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Swimming lessons take place at the Rochester YMCA on South Avenue in this photo from 1910. File

C.J. Rapp, president of Jolt Co. which produces Jolt

C.J. Rapp, president of Jolt Co. which produced Jolt Cola, is seen in this 1986 photo. The company was founded in Rochester in 1985. The soft drink's slogan was: "All the sugar and twice the caffeine." Staff

Mary L. Erbelding of Kodak Park Research Laboratories uses a Geiger counter to test for radioactivity in dust gathered at company branches following atomic tests at Bikini Island in 1947. File

In this 1910 photo, a staff member feeds toddlers at the Rochester Children's Nursery. Staff

Cars navigate Rochester roads after a snowstorm in 1966. Staff

In this photo from 1982, mounted officer JJ Strong patrols on South Avenue during snowstorm. File

Winners of 17 straight games, East High's famed team of 1910-11 claimed the scholastic championship of New York State...and America. Team members were (back row, l-r) Davis Doron and Ed Doyle; (middle row, l-r) Harold Doane, Capt. George Malone and Clem Lanni; and (bottom, l-r) Fred Bloom and Johnny Murphy. File

Upper Falls is shown frozen over in this photo from

High Falls is shown frozen over in this photo from 1910. At right is the Gorsline Building. Rochester Museum & Science Center

This 1955 photos shows the celebration at the New Year's Ball at the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. Staff

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In this undated photo, Eve Fox and Mildred Smith make final adjustments on new auto clocks manufactured by Delco Appliance Division of General Motors Corporation in Rochester. Staff file photo

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This is a look down Main Street from University Avenue after a snowstorm in the early 1920's. Staff

Pedestrians battle snow and cold crossing Clinton Avenue at Main Street in this photo from 1985. FIle

In this photo from 1963, Bob Davies and his family exchange Christmas gifts. Davies was a star basketball player for the Rochester Royals and led them to the 1951 NBA championship. Staff

In this photo from 1978, bumper-to-bumper traffic jams Monroe Avenue near Pittsford Plaza as people did their last-minute Christmas shopping. Joe Watson, Staff

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Christmas in Midtown Plaza, shown here in 1977, featured Magic Mountain, Santa and the monorail for many years. File photo

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This 1975 photo shows holiday travelers at the Greater Rochester International Airport as they try to reach their destination. 1975 file

This photo from 1978 shows Main Street decked out for Christmas. At right is Sibley's. File

Santas fill Fay's Drugs in Panorama Plaza as part of a Christmas commercial in 1987. File

In this 1952 photo, Rochester officers Thomas Hastings and Leo Balsam, both of traffic bureau look for donations for the Salvation Army at Main and Clinton Streets. Staff

The skating rink at Xerox Square is prepared for opening in this 1981 photo. REED HOFFMANN, Staff

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A snowman, decorating State Street in downtown Rochester, appears to be waving to a man crossing the street in this 1983 photo. File photo

In this 1973 photo, a driver gets stuck in the snow off Route 47 near Brooks Avenue. File

This 1950 photo shows the last horse-drawn plow in use as its shovels through first heavy fall that blanketed city. Manning the plow are John Berry and his son, Richard. Snowplow was operating on Plymouth Ave. Staff

In this 1962 photo, Lt. Philip Tomasetti, left, and Richard Pratt of the Rochester Fire Bureau, were busy checking mountain of donated toys to be distributed to needy children in time for Christmas. Staff

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In this 1936 photo, students Paul Lyddon,

In this 1936 photo, students Paul Lyddon, Sally Clark and Heidy Gerhart participate in a music appreciation course at the Eastman School. Staff

This 1965 photo shows Geneva's Seneca Street shopping area. Staff

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In 1903 the Erie Canal lay where Broad St. is today. Boys played hockey on it and the Aqueduct Building (right background) at the west end bore the names of two companies that became parts of Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co., which still occupies the structure. File photo

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In this 1977 photo, Edwayd "Happy" De Mallie rings

In this 1977 photo, Edward "Happy" De Mallie rings the Salvation Army bell in front of McCurdy's. He had been working that spot during the holidays since 1950. Staff

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These vendors were selling Christmas trees on Joseph Avenue in this photo from the early 1920s. File photo

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In this 1955 photo, Dr. Joseph P. Garen, regional health officer, and Dr. Margaret Rathbun, child health director at City Health Bureau (from right), receive Salk anti-polio vaccine from Richard Maclauchlan Jr. of Emery Air Freight as the serum is unloaded at local airport. Shipment included enough for 49,320 shots. File photo

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This 1920 photo shows the Kodak Park synthetic chemical lab. File photo

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In this photo from November, 1978, Rex Vollentine, John Pfeiffer, Mel Turmelle and Robert Meyer work in the tower controllers and direct air traffic at the Rochester airport, Staff

Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Kelly is pulled down by Al Baker (on right) while outside linebacker Charlie Baker gets ready to make a hit in this 1986 photo. File

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In 1933, a bus crosses the Elmwood Avenue Bridge. The sign in the front window of the bus says University River campus. File photo

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In this 1980 photo, crowds flock to Midtown Plaza on Black Friday to see Santa, ride the monorail and buy gifts. File photo

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In this 1987 photo, writer/producer/director John Hughes (right) discusses a scene with Steve Martin (center) and John Candy on location in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." Parts of the movie were filmed in Batavia and in Cattaraugus County. Joyce Rudolph, Paramount Pictures Corporation)

This undated photo from the late 1800's shows a horse car on the Rochester City and Brighton Railroad. Horse cars started operating in Rochester in 1863 and ended about 30 years later. Staff

In this undated photo, Pete Gruber, also known as "Rattlesnake Pete," tries to cure a goiter sufferer with a snake. Gruber moved to Rochester in 1890 and exhibited hundreds of snakes and reptiles in his Rochester saloon during the early 20th century. Staff

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Winter driving in Batavia, 1979. File photo

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In this 1979 photo, School 12 art teacher Mary Jo Skeet shows off a turkey she brought in for her third grade class. Skeet and her husband raised turkeys "just for fun." File

An Eastman Kodak Co., French advertisement from 1902 for the Brownie camera indicates the camera was originally marketed for children. Priced at $1, the Brownie camera transformed photography from an arcane hobby into a mass commodity. Through 1910, its cardboard exterior was adorned with Canadian author Palmer Cox's "brownie" elves, the most famous cartoon characters of the day. George Eastman House

In this 1979 photo, Syracuse guard Eddie Moss splits Villanova defenders John Pinone and Rory Sparrow. File

In this photo from 1953, Pfc. Nicholas J. Aramino of Le Roy is embraced by his mother as he returned after being held prisoner of war for 33 months in Korea. Staff

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In this photo from November, 1985, smoke billowing in a black plume over the Genesee Valley Club on East Avenue. The three-alarm blaze started in the kitchen and heavily damaged the historic building. File photo

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Armistice Day ceremonies at the World War I Memorial plaque at the Rundel Memorial Building on Nov. 11, 1948. File photo

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Main Street in Rochester is covered by salt after an early-season snowfall in 1947. Staff photo

In this 1975 photo, James Hall, center, Lois O'Dell Musclow and Robert Johnville celebrate being elected to the Webster Village Board of Trustees. Staff

Women in Rochester line up to vote for the first time in the 1920 presidential elections. ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY

This 1973 photo shows steam locomotive No. 38 (Built 1927), which was named "Cmdr. Peter Barry" in honor of Rochester civic leader Peter Barry. Until his death, Barry served as Senior Vice President of the LA&L a 13-mile long shortline in Livingston County. Staff

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Rochester school children react in November 1955 to what was deemed to be the "world's largest air raid siren." File photo

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Jimmy the Chimp eats an ice cream cone on his 48th birthday at the Seneca Park Zoo in this undated photo. File photo

In this 1985 photo, David Brocklebank, 16, plows a field for his father on the family's farm on County Road 30 in Canandaigua Staff

In this 1943 photo, students representing publications of local schools and colleges interview First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at a press conference at the Eastman House. She is shown here in the center of the room surrounded by young journalists. She had a busy day in Rochester, closing with a Post-War Planning rally at the Eastman Theater. File

In this 1979 photo, three customers get a jolt as monster jumps at them from behind a wall of a haunted house in Clarendon. Burr Lewis, Staff

This undated photo shows flooding on the Main Street bridge in Rochester Floods during the 19th Century. Staff

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In this 1975 photo, Greece cadets perform during a competition held in Batavia. File photo

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Construction of the Rochester Subway circa 1922. File

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A view of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in this undated photo from 1940. File photo

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This photo in Highland Hospital's first maternity ward is from around 1904. The maternity ward was part of an extension of the mansion Highland Hospital was first located in off Rockingham Drive. The building is long since gone, taken over by the modern hospital building. File

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1982 aerial of Fairport. File photo

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In this undated photo, Gates officials show off a new ambulance. File photo

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In this 1962 photo, Andrew J Schreiner, who had been delivering milk since 1885, receives a surprise birthday cake from Patricia Bagglio while making a stop on Keeler Street in Rochester. It was his 89th birthday. Schreiner continued to deliver milk until he was 95, one year before his death. Staff

In this 1911 photo, President William Howard Taft watches a parade during the Grand Army of the Republic convention in Rochester. File

In this 1975 photo, Rosemary Castle of Manchester-Hopewell Townline Road, Clifton Springs, checks pumpkin man she made for Halloween from the 100-pound pumpkin grown in the family garden by her son, Jack File

In this photo from 1890, the intricate scaffolding, or falsework, that is erected to provide a supportive framework for construction of the Driving Park Bridge. File

In this 1975 photo, the second annual Oktoberfest opened with the tapping of a Genesee beer keg in Rochester. Staff

This picture fromthe 1890's shows the "Old Ocean,"

This picture from the 1890's shows Phelp's "Old Ocean," a fire engine that was pumped by hand and drew its water from a cistern in the middle of the street. Staff

In this 1972 photo, Wendel Howard harvest grain against October sky off Spencerport Raod in Spencerport. File

Crowds gather to hear Gov. Thomas E. Dewey campaign for the presidency in Rochester in this 1944 photo. Staff photo

In this 1975 photo, heavy rains flood the intersection of North and Nash streets in Rochester. File

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View of the east end of the Smith Street bridge - sales station of the light company during the hard coal strike in 1902. File photo

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Motorcyclists race at a track in Palymyra in this undated photo. File photo

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In this undated photo, farmers harvest corn at Maplewood Farms along the old Route 104 in Webster. File photo

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The New York Central Railroad station was built in 1914, at a cost of $2 million. The remains of the building were demolished when the former Amtrak station was built on the site. Construction is near completion for a new hub for Amtrak and CSX, and it is expected to be completed in a few weeks. Courtesy of Rochester Museum & Science Center

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In this 1977 photo, tugboat Mildren Moran pushes a barge past acres of fall foliage in Palmyra, Wayne County. File photo

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Rochester's telephone installers and trouble-shooters in 1903 included: Top row, from left) John Henneky, George Lines, Charles G. Vickery, Charles O. Harris, Joseph Pearson, Fred Sullivan, William Kibbee and Adolph Dennison; (bottom row) William Giblin, John Haley, John Garry, James Gibson, James Timmons, Patrick McDonald, Frank Hayden, James Barry. File photo

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Charles Campbell of Rochester focuses on flowers in Highland Park in this 1978 photo. Staff

In this 1964 photo, student nurse Betty Bardwell is

In this 1946 photo, student nurse Betty Bardwell is shown with Park Avenue Hospital's incubators. File

1924 team photo of the Rochester Jeffersons. The Jeffersons played in the NFL from 1922-1925. They finished 0-7 in 1924. Staff

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in full formal attire, nearly 120 riders stalk a fox through the Geneseo woodlands during the Genesee Valley Hunt.Position in line depends on your experience in the hunt 1982 file photo

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An afternoon shot of Main Street in Rochester in 1981. File photo

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The Main entrance to Kodak Office Building on State Street, as it was on its day of dedication in 1899 fronted by brick walk, stone pavement. File

