Novelty of a Find

A box found in the Archives provides insight into village politics during the mid-1800s.
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Accidental History Topics

I’ve posted photos to the historical society’s Facebook page for two and a half years. Digging further into the collection to come up with fresh material, I found this photo of Castle Street
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Prohibition: The Real Story (Or Close to It)

How people and businesses got around the 18th Amendment and Volstead Act during the 1920s
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Garbage

History of dumps in Geneva.
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Chickens outside a henhouse.

Swine Driver and Pound Keeper for Geneva in 1852

Chronicling the problem of loose animals like livestock in Geneva, New York during the 1800s through newspapers and government records.
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Engines and Silver Trumpets

Fire related issues as chronicled in the Village of Geneva board minutes during the early 1850s.
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150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

A little over one-hundred fifty years ago, on September 22, 1862, President Lincoln took a step he had planned for months and proclaimed that as of January 1, 1863 “all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.…”
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