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The Drabinski triplets, Monica, Marlene and Mary, pose on their birthday. The three were born at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester in July, 1946 and made headlines in the paper for several years after. 1949 file photo

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In this photo from 1989, William Chesterman, 84, tips his cap at the Pittsford Fire Department. Chesterman retired in 1989 after 54 years with the department. File

Jane Sadoff of Cazanovia, N.Y. guides her Arab mare outside the show ring at Walnut Hill Farm. In this 1979 photo, Sadoff and horse, Jehan, competed in the Single Pleasure Horse class at the Walnut Hill Farm Driving Competition. File

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In this 1973 photo, 77 people start the second Rochester Marathon. File photo

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In this 1986 photo, Suzanne Marianetta of Spencerport checks the quality of a tele disc camera at Kodak. Staff

The multi-wired telephone pole was a common, if ungainly sight in Rochester at the turn of the century. This picture shows some 1903 telephone workers balanced nearly 100 feet above the intersection of Main and State streets. Powers Building is on left. File

Joe Cady plays an accordion during a senior citizen dance in 1988. His orchestra dances were familiar to many in Rochester. File

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In this 1981 photo, Joseph Guinta, owner of The Stichery, works on an 80-foot flag. File photo

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Monroe County Harvest Queen 1967: Ann Spencer, right, and her alternate, Ann Baynes. File photo

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In this 1928 photo, a crowd gathers around the first regular air mail plane to arrive in Rochester - a stepping stone in city and national progress. File photo

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This 1936 photo shows the Kodak Park team that won the world amateur softball championship in Chicago. In front, left to right, George Krembel and Tommy Castle; second row, Harold Lindhorst, Leo Gallagher, George Reisinger, Joe Farrell, Joe Scheid, "Shifty" Gears, Harold Dreschmidt, Harold Hogan; back row, Jimmy Gallagher, Al Tinsmon, Don Selkirk, Joe Minella, Pat Fisher, Ernie Hopkins, Joe Witzigman, Harold Coogan. Staff

In this 1957 photo, piles and piles of apples are moved onto a conveyor at the Comstock Foods, Inc., plant in Perinton. File

Cars slowly make their way through flooded section of Ford Street in Rochester in this 1976 photo. Staff

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A look back at the Rochester Labor Day Parade in this undated photo. File photo

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Richmond's Wayne Nordhagen beats the tag by Red Wings' catcher Jim Hutto in this undated photo. STEVE GROER, Staff

In this 1979 photo, kids play on the playground of Chestnut Ridge Elementary School in the Churchville-Chili school district. Staff phtoo

In this 1949 photo, Louis E. Holtz of Fairport operates one of the power rollers while working on the football field at the University of Rochester. Staff

First motorist to leave through the toll booth at opening of Thruway connection at LeRoy was Robert Carlson of Gainesville shown paying Mrs. Patricia Heins of Brockport in this 1965 photo. Staff

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St. Mary’s Hospital on Genesee Street was open during the Civil War to receive wounded Union soldiers. This photo was taken in 1946. File photo

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The tunnel that crosses Allens Creek, seen here in 1914, marks entrance to Corbett's Glen. The tunnel was built in 1853 as part of a railroad trestle. Photo by Al Isselhard

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City councilmen view the site to be cleared for the construction of the Rochester War Memorial in this undated photo. File photo

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Apple harvest at the Collamer Brothers Orchard, North Hamlin Road, Hamlin, circa 1905. Hamlin Town Historian/Courtesy Mary Smith

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In this undated photo, Hamlin farmer Norman Kruger stands with his Clydesdale horses and milk wagons at his family's farm, known as Maple Wood Farm before it became N.J. Kruger and Sons, Inc. File photo

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"Orphans Day" at Ontario Beach Park in 1920. The park was known as Western New York's Coney Island. Photo Archive

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In this undated photo, Walt Silverman, who owned the Carvel Ice Cream store at East Ridge Road and Hudson Avenue in Irondequoit, stands in the store. File photo

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In this photo from 1969, the Arcade & Attica Railroad begins its sixth season of steam passenger service. Staff

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Pictured in this undated photo, from left: Maurice Cunningham, Bernard Vensing, Joseph Conray, Carl King and, Freckles the dog, from the Rochester Fire Bureau. File photo

In this undated photo, Red Wing pitcher Bill Dillman talks with Thomas Bittlingmaier, 8, and Chris McWilton, 9, before a game. Dillman pitched in Rochester in 1966, 1968 and 1969. Staff

Rochester General was the first Rochester hospital to be incorporated by the state. This was on May 7, 1847. The Westside Division as it looked in 1888. Rochester General Hospital photo

Bicyclist and motorist merge on Monroe Avenue near the Pittsford Plaza in this 1971 photo. Staff

In this 1979 photo, a polar bear cub plays in the sun at Seneca Park Zoo. File

Charlotte-Ontario Beach trolley: Photo taken in 1889 at Lake and Ridgeway shows well-ventilated trolleys on first trip of what later became the lake line. File

In this undated photo, Joyce Smith, a Rochester Telephone

In this 1949 photo, Joyce Smith, a Rochester Telephone Corp. worker, demonstrates a 10 cent pay phone. File

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In this 1984 photo, Spencerport's David and Joanne Kryger pose with their 14 adopted children. They also had six children of their own. 1984 file photo

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With a Kodak camera around his neck, actor and singer Ricky Nelson autographs album for office workers in Camera Works at Eastman Kodak Co. 1958 file photo

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Rochester Red Wings player Don Baylor is seen in this 1970 photo. Baylor exhibited a rare combination of power and speed in parts of three seasons in a Red Wings uniform. Baylor died Monday, August 7, 2017. Bob Gapsky, Staff photo

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Fans watch the Watkins Glen Grand Prix in this 1978 photo. File photo

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Ostrich racing at the Monroe County Fair in this undated photo. File photo

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The first Monroe County Fair was held after World War II in Edgerton Park, shown here in 1945. File photo

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In this 1933 photo, a Rochester Railway Coordinated Bus Lines bus crosses the Elmwood Avenue bridge. The sign in the front window says "University river campus." File

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In this 1978 photo, Kenneth Duerr, 78, plants leeks on his property on Portland Avenue in Irondequoit. File photo

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In 1891, a single smokestack puffed smoke from a coal furnace that provided power for Kodak's four-building production complex at Lake Avenue and Ridge Road. File photo

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In this 1975 photo, Henry Sheremeta rides a chair balanced on saucer while water skiing on the Genesee River during the Genesee Aqua Festival. File photo

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Jim Kelly and other Buffalo Bills run onto the field during training camp in Fredonia in 1986. File photo

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Airstream Trailers arrive at Parson's Mountain top on the Nunda-Byersville Road in the Town of Nunda to start the weekend in this 1970 photo. Staff

In this 1975 photo, David Lang shows off his beer can collection. File

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The Commerce Building comes down in a cloud of smoke on E. Main Street. It was demolished in 1985 to make way for the construction of the Hyatt hotel. Commerce Building, E. Main Street (Photo 4 of 5) shot from the 10th floor of the Holiday Inn Staff photographer

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Genesee flood waters rise over cars left in parking lot just northeast of Mt. Morris business district as floods hit in 1972. Staff

This 1932 photo shows the damage caused when a tornado struck the Meisenzahl farm on Wegman Road in Gates. Staff photo

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Led by the white and gold uniformed Park Band, a group of celebrants mark the opening of Durand-Eastman Park in a parade leading past the refectory, seen at the right. Opened to the public in 1909, it remains one of the city's favorite parks. 1909 file photo

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R.T. French Co. employees work on the mustard line in 1971. File photo 1971

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Two army ROTC members jog along Scottsville Road as part of an exercise to qualify them for Ranger School. Rochester Institute of Technology student Jeff Morton, left, and University of Rochester student David Mevedeveff, had to complete a 12-mile road march in less than two hours to qualify. 1982 File photo

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In this undated photo, Dorothea Gehnk sits around an old stove in her store in Rush. The store, at 6008 East Henrietta Rd. was one of the last country stores of its type in Monroe County. It closed its doors in 1962. Dorothea had worked in the store since 1906. File

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Earl's Grill in Corn Hill is seen in this 1984 photo shortly before it was torn down. File photo

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Tim Derryberry after his wedding at Silver Stadium in 1982. Derryberry was a catcher for the Wings. File photo

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In this 1976 photo, Marge Hendrick plays ping pong at the Civic Center Plaza during the noon hour. File photo

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Robert Carr water skis on Canandaigua Lake in this 1990 photo. File photo

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Captain John Frisbie made first airplane flight over Rochester, July 7, 1911. Staff photo

Upper Falls of Genesee River, as seen in 1897. File

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Alan Schultheis and Paul Hale help farmer Roger Powers secure long strips of transparent plastic over rows of freshly planted corn on Powers' Pittsford farm in this 1980 photo. File photo

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Main Street, Penn Yan is seen in this 1922 photo. File

An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the War Memorial for a Foreigner concert in 1979. Staff

Rochester Public Market in 1908. Staff

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The 1975 Fourth of July parade makes its way down Monroe Avenue in Brighton. File photo

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Charlotte Beach was the site of the Miller Lite Pro Beach Volleyball Rochester Open in 1989. File photo

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Cal Ripken with the, Rochester Red Wings in 1981. File photo

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A train running on tracks in the dry Genesee River carts away rocks blasted from the river bed in order to deepen the channel in this photo circa 1915. From the Albert R. Strong Negative

This 1878 photo shows villagers watching a parade at the Wilcox House. It was a leading hotel in Honeoye Falls for many years, and became the Masonic Temple in 1920. Provided by the Honeoye Falls Mendon Historical Society

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A farmer pulls a wagon of hay on Boughton Hill Road in Victor. Staff file photo

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Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) parades up Main Street in September, 1912. The Civil War veterans were holding their convention in Rochester. File photo

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In this 1972 photo, cows graze off West Henrietta Road on top of Methodist Hill near suburban homes. Staff

Fisherman compete in the first day of the Empire State/Lake Ontario Fishing Derby in this 1983 photo. Staff

Silver Stadium is seen in photo from 1970. Staff

A streetcar makes a stop on Main Street at the corner of Front Street sometime in the mid-1920's just after a major overhaul of the trolley tracks. Staff

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Jack Nicklaus signs an autograph during the 1968 U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford. Staff file photo

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The former Blue Gardenia restaurant in Irondequoit, scene of the 1981 murder of John Fiorino. Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan, who recently died in prison, was responsible for the mob hit. File photo

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Sea Breeze bathing beach is seen in this 1914 photo. Provided

Don & Bob's restaurant is seen in this 1988 photo. Staff

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In this 1974 photo, a flag waves in the wind after being raised in a ceremony for the 21-story Genesee Crossroads apartment complex at St. Paul and Andrews streets. File photo

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In this 1957 photo, spaghetti sauce is raised to a high temperature at Ragù's plant at 1680 Lyell Ave., as Ralph Cantisano and brother Frank operate equipment. The sauce is made from a recipe brought from Italy. Staff photo

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Children stand outside the Bloss Street gate to Edgerton Park, awaiting the opening of the 1946 Monroe County Fair at noon the next day. File photo

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In this undated photo, beach goers enjoy Ontario Beach Park. File photo

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In this 1953 photo, cement is placed on what will become the main floor of the Community War Memorial. File

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PICNICS Two enjoy a pre-prom picnic in Highland Park in this 1980 photo. File photo

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This 1932 photo shows a New York State Railways "trackless bus." Staff photo

In this 1983 photo, representatives of veterans groups salute a large flag during the playing of Taps in the Community War Memorial as part of Memorial Day ceremonies. File

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In this 1978 photo, Roger Rouse (left) and Ron Schlemmer take a break at the North Chili Farmer's market File photo

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Rochester Red Wings: Spring training, 1940. File photo

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Donuts Delite at 1700 Culver Road in Irondequoit pictured in 1982. File photo

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The Starlite Drive-In on West Henrietta Road in Henrietta once was among the many choices of local drive-in theaters. 1973 file photo

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This photo, circa 1914, is the scene looking northeast over the Main Street lift bridge in Fairport. The fruit packing operations can be seen along the canal, on the former site of the DeLand factory. The village of Fairport was officially born on April 30, 1867. Provided

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A scene from the Memorial Day parade, 1950. File photo

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Andrews and Front Streets during the flood of 1918. From the Albert R. Stone Negative Collection, Rochester Museum & Science Center

In this 1974 photo, Rochester's Mercury statue is moved on the bed of a truck en route to a touch-up. Staff photo

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In this photo from 1977, University of Rochester students toss around an earth ball during Dandelion Day, their annual celebration of spring. File photo

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Elephants from the Ringling Ringling Bros. circus parade in Rochester prior to a show in 1979. local parade Staff photo

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The Jack Rabbit ride at Seabreeze Amusement Park circa 1920, from the Richard Flint collection. The park opened as Seabreeze, was changed to Dreamland in the 1940s, and was changed back to Seabreeze in the 1970s. File photo

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Horses draw a barge across the Genesee River on the Erie Canal aqueduct, in this undated photo. At left, the Kimball Tobacco Factory, which locked out 500 striking workers in 1883. File

Genesee River, behind Front Street, in this photo from 1952. Staff photo

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In this 1948 photo, George Paddock shows how the two-and-one half ton, four faced Bausch & Lomb tower clock was wound once a week since it first began providing the time for Rochesterians in 1908. File photo

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The Sweet Adelines perform at the 1982 Lilac Festival. File photo

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A pitcher winds up for his delivery in this 1974 photo at Silver Stadium, then home to the Rochester Red Wings. File photo

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The Lilac Festival closes with a huge fireworks display over Highland Park in 1981. File photo

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New cars are delivered in the early 1930's to Cunningham Joyce Motor Corp at 706 Dewey Ave. File

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In this 1977 photo, kids get their feet wet in the wading pool in Manhattan Square Park during a March day that hit record-high temperatures. File photo

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Danny Teall, a Times-Union delivery boy, rides his bike through flooded streets in Greece in this 1962 photo. Staff photo

The caption on this undated photograph reads: "When father was a young fellow. he went to Ontario Beach Park on New York Central Trains, which swung over a wide loop and deposited their passengers close to the water's edge. That was before 1900. Here is a panoramic view of the resort of those days. The building at the right is the Hotel Ontario and the one with the pointed roof is a big pavilion with a stage. The broad boardwalk in the foreground ran along the shore close to the water. It was not until 1922 that Rochester acquired the beach and converted it into a city park." File

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In this 1989 photo, spectators wait for the shuttle in the rain to get a ride back to their cars from the U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club. 1989 file photo

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This is how the Webster Fire Hall looked in 1927. In front of the building is the fire department's first fire truck, a chemical tanker, purchased in 1922. File photo

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Breakwater repair near Edgemere Drive in Greece during the flooding of April, 1952. File photo

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Inner loop In this 1959 photo, workers pour concrete as they construct the Inner Loop at Plymouth Avenue and Main Street in Rochester. Staff

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In this 1973 photo, wind pushes waves into homes on Edgemere Drive in Greece. File photo

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A 1938 shot of a classroom in the Barnard School, which opened 10 years earlier. Courtesy of the Greece Historical Society

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A car splashes through several inches of water on Edgemere Drive in April, 1952. File photo

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John Hambleton was called Rochester's dean of weathermen. 1978 file photo

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Arnold Plamer drew a large gallery while competing in the 1984 Senior Open at Oak Hill in Rochester. MICHAEL SCHWARZ, Staff

A view of the Mayflower Doughnut Shop at East Main Street and Clinton Avenue in downtown Rochester in 1941. From the Rochester Municipal Archives collection, Local History Division, Rochester Public Library.

A Rochester Transit bus gets an look-over before going on the streets after a 1961 strike ended. Staff

Alf Colton, 69 Chandler St., races at Driving Park race track in the Maplewood area of Rochester. The track was popular from 1874 to 1895. Note: When this photo ran in 1950 Mr. Colton was in his 80's. Undated staff photo

Rochester Colts ballplayers pose in front of the dugout at Baseball Park on Bay Street on opening day in 1918. The Stone Collection/Rochester Museum and Science Center

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In this 1934 photo, a steamer on the Genesee River that went to Glen House. File photo

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This temporary station was built for Amtrak passengers in 1977, prior to the construction of a new terminal at the Central Avenue location the next year. JIM SHEEHAN, Staff

The 1950 Glidden Tour of automobiles came to Rochester for a parade and a stop at the George Eastman House for a photo. Charles Schaufelberger photographs Walter D. Marr and Mrs. Maurice Nichelson, both of Flint, Michigan, in a 1908 Buick. (Staff photo, 9/15/1950) Staff photo

The corner of E. Main and Franklin streets in 1961. Staff photo

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An aerial view of Canandaigua in 1925. File photo

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In his photo from May 7, 1909 13,000 Rochester fans see take in Opening Day. This shows part of the overflow of fans in the outfield at Bay Street Ballgrounds. Rochester won 6-1 over Providence, R.I. The Stone Collection/Rmsc, Yes-GRN

In this undated photo, sticks are thrown into a horse-drawn cart while preparing Ontario Beach for the swimming season. The horses used in the chore were used to smooth area ice rinks during the winter. The shift to Ontario Beach was a sign that spring was on the way. Staff

In this photo from June 28, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoppe of Irondequoit and their children Robert,9; Christina,8; Richard, 5, and Paul, 3 1/2 boarding the Rochester Subway on the final day it operated. Staff

In this 1979 photo, a 12-year-old boy floats in the flood waters on Coldwater Road in Gates. DAVID COOK, Staff

In this April, 1947 photo, a busy Lake Avenue is seen looking south from the White Street intersection. Staff photo

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Young fans wait for Red Wings Tom Shopay to sign autographs in 1974. File photo

In this undated photo, Mill Street Street is flooded

In this undated photo, Mill Street is flooded in Rochester. File

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In this 1988 photo, Nory Construction workers are included in an outdoor RPO concert with Peter Bay conducting. 1988 file photo

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In this photo from 1953, cars maneuver the traffic circle leading to the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The traffic circle was changed to an interchange in the 1960s. FIle photo

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In this 1955 photo, the Norwegian ship Askepot waits on Lake Ontario for the winds to slow. File

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In this photo from 1980, Rod Steele flies upside down near Salmon Creek Country Club in Spencerport. File photo

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Fans lined up early for first-come, first served seats for a 1981 REO Speedwagon concert at the Rochester Community War Memorial. File photo

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The 1966 American Bowling Congress Championships get underway at the War Memorial in Rochester in this 1966 photo. Nearly 30,000 bowlers - including the best bowlers in the country - came to the city for the 70-day event. File

East Avenue at the approach to the old Erie Canal bridge in Pittsford is shown in this 1909 photo. 1909

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An aerial view of Silver Stadium on Norton Street from 1988. The ballpark was home to the minor league Rochester Red Wings from 1929 to 1996. Aerial view of Silver Stadium on Norton St. 1988 file photo

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In this 1964 photo, a long, long line of traffic stretches on what would become I-490 in this view from Monroe Avenue. File

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In this image from March, 1985, a 19-day-old leopard cub, weighing in at 16 ounces, gets a morning feeding at the Seneca Park Zoo's animal hospital. 1985 file photo

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In this 1981 photo, Rochester firefighters check liquid

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In this 1981 photo, Rochester firefighters test liquid at Strong Memorial Hospital for radioactivity. The tests were negative. File photo

WWII signs and Red Cross flags at the intersection of East Avenue and Stillson Street on February 23, 1943. Rochester Public Library

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This 1971 photo shows the interior of Wegmans at Pittsford Plaza. File photo

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In this 1951 photo, an employee of a wrecking firm works on demolition of a brick building on the site that would become the Community War Memorial. The Mercury statue is seen in the background. 1951 file photo

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Protesters hold signs during rally outside City Hall in this 1993 photo. About 50 people showed up to protest the acquittal of Rochester vice officers. File photo

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In this 1977 photo, a marching band heads down the street during Rochester's St. Patrick's Day Parade. File photo

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Neighbors try to clear Regent Street during the March blizzard of 1993. 1993 file photo

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In this photo from 1935, inventors of the new motion picture color film, Kodachrome, show their product to Commerce Club officers preparing for a public showing. File photo

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In this 1954 photo, Thomas Aldridge receives his polio vaccination. He said, "I hope it works. I hate polio." With him are Dr. Allan Fisher and nurse's aide Kathryn Donahue. File

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A group of Hike for Hope hikers cross the Andrews Street Bridge, up a hill to St. Paul Street in this photo from 1971. File photo

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An aerial photo of Russell Station, circa 1949. Provided by RG&E

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Mike Carey and his sister, Shannon, of Easton Road, Irondequoit, standing in front of an uprooted tree at 67 Montaine Park during the 1991 Ice Storm. File photo

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In this 1981 photo, Beverly Voloshin, assistant professor of English at the U of R, catches up on the news in one of the south windows in the walkway connecting Wilson Commons with the River Campus Quad. Burr Lewis, Staff

In this photo from 1965, crates are moved around at the Rochester Public Market. File

One of many features in a 1934 parade celebrating Rochester's Centennial, a restored horsecar reminded citizens of the streetcar's predecessor. Over 40 miles of horsecar tracks served the city during the mid to late 1800's. This scene is on Clinton Ave. New York Museum of Transportation

In this 1978 photo, shoppers inside Midtown Plaza browse among 30 imported cars on display. The auto show was put on by the Rochester Automobile Dealers Association. File

Operators work the switchboard to connect callers while working at Rochester Telephone in 1948. Staff

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Black smoke billows from Antical Chemical fire on Exchange Street in this photo from May 30, 1977. File photo

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In this 1958 photos, spotlights follow a comic on the ice during the Ice Follies show at the Community War Memorial in Rochester. Staff

In this 1970 photo, a B&O diesel engine sits idle at the Brooks Avenue station. Staff

The bell tower at Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester is seen in this 1939 photo. Staff

In this story from February, 1974, firefighters battle a blaze at 12 Corners in Brighton. Seven stores were destroyed in the fire. File

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From the archive: The Clarissa Street neighborhood was once the center of black life in the city. On April 9, 1968, the day of the funeral for Martin Luther King Jr., an estimated 3,000 people marched on Clarissa Street. File photo

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German POWs from the Hamlin Beach camp shovel snow in Rochester during the winter of 1944-45. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAMLIN TOWN HISTORIAN MARY SMITH

In this 1988 file photo, Tom Auberger of Auberger and Sons in Churchville stands with a stack of special wooden holiday cases his company made for Genesee Brewing as a promotion for its 12 Horse Ale. JIM LARAGY, Staff

The Eastman Theater is seen after renovations were completed in 1972. BURR LEWIS, Staff

Frederick Douglass, center, stands with a group of dignitaries in this photo taken in 1892 at the official dedication of Eastman Kodak Park. Standing in the group, the second from the left front row holding his top hat in his right hand, and sporting a beard, is President Benjamin Harrison. Photo Courtesy George Eastman House

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Despite the presence of a strong El Nino, nearly 27 inches fell over two days of January 1966, making it one of Rochester's snowiest months ever. This giant snow drift, photographed Feb. 2, was on East Avenue in Pittsford. File photo

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Taken in 1943, this photo shows Lake Ontario near all-time high level. Water floods homes on Edgemere Drive. File photo

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In this 1958 photo, the Rochester Fire Department knock off heavy chunks of show and ice from buildings on Main Street. Staff photo

In this 1961 photo, cars fill the road at 5 p.m. on the Inner Loop in this view from Broad Street. Traffic was heavier than normal because of the Rochester Transit strike. Staff

A foreman checks the progress during construction of the bridge over the canal in Genesee Valley Park in this 1978 photo. Staff

In 1937, the town of Perinton purchased a Linn tractor-truck and a Linn-Frink snowplow attachment at a cost of $2,950. Pictured are John Schoolmaster, sitting on the wing; Hank Sauer, seated in the middle; Bill Dancy; Fred Schoolmaster; Clarence Watson; Bill Kodwicz; and John Cook. Provided by the Perinton Town Historian's office

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In this photo from 1957, films that have been returned are checked over before being put back into circulation at the Rochester Public library. file photo

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The former Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) on Gibbs Street in Rochester was demolished in the late 1980s. File photo

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This 1930 photo shoes the Regent Theater at 65 East

This 1930 photo shows the Regent Theater at 65 East Ave. in Rochester. Staff photo

The arrival of new Rochester Telephone Co. phone books, 1965. Staff

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In this 1924 photo, Lillian Weigl, the winner of the ladies' championship skating title in a citywide meet at Lake Riley, poses on the ice at Cobbs Hill Park. file photo

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In this 1968 photo, Xerox Tower stands tall in the Rochester skyline. The caption of this photo Staff

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In this 1958 photo, Sammy's Philco-ettes team, from left, Sally Moore, Shirely Sekel, Mary Furlani, Ruth Rebok and Lucille Wood, lead two of ROchester's leagues. File photo

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A Rochester city firefighter helps to blast hot spots in the roof while fighting a fire on Wilkens Street in 2005. File photo / Shawn Dowd

The community War Memorial under construction in 1953. Staff

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Wade Phillips and Bills all-time sack leader Bruce Smith share a moment in 1996. File photo

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David Bowie heads to Rochester City Court March 25, 1976, he was charged with marijuana possession. In May 1976, the charges were effectively dismissed after a grand jury declined to indict the legendary artist. Bowie never performed in Rochester again. File photo / JOHN METZGER, John Metzger/staff photographer

This is one of the last views taken of the Erie Canal before it was abandoned. At the left is seen a portion of Rochester's famous towpath. In the distance is the old Caledonia Avenue Bridge. The photograph was taken in the winter of 1922, looking west from South Washington Street. 1922 photo

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In this 1981 photo, go-carts race around the track at Olympic Park in Chili. The Scottsville Road attraction closed in 1982, joining a list of now-extinct local amusement parks. 1981 file photo

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In this 1946 photo, skaters compete in a roller derby at the East Main Armory. File photo

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In this 1960 photo, more than 600 crowd around actress Sandra Dee actress at McCurdy's in Rochester. Staff photo

People wait for a bus on St. Paul Street in the snow. JIM LARAGY 1985 photo

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In this 1943 photo, barges built to serve the Army supply line wait in Charlotte. Both were built at Odenbach Shipbuilding. file photo

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Firefighters battle a blaze at two apartment buildings on Hudson Avenue in March 1976. File photo

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In this 1939 photo, 16 railroad cars worth arrives in Rochester after coal miners returned to work following a strike. It was the first soft coal shipment in six weeks. 1939 file photo

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In this 1979 photo, a fisherman wades in Lake Ontario during the winter months. 1979 file photo

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In this 1964 photo, lines form outside the Riviera Theater in Rochester. 1964 file photo

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In this 1921 photo, men participate in the Seminary Students physical classes at the central YMCA. Photo courtesy of the YMCA of Greater Rochester.

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In this 1985 photo, Sue Coffer leads her horse through a flower-covered field at the Genesee Country Museum. BURR LEWIS 1985 file photo

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In this image from 1971, fire rips through the Sherwood Shoe factory building in Rochester. 1971 file photo

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A celebration brings in the 1955 New Year during a ball at the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. 1955 file photo

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Rochester Americans goalie Bobby Perreault stops a puck in this 1969 photo. Perreault still holds the Amerk record for goal tending wins. Joe Watson, 1969 file photo

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In this photo from 1953, Christmas decorations light up Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. Staff

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Monroe Toy Shop pictured at Midtown Plaza in 1977 near Wegmans, which was expanding its space. File photo

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Four players who helped the Red Wings win four consecutive pennants (1928-1931) are photographed in this photo from 1930. From Left: catcher Paul Florence, pitcher John Berly, and outfielders Ray Pepper and Red Worthington. File photo

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Rochester's Corn Hill neighborhood, near Adams and Clarissa streets, in 1970. File photo

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In this undated photo, a group of people roller skate inside Sharkey’s Skate-Way, one of the most popular roller-skating rinks in the Rochester area during the sport’s resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo: Courtesy of Isadore "J.R." Sharkey Jr.

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In this 1955 photo, cars move along the newly-opened eastern Thruway connection toward Rochester at the Bushnell's Basin interchange. File photo

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In this 1977 photo, stalled motorists wait helplessly

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In this 1977 photo, stalled motorists wait for help on the South Clinton Avenue bridge over Route 490 during a storm. File photo

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In this 1978 photo, the Bushnell’s Basin schoolhouse is razed. The original structure of the schoolhouse was built in 1813. It was closed as a school in 1947. 1978 file photo

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Christmas in Midtown Plaza, shown here in 1977, featured Magic Mountain, Santa and the monorail for many years. File photo

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Aerial view of Holley in 1938. Staff photo

Rochester school children react in November 1955 to what was deemed to be the "world's largest air raid siren." Rochester Public Library collect

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This 1973 aerial photograph shows Aquinas Stadium. File photo

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In this 1927 photo, an observation train makes one of the first runs through Rochester's new subway. The train was westbound and about to enter a tunnel over the Genesee River under Broad Street. File photo

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The corner of Park Avenue and Berkeley Street in Rochester, New York, via 1982. File photo

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In this 1986 image, a series of powerful charges - milliseconds apart, destroy the Driving Park Bridge before gravity pulled the girders into the Genesee River. file photo

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In this photo from 1941, workers are shown using scrapers to prepare the ice at Cobbs Hill Park for skaters. Staff photo

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In this image from the late 1950's, artwork that will be sent to Rennes, France is displayed by Rochester students. The caption said that the students hoped to have artwork from France sent back to them. File photo

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This image from 1941 shows a parade as part of an American Legion Convention in Rochester, Staff

This photo from the early 1950s shows the intersection of S. Plymouth Avenue and Adams Street in Rochester. Staff

This 1967 photo shows Burger-Go-Round on Scottsville Road. T. Gordon Massecar, Staff photo

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This December 1926 photo shows the day Neisner’s opened its remodeled store on East Main Street. File photo

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Idols was a “showcase club” with professional sound and lighting systems and technicians. Pictured in August 1987. File photo

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In this undated photo, the spectators line the streets as a parade honoring the Grand Army of the Republic turns on to South Avenue in Rochester. The captioned mentioned that more than 1,000 participated in the parade and more than 50,000 watched it. Staff

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This is how Main Street in Canadaigua looked in 1963. file photo

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In this picture from June, 1980, hundreds of yellow balloons floated aloft as R. T. French Co. employees celebrated the company's 100th anniversary at a picnic lunch. Each balloon carried a card with a worker's name and a chance for prizes for the finder and that employee. Talis Bergmanis

1890: Susan B. Anthony and Rachel Foster Avery with Avery’s daughters, Miriam Alice Foster and Rose Foster Avery (on Anthony’s lap. UR River Campus Libraries

1952: Battery D of the 102nd AAA Gun Battalion marche sinto civilian life which lies behind arch, at right, of Culver Road Armory. Outfit was returned to National Guard after being in active service 22 months. Staff photo

Non-teaching employees of the Rochester City School District picket the administration offices on Fitzhugh Street South seeking to get a wage increase included in the 1967-68 district budget. From the Archive

1942: Women sort cherries on in a canning factory in Hilton. Staff photo

In this photo dated 1890, Dr, Samuel Linn and his family pose on Vick Park. Staff

CHANNING, CAROL ACTRESS CAROL CHANNING AT THE STRATHALLAN IS IN ROCHESTER TO DO "HELLO, DOLLY" (REED HOFFMANN PHOTO, 3/1983) dc 3/22/1983 REED HOFFMANN, Staff

JOHN CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HILLTOP CHURCH - THE CONGREGATION OF JOHN CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN HENRIETTA WILL HOLD ITS FIRST SERVICE IN THE CHURCH AT 7:30 P.M., CHRISTMAS EVE. THE NEW GROUP HAS HELD SERVICES AT AMERICAN LEGION HALL. (staff photo, 12/1962) DC 12.22.1962 Staff

DRUM & BUGLE CORPS---ROCHESTER CRUSADERS HELPING TO CELEBRATE THE WEBSTER FIRE DEPT PARADE Staff

MONROE COUNTY HALL OF JUSTICE Staff

GATES RALPH ESPOSITO, A REPUBLICAN, HAS BEEN TOWN SUPERVISOR SINCE 1989. KAREN SCHIELY, Staff

MONROE COUNTY AUTO LICENSE BUREAU THIS IS THE EXTERIOR OF THE NEW LICENSE BUREAU IN HENRIETTA. IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND. THEY HAVE ONE SMALL SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE. SEE OTHER PHOTOS (TWO). JIM LARAGY, Staff

EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC LITTLE REMAINS OF GEORGE EASTMAN THEATER BALLET SCHOOL. THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC'S ANNEX I BUILDING ON SWAN STREET IS BEING REMOVED AS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S $5.7 MILLION RENOVATION PROJECT. VICKI VALERIO, Staff

GREECE ADELINE PLAYGROUND, NOT MUCH HAS BEEN DONE G PAUL BURNETT, Staff

CENTRAL AVENUE BUSINESS PLACES TO BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR INNER LOOP. Staff

MENDON FARM STORY - THIS MENDON CENTER ROAD FARM IS TYPICAL OF MONROE COUNTY FARMS, WHICH THE LATEST CENSUS SHOWS TO BE FEWER, BIGGER, AND MORE VALUABLE. THIS IS PART OF A LARGE POTATO-WHEAT-OATS OPERATION OWNED BY IRVING HOPKINS, 311 MENDON CENTER RD., A PITTSFORD COUNCILMAN. HE HAS DRAWN SEVERAL OLD FARMS INTO ONE BIG BUSINESS. THE HOUSE AT RIGHT WAS BUILT ABOUT 1790, HE BELIEVES, DATING THE PERIOD FROM WHICH THE LAND HAS BEEN WORKED. PETER. B. HICKEY, Staff

DON & BOB RESTAURANT 2075 MONROE AVE, BRIGHTON Staff

APPLE CIDER MAYER'S AT FIVE MILE LINE ROAD, WEBSTER Staff

CHAMPION, CLIFF FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS CLIFF CHAMPION HAS BEEN THE ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE HOLIDAY MODEL-TRAIN EXHIBIT IN THE CONCOURSE AT LINCOLN FIRST TOWER. KEVIN HIGLEY, Staff

ROCHESTER PRESBYTERIAN HOME NEW PRESBYTERIAN HOME ON THURSTON ROAD. Staff

- -Photo from Seneca Zoo Society shows zookeeper feeding a monkey at Seneca Park Zoo. Date of photograph unknown. (Photo/Handout) Provided

Train derailment at East Henrietta Road crossing cost $50,000. (Burr Lewis photo, 8/1974) DC 8/25/1974 Burr Lewis, Staff photo

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH USED FOR SCHOOL - PUPILS OF WHEATLAND-CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAY OUTSIDE GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ONE OF TWO CHURCHES HOUSING PUPILS IN DISTRICT. Staff

Carthage School No. 8. 253 Conkey Ave. was constructed in 1894 with additions in 1900, 1910, 1921 and 1955. The building has an estimated life of 1-5 years. It is scheduled for replacement in 1970. (Staff photo, 2/13/1966) TU 10/8/1981 Staff

WORLD WAR 2 ROCHESTER ITALIAN POW'S WORKING AT A CANNERY IN WEBSTER CHEER NEWS OF ITALY'S DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY IN OCTOBER, 1943. Staff

CHEMICAL LEAKS, DUMPS AND SPILLS BARRELS LEAKING VARIOUS CHEMICALS, INCLUDING SODIUM CYANIDE, ARE STACKED AT ABANDONED MILJO LIQUID WASTE PROCESSING CORP. OFF MCKEE ROAD. JIM SHEEHAN, Staff

Smoke billowing in a black plume over the Genesee Valley Club on East Avenue. (Michael Schwarz photo) DC 11/13/1985 Michael Schwarz, Staff

Architectural drawing of the waiting room of the New York Central Railroad Station in Rochester. Claude Bragdon was the architect for N.Y. Central Engineering Dept. This illustration shows a vaulted tile ceiling of Guastavino Construction. Upstate photo caption: Magnificent vaulted ceilings arched over the waiting room in the interior of the last New York Central Railroad Station. Once considered the finest passenger rail terminal between New York and Chicago but later bulldozed after years of neglect. Upstate 9/30/1984 provided

BRIGHTON SCHOOLS SCHOOL FALLOUT SHELTER POURED - CONCRETE IS POURED FOR A FALLOUT SHELTER AT ALLENDALE SCHOOL AT 519 ALLEN'S CREEK ROAD. THE STRUCTURE ACTUALLY IS ALLENDALE'S NEW $165,000 SCIENCE-LIBRARY BUILDING. IT WILL CONTAIN PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND GEOLOGY LABORATORIES AND CLASSROOMS. IT WILL DOUBLE AS A FALLOUT SHELTER ACCOMMODATING 350 PERSONS. THE STRUCTURE IS BUILT ON THE SIDE OF A HILL, WITH THREE WALLS 16 INCHES THICK, ONE 12 INCHES THICK. Staff

This was the entrance to the subway next to City Hall, which was then located in the building that still stands at Broad and South Fitzhugh streets. This photo, looking east toward Exchange Street, was taken on July 20, 1925. COURTESY OF TODD QUARTERMAN

MARINAS BOAT SLIPS AT STONY POINT LANDING IN WEBSTER ON IRONDEQUOIT BAY. CRITICS FEAR THE BAY IS TURNING INTO A GIANT MARINA. JIM LARAGY, Staff

MONROE SAVINGS BANK METROTELLER COUNTER ADJACENT TO CHECKOUTS IN HUNTER PLAZA BELL'S SUPERMARKET IN IRONDEQUOIT WILL BE OPENED ON SUNDAYS. Staff

SETS OFF ACROSS THE CHANNEL - Margarit Bais of Webster, NY, gives the thumbs up sign on a beach at Dover, England before setting off in an attempt to swim across the English Channel for France. (AP photo, 8/5/1983) Couldn't find a place to come ashore in France. DC 8/6/1983 Wire: AP

SPORTS - ROCHESTER AMERKS 1964-65 CALDER CUP WINNERS. LARRY HILLMAN ACCEPTS FROM JACK RILEY, PRESIDENT OF THE AHL. T. GORDON MASSECAR, 1974-04-15

GENESEE RIVER DEBRIS AND POLLUTION UNLOGGING THE LOGJAM: CLAM BUCKET, A PINCER-LIKE DEVICE ON END OF CRANE, DISLODGES LOGS FROM GENESEE RIVER AT MAIN STREET BRIDGE. LOGJAM WAS CAUSED BY RECENT STORM AND FLOODING. WALTER HOLMES, CITY DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, SAID FASTEST WAY TO BREAK LOGJAM IS TO TURN LOGS AND DEBRIS PARALLEL TO STREAM FLOW AND LET THEM FLOAT OUT TO LAKE. RG&E DROPPED GATES SO LOGS WOULND'T ENTER UTILITY'S POWER STATION INTAKE, HE SAID. IN OTHER SEASONS OF THE YEAR, CITY CREWS WOULD CUT LOGS, HAUL THEM OUT OF RIVER AND BURY THEM, HOLMES SAID, BUT THERE ARE NO BOATS IN RIVER NOW, HE SAID. LOGS AREN'T BIG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE SHIPS IN LAKE ONTARIO. JIM SHEEHAN, Staff

ASTAIRE, FRED WITH SISTER, ADELE, IN ROCHESTER, 1965 at the Philharmonic Ball. Astaire was in Rochester to receive the George Eastman House Award for distinguished contributions to the art of motion pictures. DC 10-18-1965 Staff

ROBERT BYRNES' PIANO STORE AT 4363 LAKE AVE., CHARLOTTE, WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS DUE TO THE ECONOMY. BOB GAPSKY, Staff

EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SIBLEY LIBRARY AND EASTMAN ANNEX ON SWAN STREET. Staff

MONROE COUNTY BRIDGES ROUTE 65 BRIDGE AFTER WALL AND RAILING COLLAPSED INTO HONEOYE CREEK MICHAEL SCHWARZ, Staff

MOTHER OF SORROWS CHURCH GREECE IS EYEING MOTHER OF SORROWS CHURCH'S QUONSET HUT, TO BE SOLD AFTER COMPLETION OF CHURCH, AS A RECREATION BUILDING. Staff

HAMLIN DUFFY MOTT PLANT TO CLOSE Staff

COMMUNITY WAR MEMORIAL FANS LINED UP HOURS EARLY FOR FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED SEATS AT THE REO SPEEDWAGON. DC 3/21/1981 MICHAEL BROWN, Staff

GENERAL MOTORS CORP - STRIKES HERE IS SECTION OF EARLY PICKET DETAIL SURROUNDING DELCO DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS IN LYELL AVENUE HERE THIS MORNING. CARRYING THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HIS STRIKE BANNER AS HE MARCHES WITH THE OTHER PICKEST IS MIKE HERMAN, A VETERAN OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. Staff

HOUSING FOR THE AGED DUNN TOWER II IN GATES REED HOFFMANN, Staff

FIRST UNITARIAN ON THE BRINK - PROXIMITY OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH TO THE MIDTOWN PLAZA EXCAVATION IS ILLUSTRATED BY THIS PHOTO FROM THE 12TH FLOOR OF THE COLUMBUS CIVIC CENTER. AT LEFT IS PIGEON HOLE GARAGE; AT RIGHT, RICHFORD HOTEL. Staff

ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY DEFUNCT BRANCHES THE BRIGHTON BRANCH Staff

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS A WORK BOAT TOWS A PLANE, WHICH CRASHED IN THE BARGE CANAL ON NOV. 2 IN PALMYRA, TO A CONSTRUCTION CRANE. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ALL FROM EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ESCAPED WITHOUT HARM AFTER THE PRIVATE, SINGLE-ENGINE CRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED IN THE CANAL. BILL HUFF JR., Staff

LOEW'S PITTSFORD THEATER "CHINA SYNDROME" HAS LONG WAITING LINES Staff

MONROE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TILT! COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY A RECENT WINDSTORM BENT- EVER SO SLIGHTLY - THIS SMOKESTACK AT THE COUNTY WELFARE OFFICES, 1460 SOUTH AVE. IT ISN'T CONSIDERED A HAZARD, HOWEVER. Staff

File photo 1976 A hidden doorway in a wall of books at the Rundel Library once served as the entryway to the "Secret Room." staff

UP FOR AUCTION - This long abandoned Bronson avenue police station building will be auctioned Dec. 12, 1956) (Staff photo, 11/1956) TU 11/29/1956 Staff

OVER-THE-RIVER garage would look like this, viewed from southeast with Broad Street in foreground. Note entrance ramp at right, exit ramp at left "solar screen on south side and landscaping on roof. (Provided photo, 11/1964) TU 11/12/1964 DC 3/17/1974 Provided

Andrews Street bridge stood up under the pounding the Genesee River gave it in the flood of 1865, but its chances of holding its own looked slim when the volume of water shown in this picture was rushing through the city. Never since '65 has the river dashed over the bridges. (File photo, 1865) TU 7/22/1934 Staff photo

ROCHESTER RIVERSIDE CONVENTION CENTER MORE THAN 3,000 PINK AND GRAY BALLOONS RELEASED AS LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS CUT RIBBON OPENING CONVENTION CENTER. PROTESTORS SEEKING IRONDEQUOIT BAY OUTLET BRIDGE ARE IN THE FOREGROUND. BEN BRINK, Staff

Aero Reserve Trainees Get First Instruction - Aero Reserve Training Corps, uniformed Rochester youths who are preparing for aviation careers, gets off to a fast start with Philip J. Schneider instructing, as classes open at Jefferson High School. Youths in above group are part of Flight A of the corps being formed under sponsorship of The Times-Union and The Democrat and Chronicle. (Staff photo, 4/1983) TU 4/28/1943 Staff photo

MONROE SAVINGS BANK A NEW LOOK AT THE CORNERS--MONROE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK OFFICE, OPENED TUESDAY, GIVES NORTHWEST CORNER OF FOUR CORNERS NEW APPEARANCE. BANK'S DISTRICT OFFICE HAD BEEN AT 35 STATE ST. Staff

Old Delco factory complex at Whitney street and Lyell avenue. (Staff photo, 8/1977) Tu 8/26/1977 Staff photo

MONROE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ENTRANCE TO THE MONROE COUNTY WELFARE SOUTH AVE. LEN MAXWELL, Staff

An undated file photo of the interior of the Reynolds Arcade building on Main Street. Staff photo

MONROE COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT EXTERIOR SHOT OF FACILITY AT EMERSON ST. AND LEE RD. FUEL IS MADE HERE FROM SHREDDED REFUSE THAT IS COMPACTED AT THIS BUILDING AND TRANSPORTED TO RG&E'S RUSSELL STATION.. MICHAEL SCHWARZ, Staff

Rochester City School District Grade School 32 on Bartlett Street. (Staff photo, 5/21/1932) Staff

MONROE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

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HAIRY RAT WITH SHINY TAIL DECORATES RETIRED RATMOBILE. IT'S TO BECOME A HEALTH CENTER. STEVE BOERNER, Staff

DeWitt Clinton at Edgerton Park in 1934 for Century of Progress pageant. (Staff photo, 1934) Staff photo

THE FIRST COUNTY FAIR HELD AFTER WORLD WAR II WAS IN EDGERTON PARK, SHOWN IN THIS 1945 PHOTO. THE SMALL CITY PARK WAS A FAR CRY FROM TODAY'S LARGE FAIRGROUNDS IN HENRIETTA, COMPLETE WITH A DOMED SKATING RINK. Staff

Open for traffic - Mayor Dicker cuts ribbon across W. Ridge Road at Dewey Ave., officially opening first section of city's Outer Loop. Businessmen in section sponsored ceremonies. Picture are (left-right) Elroy J. Sabin, co-chairman; Dicker; Greece Supervisor Gordon Howe; Samuel J. Milley, state engineer in charge of project; and Alva Belcher, of businessmen's group. Four-lane highway now is open from Lake Ave. to tracks.... (caption cut off). (Staff photo 10/1952) Tu 10/11/1952 Staff

- ----John 'Mercury' Mogan performing his "Leap of Faith" jumps over eight cars and through a flaming wall on Saturday, July 30, 1994 in Lima. (Staff Photo/Melissa Mahan) Melissa Mahan, Yes-GRN

REMEMBERING DEEDS OF THE DOUGHBOYS OF 1918 - Amistice Day ceremonies were climaxed by these rights at the World War I Memorial plaque at Rundel Memorial Building. (Staff photo. 11/11/1948) Staff

MAIN STREET EAST SYKES STARTS MOVING IN. WITH WORK STILL PROGRESSING ON THE EXTERIOR, MORE THAN 30 EMPLOYEES OF SYKES DATATRONICS INC., INCLUDING ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL, HAVE MOVED INTO THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FLOORS OF THE FORMER NATIONAL CLOTHING CO. AT 159 E. MAIN ST. BY OCTOBER, ABOUT 110 MORE EMPLOYEES WILL BE MOVING INTO SYKES' NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AFTER NORRY CO. CONSTRUCTION CREWS COMPLETE REMODELING THE LOWER THREE FLOORS. SYKES, A COMPUTER TERMINAL COMPANY, WILL BE MOVING MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS TO J.B. HUNTER PLAZA IN IRONDEQUOIT. BURR LEWIS, Staff

KEATING, KENNETH B. 3500 ELMWOOD AVE. BRIGHTON HOME GIVEN TO U. OF R Staff

HOUSE OF GUITARS THE HOUSE OF GUITARS INC. - IS AN INSTITUTION IN IRONDEQUOIT. THEY ARE KNOWN NATIONWIDE - SELL THE MOST RECORDS, TAPES AND CDS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. THEIR ADS ARE WILD, ALWAYS SOMETHING SPINNING AROUND. JIM LARAGY, Staff

HOPPER HILLS HUNT CLUB ONLY CLUB IN MONROE COUNTY Staff

HIGHWAY ROUTE 104 OPENING SOON: THE IRONDEQUOIT-WAYNE COUNTY EXPRESSWAY STRETCHES NEARLY FOUR MILES INTO WEBSTER FROM IRONDEQUOIT BAY, BOTTOM OF PICTURE, TO FIVE MILE LINE ROAD. PAVING WILL BE COMPLETED TODAY OR TOMORROW, LEAVING ONLY SHOULDER, RAMP, LIGHTING, SIGN AND OTHER SMALL WORK. THE EXPRESSWAY WILL BE OPENED UP TO BAY ROAD, SECOND BRIDGE UP FROM THE BAY, LATER THIS YEAR TO PERMIT OPENING OF THE IRONDEQUOIT BAY BRIDGE. THE REST OF THE $7.7 MILLION EXPRESSWAY WILL BE OPENED NEXT OCTOBER. Staff

HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY THE GRAVE OF SOLDIER THOMAS HEALY, KILLED IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR LIES IN HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, 2481 LAKE AVE. BURR LEWIS, Staff

GREECE SCHOOLS GREECE APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL, FORMERLY CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH SCHOOL. BRIAN BUBAK, Staff

GOOD NEIGHBOR DAYS TRAFFIC STOPPERS - RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONIES AT MAIN AND CLINTON YESTERDAY MORNING OFFICIALLY OPENED THE GOOD NEIGHBOR DAYS PROGRAM. LEFT TO RIGHT: CHARLES W. CARSON, PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY SAVINGS BANK; ROBIN RICKHOFF, MONROE COUNTY HARVEST QUEEN; LINDA MITTLESTEADT, ALTERNATE QUEEN; BYRON A. JOHNSON, GENERAL MANAGER E. W. EDWARDS AND CHAIRMAN OF GND COMMITTEE. Staff

GLEASON ESTATES SOIL MOVES, TREES REMAIN: PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE PITTSFORD GLEASON ESTATES MIDDLE-INCOME HOUSING PROJECT IS IN PROGRESS BUT LARGE OAK AND MAPLE TREES ON THE SITE REMAIN UNDISTURBED. THE 300-UNIT APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IS BEING BUILT BY THE STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. FOR FAMILIES IN THE $8,000 - $9,500 BRACKET. PROGRAM COMMUNIITIES INC., A GROUP OF PRIVATE HOME BUILDERS, IS DOING THE CONSTRUCTION. OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPLETED IN SPRING, 1972. IT IS LOCATED OFF COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, PITTSFORD. IVAN CONKLIN, Staff

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SPRING AND PLYMOUTH - BEING USED BY LAKE AVE BAPTIST Staff

EASTERN EXPRESSWAY SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE EXPRESSWAY - TWO MILES OF THE EASTERN EXPRESSWAY IN ROCHESTER WERE TEST-LIGHTED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT (ABOVE). IN THE WORDS OF STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEERS, EVERYTHING WAS "VERY SATISFACTORY." MORE THAN 200 BLUE TINTED MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS WERE SWITCHED ON AT 6:48 P.M. RAMPS WERE LIGHTED BY INCANDESCENT LAMPS WHICH GIVE OFF A YELLOWISH LIGHT. EXPERTS FROM ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. SPENT MORE THAN ONE HOUR CHECKING FOR DARK SPOTS. THE HIGHWAY, FROM INNER LOOP TO CULVER ROAD, IS EXPECTED TO OPEN FOR TRAFFIC NEXT MONTH. SIGNS STILL HAVE TO BE ERECTED. Staff

BILL VAN GUNDY ALTHOUGH HIS TEAM WAS FAR AHEAD ON POINTS, BROCKPORT'S HEAD COACH BILL VAN GUNDY CAN'T BELIEVE SOME OF THE MISTAKES HIS TEAM IS MAKING AGAINST ROBERTS WESLEYAN. (Undated staff photo) BRUCE CHAMBERS, Staff

FINGER LAKES RACE TRACK The horses come out of the chute in the first race of twilight racing at the Finger Lakes Race Track. JULIAN H. GONZALEZ, Staff

Fifty thousand Rochesterians can't be wrong and that's the estimated size of the crowd that thronged to see the Burlington Zephyr, a new stream-line train which arrived here yesterday for a short visit. Pictured is part of the huge crowd which jammed New York Central terminal for more than five hours to glimpse the newest on wheels. (Staff photo, 4/1934) Tu 4/30/1934 DC 5/21/1977 Staff photo

Rochester City School District Grade School #13, the Horace Mann School. (Staff photo 4/11/1937) Staff

ONLY BUSES GOING SOUTH - Traffic moves north on Clinton Avenue North at Division Street while a Rochester Transit Corp bus heads south in special lane permitting the buses to move opposite to one-way traffic. (Staff photo, 4/1961) TU 4/10/1961 Staff

UP IN FLAMES - Last night was Twelfth Night, traditional time for burning of greens which decorated homes during holidays. This pile of Christmas trees, gathered by neighborhood committee, made spectacular blaze on East Ave. and Portsmouth Terrace. (Staff photo, 1/1953) TU 1/7/1953 Staff

CITY'S LAST FLOUR MILL - Melvin A. Miller, Stek-o treasurer, visits section of plant that once helped give Rochester name of "The Flour City." It's located on Dewey Ave. L (Staff photo, 2/1951) DC 2/4/1951 Staff

Vocational High School at Saratoga and Jay streets in 1930's being razed by the city school district. (Joe Watson photo, 9/1979) Tu 9/22/1979 Joe Watson, Staff photo

Upper Falls view and the Platt Street Bridge. (Staff photo, 4/15/1936 Staff photo

More Commercial property to be razed includes buildings occupied by Messinger Company Inc. 2015 State St. and Laube Electric Corporation, 30 Allen St. (Staff photo, 2/1952) Tu 2/1/1952 Staff photo

The Johnston House located at 5 Arnold Park in the 12th Ward. (Photo by Paul W. Davis, Commercial photography, 7-25-1942) Provided

Brown Street Subway crossing. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

LAKE ON LAKE - Morning cloudburst formed this car-stalling pond on Lake avenue near Kodak Park. Scene was duplicated elsewhere in city as rain knocked leaves from trees, leaves clogged storm sewer catch basins. (Staff photo, 10/1954) TU 10/2/1954 Staff photo

AUTOMOTIVE 'WHIRLY-BIRD' - This is the modern facade of the pigeon hole parking garage at Chestnut and Temple streets. It will open June 1956. Staff photo, 5/1956) TU 5/26/1956 Staff

Mayor May finds Mercury fit to go up on skyline again. (James F. Osborne photo, 12/1970) DC 12/5/1970 James F. Osborne, Staff photo

Rochester Post Office, Cumberland St. TU 9/27/1963 Staff

OAK CHAIR for a church gets sandpapering from Ray Brien, who has worked in the woodworking division of Rochester Novelty Works for several years. (Staff photo, 10/1949) TU 10/10/1949 Staff

Arnold Park is viewed from Park avenue. Motorist have driven over the mall. (Staff photo, 3/1958) TU 3/25/1958 Staff

Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, President Dwight Eisenhower and Bob Hope at ground breaking ceremonies at Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls. 9/22/1965. (Staff photo) DC 2/6/1973 DC 9/23/1980 DC 3/17/1983 Staff

The home of Mrs. Francis E. Cunningham at 10 S. Goodman Street was given to the Rochester Museum and Science Center. (Staff photo/ 3/6/1969) TU 5/12/1988 Staff

Lomb Memorial, a granite shaft, in the art deco style, is 48 feet tall. Located on the corner of Upper Falls Boulevard and St. Paul Street. The Lomb Memorial, first dedicated on Memorial Day in 1932, is a tribute to Captain Henry Lomb, the co-founder of Bausch + Lomb. (Staff photo, undated) TU 4/7/1980 Staff

Renee Roca, of Rochester, and Gorsha Sur perfomr in the exhibition segment of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Phoenix. (AP photo, 1/26/1993) Wire: AP

Wurlitzer Organ originally in the RKO Palace now in the Auditorium Theatre. (Photo courtesy of Rochester Theater Organ Society) 12/1975 Provided

New buildings blossomed in the Municipal Airport section, including Page Airways hangar and factory where employees manufacture dand assembled fuses for bombs. (Staff photo, 9/15/1945) DC 9/15/1945 Staff

The arches under Rundel Library; water spills from them in summer, freezes (as here) in winter. (Staff photo, Upstate 2/18/1979) Staff

Rochester Products Division on Lexington Avenue has expanded from 405,000 square feet in 1939 to its present 1.2 million square feet. (Staff photo, TU 9/26/1969) Staff

The Outer Loop bridge over the Genesee River in Genesee Valley Park inches over the river. This section comes from the airport side. There are no supports in the river. It will meet the other side of bridge from the park side in the middle. This building technique has not been used in the East before. (Joe Watson photo, 9/4/1979) DC 9/5/1979 Joe Watson, Staff

The cornerstone for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church was laid Aug. 1, 1909. The church closed in 2008. (Staff photo, undated) Staff

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) parades up Main Street Sept. 1912. The Civil War Veterans were holding their convention in Rochester. Staff

Here's a small section of the lay-in assembly line for 19-inch picture tube sets at Stromberg plant. Company has had to redesign lines to accommodate workers needed in production rush. (PR photo, 1949) DC 11/27/1949 Provided

The signing hands belong to Morrie Silver, (dark sleeves) president of Rochester Community Baseball Inc. and Big DeVine. St. Louis Cardinal assistant GM, making the Red Wings home-owned. (Staff photo, 1/1957) DC 1/23/1957 Staff

Little girl, big guy, at North Street gas station. (Gordon Massecar photo, 1/11/1967 Gordon Massecar, Staff

CLINTON SQUARE SKY HIGH: CORE OF THE LINCOLN ROCHESTER TOWER IS THE NEWEST FINGER ON THE HAND OF ROCHESTER, THE CENTER OF A VAST DOWNTOWN COMPLEX. T. GORDON MASSECAR, Staff

TRACK VIGIL, is kept by Luigi Marriotti at Brown street railroad crossing. At his left is crossing watchman's six-sided cabin. Near at hand is stop sign he uses to halt traffic with approach of train. (Staff photo, 2/1955) Tu 3/5/1955 Staff photo

The E.P. Reeder & Co building at 250 North Goodman, manufactured shoes. (Staff photo, 12/10/1952) Staff photo

ADDED SPACE - That's what RIT gets in this home and property at 3434 East Ave. It was donated to the school by the estate of the late Kate Gleason, long a benefactor. (Provided photo from RIT) DC 12/12/1951 Provided

Bell tower at Rochester City School District Grade School #9. (Staff photo, 11/1975) TU 11/26/1975 Staff

New entrance to the remodeled front of Kroll's store, at 642-648 N. Clinton Ave, features large display windows. (Staff photo, 5/1965) Tu 5/9/1965 Staff photo

A Democrat and Chronicle photographer made the picture

A Democrat and Chronicle photographer made this picture yesterday morning just after traffic was routed off Main Street on the heels of the first surrender news, ending World War II. (Staff photo, 8/15/1945) DC 8/15/1945 Staff photo

FOR GREATER OUTPUT - Nearly completed quarter-million-dollar addition to the Ritter Company Inc. plant. The new building adds to the firm's war materiels capacity. (Staff photo, 9/1952) DC 9/14/1952 Staff photo

The 117 year old inn in Cananadaigua is destroyed by fire. (staff photo, 3/1971) TU 3/29/1971 Staff photo

Rochester Telephones' new Monroe Exchange at Field and Henrietta streets. (undated file photo) staff, Staff

Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad went down State Street, out Lyell Avenue and than paralleled the old N.Y.C. tracks through Gates, form 1908 to 1931. (undated file photo) UPSTATE 5/30/1971 dc 3/25/1973 Staff

The Powers building in 1916 was 50 years old, but still considered a landmark. (Local History Division of Rochester Public Library photo) Upstate 7/1/1984 Tu 9/26/1989 Staff photo

Rochester City Hall, Fitzhugh Hall, Erie Canal, circa 1920. (undated file photo) DC 12/8/1966 TU 11/14/1984 Staff photo

Air view of the Rochester Public Market (Staff photo, 12/16/1942) Staff

37 - 39 Andrews Street (left) and 90 Mill Street (right) corner. Staff photo, 9/1964) TU 9/9/1964 Staff photo

An undated file photo of the exterior of the Reynolds Arcade Building on Main Street. (Staff photo) Staff photo

Clinton E. Smalley, chairman of ceremonies hangs wreath on the Spanish-American War Veterans' monument in Franklin Square, culminating an extensive program marking the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. Memorial rites were held last night at City Hall Annex to honor the Maine's dead, among them Francis Phillips and John Etts of Rochester, and other veterans of the war who died in last year. (Staff photo, 2/1943) TU 2/19/1943 Staff

Bond Banking Co. building, 392 North St., which neighborhood residents had said was a dangerous eyesore, was sold at city auction for $3,100 and $5, 219 in back taxes. Mykola Skrypa of 92 Glendale Park, a partner in Ontario Electric Corp., submitted the low bid. He said he would fix up the building and use it as a warehouse. Up to 200,000 loaves of bread a day were made in the building between 1902 and 1970 when it closed. (Staff photo, 1976) TU 4/15/1976 Staff photo

Lighted wings on top of the Genesee Valley Trust Company located at the corner of Broad and Exchange. (Staff photo, 5/25/1953) TU 10/12/1978 DC 1/23/1988 Staff

This is an early step in the fabricating of hopper cars at the East Rochester Car Shops. This shows the pneumatic riveting of the slop sheets. (Undated New York Central photo) Provided

Andrews House on St. Paul Street. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

TARGET OF CHANGE - Rated "worst building" in the public library system is archaic Charlotte branch, which will soon be replaced. Library officials say that these types of facilities are a drawback to the entire system. (Staff photo, 8/1959) DC 8/16/1959 TU 1/7/1986 Staff

The last White Tower in Rochester will be closing after nearly 50 years. It was located at 20 Exchange Street. (Jim Laragy photo, 8/22/1981) TU 8/24/1981) Jim Laragy, Staff photo

SNOWTIME ASSAULT: Last horse-drawn plow in use on West Side shovels through first heavy fall that blanketed city. Manning the plow are John Berry of 5 Litchfield St. and his son, Richard. Snowplow was operating on Plymouth Ave. S. DC 11/30/1950 Staff

88-year-old sandstone creatures adorn this monument which is on Exchange Blvd. The monument is a sesquicentennial gift to the city from the Corn Hill Neighbors. The 'lions', which have the head of a lion, an eagle's breast and the tail of a dragon, were in storage for 17 years after they were removed from the Elwood building, which was at the Four Corners. The statue is between Adams and Ford streets in the center median. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 10/1984) DC 10/3/1984 Reed Hoffmann, Staff

A Road Opened - Gov. Thomas E. Dewey presses button at Thruway banquet in Powers Hotel which flashed notice to toll collectors to start traffic. (Staff photo, 6/25/1954) DC 6/25/1954) Staff photo

BOOOOM! Shock wave jolted Times-Union photographer Claude Brown as he recorded moment of explosion when workmen dynamited Averill avenue bridge over old subway bed. Bridge withstood this blast. (Claude Brown photo, 6/1958) TU 6/27/1958 Claude Brown, Staff photo

A customer leaves the vacant customer hall of the old main Post Office at Cumberland and Clinton Ave. North. (Brad Bliss photo, 6/16/1978) Brad Bliss, Staff

Kordite started in this abandoned vintage 1883 schoolhouse in Victor, rented in 1946 by Howard J. Samuels and his brother, Richard M. Samuels, to manufacture a then-new product - plastic "Kordite clothesline. (Provided photo, 12/1965) Provided

Concordia Parish Hall of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Hudson Ave. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Home of Edward Bausch at 663 East Ave. (Staff photo, 2/2/1940) RocRoots 5/31/2016 Staff photo

A U.S. Army honor guard removes the last of the 28 soldiers' coffins from a hearse yesterday in Bath. The soldiers, who died during the War of 1812 were buried on Canadian soil, near Fort Erie, Ontario, until a repatriation ceremony. They were buried with full military honors at the Bath National Cemetery. (Dennis R. Floss photo, 6/30/1988) Dennis R. Floss, Staff photo

Community players have returned to their old home at Meigs and S. Clinton; interior is renovated, exterior will be done next spring. (Joe Watson photo, 11/1980) TU 11/17/1980 Joe Watson, Staff photo

Looking west down Main Street from University Ave. Kodak Tower is on the extreme right. (Fred Powers photo, undated) Fred Powers, Staff photo

Gold Star Mothers of Rochester, who gave their sons in two wars, World War I and recently, World War II, view the Memorial Day parade from the reviewing stand. (staff photo, 5/1947) DC 5/31/1947 Staff photo

Alvah Strong Hall at Colgate Rochester Divinity School on Alexander Street. (Staff photo, 5/27/1939) Staff photo

St. Patrick's (Catholic) church, 454 N. Plymouth Ave. is the oldest parish in diocese. (Staff photo, 9/1975) TU 9/11/1975 Staff photo

The gothic Ellwanger-Barry Nursery office on Mt. Hope avenue. (Provided photo, 4/1976) DC 4/15/1976 Provided

Powder Mill in its Halcyon Days - Powder Mill Park, eight miles east of Rochester, is a favorite place of resort for many city residents. Back in the days before the Civil War it was a busy center. This old picture indicates how little the natural layout of the district has changed in nearly three-quarters of a century. The mill was started by Daniel C. Rand, who bought the first old Mill on Allens Creek. The house in the center of the picture was where the owner of the mill lived for many years. The picture is owned by Mrs. William Place of Bushnells Basin, a descendant of Mr. Rand. (Provided) TU 9/19/1933 Provided

165 Grosvenor Road, Brighton, a Tudor designed by Ward Wellington Ward, built in 1923, considered to be his Rochester masterpiece. (Staff Photo, 1/1979)\ Upstate 1/7/1979 Staff photo

David Zombotti behind the wheel of the Ford van used by Johnny Antonelli Tire Co. in their Captain Friendly program, in which the van cruises the county's expressways during rush hour and aids stranded motorist. The van replaces the chevy van that had logged over 200,000 miles and helped between 1,500 and 2,000 motorists. (Dennis R. Floss photo, 5/23/1986) DC 5/24/1986 Dennis R. Floss, Staff photo

Plymouth Ave. South was a narrow, tree-lined street when this photo was taken. The street lamp and apartment building at the right indicate, however, that the photo is not too old. The tulip display has been enlarged today but in general the scene remains the same. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

It took Rochester firefighters about a half-hour to control blaze at Monroe Theater, 585 Monroe Ave. The fire was deliberately set and caused about $30,000 worth of damage. Burglary was the motive. (Jim Laragy photo, 1/11/1985) DC 1/12/1985 Jim Laragy, Staff photo

Old Wilsonia apartment building 56-62 Chestnut St.... between Columbus Civic Center and the Cork and Bottle Liquor Store. (Staff photo, 11/1976) Staff photo

Vic & Irv's, located at Sea Breeze, is an eatery of longstanding and popular reputation. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 7/23/1982) TU 8/4/1982 Reed Hoffmann, Staff photo

This was the shady general scene outside the Farmington Friends Meeting House as worshippers, some garbed tin the Quaker attire of another generation, met in the Ontario County community to observe 150th anniversary of the founding of the first Quaker Church west of Utica. The original church now is used as a warehouse. (Staff photo, 8/1946) DC 8/5/1946 Staff photo

END OF AN ERA - For years a "home-away-from home" for railroaders, and now a private rooming house, the three-story building at 9 Hyde Park, is scheduled for demolition to make way for construction of Inner Loop. (Staff photo, 3/1957) DC 3/24/1957 Staff photo

Large pornographic film haul at W. Henrietta troopers barracks. Left to right: Investigators, Richard Hampson and Michael Iaculli of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation of the State Police, Henrietta examine obscene film, along with tapes, books, slides, photos and letters confiscated in largest haul. Among confiscated material were: six books, 38 films, 58 slides and photos, etc. (Dick Haun photo, 2/17/1966) Dick Haun, Staff photo

Valiant volunteers (about 1892) of the Protectives included (left to right, standing) William Gragen, William Cushman, Edward Fonda, Reed Chapin, Frank Burke, William Wolf, William Waters, Harry Austin, David Bruce, James Crowley, (driver) Charley Smith, on the seat, and Joseph Fryman (steward) on the rear of the wagon. According to best recollection of living members, all have passed away except Gragen, retired newspaper advertising man. (rephotographed in 1949) Upstate 4/19/1970 Upstate 2/20/1983 Provided

The Kimball Mansion on Troup Street. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Abandoned quarry east of Five Mile Line Road and south of Atlantic Avenue in Penfield. Letter writer urges purchase of the private property as a park site. (Staff photo, 6/1965) TU 6/22/1965 Staff photo

Riga's Town Hall is in downtown Churchville, a business district with more charm than a shoppipng center. (Jim Laragy photo, 1/4/1985) DC 1/5/1985 Jim Laragy, Staff photo

WHAT'S IN A NAME? - Terminal Building: This building, which isn't a terminal building for anything, dates back to the 1920's when a group of business men planned to erect a motor freight and bus terminal. They banded together as the Rochester Motor Terminal Inc. But there was some talk of a new city hall on the southeast corner of Fitzhugh S. and Broad Sts. (present site of The Times-Union's new addition), so it was decided to abandon the terminal project and build an office building near there. Because of the corporation's name, the building on the southwest corner was called "Terminal Building" - Bill Ringle. (Staff photo, 8/1951) Tu 8/28/1951 Staff photo

Lilacs are in bloom at Highland Park (Staff photo, 5/23/1949) Staff photo

Bottle and can recycling center in Gates is a recycled voting booth. (Joe Watson photo, 4/8/1980) TU 4/14/1980 Joe Watson, Staff photo

The interior of the RKO Palace in Rochester. The theater was demolished in 1965. (File photo) Provided

TEMPLE BANK - In 1931, the Union Trust Co. opened a branch at 175 Lyell Ave., at Saratoga Avenue, which resembled a Greek temple. Huge columns dominate the exterior in the then-popular style of banks as imposing institutions. In 1954, it became a branch of the newly merged Genesee Valley Union Trust Co. Marine Midland Trust Co. took over in 1963, keeping the building until 1966. After selling it, the bank reopened at larger, more modern offices at 70 Lyell Ave. The "temple" stands vacant. (Staff photo, 6/1977) Tu 6/22/1977 Staff photo

MAGIC MOMENT - More orderly than their sisters in other cities, 600 teenagers crowded around Sandra Dee, 17-year-old film actress at McCurdy's. (Staff photo 3/1960) DC 3/26/1960 Staff photo

Rochester Crane Co. workers secure cables to antique railroad turnatable at the old Lincoln Park railroad yard at 650 West Ave. It is to be transported to Railroad Museum in Industry. Two cranes were needed to lift the turnstile onto a tractor-trailer from Wembley Construction. (Annette Lein photo, 5/12/1989) Annette Lein, Staff photo

ANOTHER LANDMARK FALLS - Gaping windows evidence start of the razing of the 104-year-old Seelye House at University avenue and Prince street, oldest house of the old University of Rochester campus. The home of UR presidents from 1869 to 1932, it subsequently was converted into cooperative dormitory. (Staff photo, 10/31/1956) TU 10/31/1965 Staff photo

The water fountain in Rochester's oldest playground on Brown Street is broken. There is no water. (T. Gordon Massecar photo, 9/1973) T. Gordon Massecar, Staff photo

Dick Tobas (left) and Jack Palvino during the beginning of their morning show on WVOR. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 9/15/1982 Reed Hoffmann, Staff photo

Looking west on Platt Street bridge. (Staff photo, 1/1957) Staff photo

The Ely house at Troup street and Plymouth Ave. The Mohawk Manor Motel replaced it. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

MUNICIPAL LOT - Those who arrive early enough to find a spot in city-owned lots can park as long as 10 hours for 25 cents. This lot adjoins Police Headquarters on Exchange Street. (Staff photo, 12/1955) TU 12/13/1955 Staff photo

A PLACE IN THE SUN - Rochester Institute of Technology students enjoy the sun in the school's new Veterans Memorial Court. The paved area, edged by benches and brick planter boxes, is located between RIT's Eastman and Bevier Building on the site of the former men's dormitory, which was razed last year after purchase of Manger Rochester Hotel. A plaque honoring RIT veterans will be dedicated on Nov. 11. (Staff photo, 11/1958) DC 11/1/1958 Staff photo

History books of the region are not too clear on the point. but his harness shop at the corner of Spring St. and School Alley of a barn directly behind it was a station on the Underground Railroad in the pre-Civil War days which helped many a freedom-bound slave on his way North. House at the right is Bicknell House. Photo dated in early 1900s. (staff photo) RocRoots 4/25/2016 Staff photo

The corner of E. Main street and Franklin in 1961. (Staff photo) Staff photo

New view of Rochester from atop Midtown Tower looking southwest. Familiar landmark is the old St. Mary's Church in the center. Photo by Gordon M. Berns, 2044 Monroe Ave., Brighton. (Provided photo, 6/1962) Tu 6/18/1962 Provided

The 94-year-old Alexander Hotel, 269 N. Clinton Ave. - declared a safety hazard. (Staff photo, 1/1971) DC 1/20/1971 Staff photo

After 30 years Mildred's Fashion's, a women's dress shop at 1751 East Ave., will close Aug. 1). Business was hurt badly by the road reconstruction that began more than a year ago. (Vickie Lewis photo, 7/12/1983) Story TU 7/15/1983 Vickie Lewis, Staff photo

Moseley and Motley Milling Co. Manufacturers of Big "B" flour. Located on Mill Street, foot of Brown. (Staff photo, 7/1935) TU 7/12/1935 Staff photo

Battalion Chief Howard Veltz and his firemen knock down heavy chunks of snow and ice which dangerously hang over Main Street building parapet. Picture was taken yesterday. But firemen have done this for two days to protect pedestrians when police report cases landlords can't cope with. (Staff photo, 2/1958) DC 2/7/1958 Staff photo

After a Century and a Half - The Carroll-Fitzhugh Race, which has run beneath downtown back streets and along the wall of City Hall Annex, is at last dry to make way for excavation of Commnity War Memorial. Race is being filled in by RG&E. (Staff photo, 7/1951) DC 7/31/1951 staff

The old stone and masonry house shown here at 941 South Ave. will come down and a new, one-story building erected as the new home for the Rochester Children's Nursery. (Staff photo, 1/ 1954) TU 1/9/1954 Staff photo

DOOMED - A new firehouse will rise on site occupied by five-story Stuart-Oliver-Holtz Co. building at 406 Platt St. The firm operates a metal finishing plant. (Staff photo, 1/1955) TU 1/14/1955 Staff photo

Taxpayers Line Up to Shell Out - Late taxpayers lined up outside the Terminal Building - checks, money orders and cashin hand - as the deadline for filing state income tax returns approached. Both state and federal returns must be paid or postmarked by midnight. A spokesman for the state office said the flow of returns here, lagging before Gov. Harriman signed the tax reduction bill, is catching up with the pace of previous years. At Albany, Commissioner George M. Bragalini made a similar report for the state as a whole. Bragalini rejected a demand from Republican state chairman L. Judson Morhouse that two weeks more be given taxpayers to file because of the lateness of the decision on the cut. Local offices of both the state and federal Internal Revenue Services were open until 5 p.m. (Staff photo, 4/1956) TU 4/14/1956 DC 2/1/1988 Staff photo

Coming Down - This building at Court and Exchange streets will be razed and site will become parking lot. (Staff photo, 2/1955) TU 2/16/1955 Staff photo

Baltimore and Ohio railroad coal trestle on the lower Genesee River, at Boxart St. looking north. No longer in use. (Staff photo 10/22/1972) Staff photo

Public Shelter is indicated by sign at Broad and Fitzhugh streets pointing to the subway entrance in front of City Hall. In event of enemy A-bomb attack, subway would be used as bomb shelter. (Staff photo, 1955) Tu 5/23/1955 Staff photo

Photo shows a portion of the damage from the Great Flood of 1865. The photograph was taken by C. W. Woodward, Rochester photographer and publisher, from the corner of Main and Front Streets, looking down Front Street toward the old Depot. The view is one of a group of photographs now on display in a special exhibit of 'Old Rochester' photographs at George Eastman House. (Provided photo) Provided

Town and Country Dinner Theater sign advertises banquet business run by Kurt Doescher, formerly of Brighton. (Staff photo, 7/1977) Staff photo

Remodeled lobby of Rochester Chamber of Commerce building at 55 St. Paul Street. At bottom right are Thomas Mooney, president of the Chamber and Wyoma Best, public relations. (Bob Gapsky photo, 3/27/1980) TU 3/28/1980 Bob Gapsky, Staff photo

Fruits of Victory - Demonstration Victory garden of Elmwood Ave. (Staff photo, 7/1943) DC 7.29.1943 Staff photo

The home of H. H. Warner, patent medicine magnet on

The home of H. H. Warner, patent medicine magnate on East Avenue and Goodman St. Built in 1880. It was razed in 1929. The Rochester Museum & Science Center now occupies the site. (Undated file photo) TU 4/23/1979 Staff photo

Young Men's Christian Association located at Gibbs Street and Grove Place. (Kevin Higley photo, 10/2/1979) DC 10/3/1979 DC 12/8/1979 Tu 5/26/1982 TU 11/4/1982 DC 8/24/1983 DC 6/22/1987 Kevin Higley, Staff photo

Megiddo Mission on Thurston Road. (Undated staff photo) Staff photo

Supplies Customers from Small Dairy - George Phillips (right), a the door of Phillips Dairy, 47 Seward St., one of the West Side's long-established dairies, is shown selling milk at the dairy door. Smaller dairies found business booming when the strike, now settled, crippled milk deliveries. (Staff photo, 4/1946) Upstate 7/1/1984 Staff photo

Brighton High School at the 12 Corners. (Brad Bliss photo, 8/31/1975) Tu 10/14/1981 TU 5/1/1985 Brad Bliss, Staff photo

Blast furnace in Charlotte. (Undated staff photo) Staff photo

Workers stand by their machines at the Bond Clothes Factory. (Undated file photo) DC 2/27/1983 Staff photo

Rochester aerial of downtown Rochester. (Will Yurman photo, 11/9/1990) Will Yurman, Staff photo

RAIDED - Second floor room in this building was site of police raid last night in which eight men were nabbed in climax investigation of alleged policy game racket. Hotel is at intersection of East avenue and Winton road. (Staff photo, 1/1955) TU 1/21/1955 Staff photo

Demolition gets underway on these former apartments and stores adjacent to Eastman Theater on Main at Swan streets. (Staff photo, 4/1962) Tu 4/9/1962 Staff photo

Fire Horse Memorial - Dedication of the memorial to Rochester fire horses, which was erected by the American Legion in front of the City Hall Annex in Court Street, took place in 1927, with a parade of fire horses as one of the features of the event. The bronze plaque was the work of Alphonse A. Kolb, Rochester sculptor. On it s a representation of three horses attached to a steamer and going full speed. Underneath is this inscription: "Our fire horses, glorious in beauty and service. Faithful friends, we cannot call them dumb. They spoke in deeds in every hour of danger. Perpetual remembrance enshrines their loyalty and courage. Erected by American Legion, 1926. The last three of the fire horses went out of the service in 1927. (Staff photo, 7/1928) Tu 7/24/1928 Staff photo

The twin spires of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church rise above the cars on a crowded Hudson Ave. (Lance Wynn photo, 3/19/1984) Tu 9/24/1987 Friends vow to save the church DC 3/22/1988 DC 6/21/1988 RocRoots 3/27/2016 Lance Wynn, Staff photo

Original building of the Rochester Club, which is still located at on the same site, 120 East. Ave. (Undated, file photo) Staff photo

Once mansion of George J. Whitney (now a warehouse) this was RW&O depot in State Street. Torn down Feb. 1961. (Staff photo, 1/1949) DC 1/30/1949 Staff photo

The Main Street store of the National Clothing Co is closing. (Staff photo, 8/1976) TU 8/20/1976 Staff photo

Nancy Delmarle with her secret-recipe mustard, now sold as Nance's. (Copy of 1930 photo) Upstate 5/10/1981 Provided

Flames and smoke shoot skyward from Brewster Building on South Water Street. (Jim Sheehan photo, 6/1978) DC 6/16/1978 Jim Sheehan, Staff photo

LAST DAYS OF A LANDMARK - A sidewalk superintendent takes a last look at the Kodak water tower being dismantled after 42 years. Originally built to serve as a source of emergency water, it is no longer needed under the Park's improved water system. (The Eastman Kodak Co., division has its own pumping station at Lake Ontario, a 5,000,000 gallon reservoir near Mr. Read Boulevard and an emergency connection with the city system in evernt its pressure falls too low). The neon sign, erected in 1941, will be relocated atop Building 23, a recently completed structure. (Staff photo, 5/1959) TU 5/29/1959 Staff photo

Building of Rochester Brass and Wire Company on Exchange St. is offered for sale. The building was built by Jonathan Child in 1826. (undated file photo) Staff photo

Fitzhugh Street looking north in the early 1900s. (Staff photo) Staff photo

599 Lake Avenue after renovations. (Dick Cook photo, 12/10/1982) David Cook, Staff photo

LONG WAY FROM HOME - The Bishop Kearney High School band from Rochester, marches through downtown Dublin as Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day. (AP Photo, 3/17/1973) Wire AP

On the List - R. J. Strasenburgh Co. factory (left)and Weed & Co. warehouse are on Exchange street in Civic Center site. They'll be razed for center buildings. (Staff photo, 9/1956) TU 9/11/1956 RocRoots 1/16/2016 Staff photo

Genesee River's 'Iron Dragon' ...the Penn Central swing bridge on lower Genesee River. (staff photo, 1969) Upstate 10/12/1969 RocRoots 3/15/2016 Staff photo

THIS IS ROCHESTER - Cobb's Hill Gatehouse - The Cobb's Hill reservoir was completed in 1908 when James G. Cutler was mayor. Mr. Cutler, a practicing architect, perhaps thinking of the Acropolis at Athens, wanted the building on the brow of the reservoir hill to be of classic design. He found an answering enthusiasm in J. Foster Warner, architect of the Monroe County Court House, who designed the granite gatehouse structure that now has become a landmark for city residents and others in the country for miles around. (Staff photo, 2/1947) DC 2/9/1947 Staff photo

LOSING ITS "BOARDERS" - This is the State Street barn of the Rochester Transit Corp. that informants say will be abandoned by buses. The barn was built in the 1800s as a home for trolleys. (Staff photo, 3/1954) DC 3/19/1954 Staff photo

Construction of St. Simon's Episcopal Church on Oregon Street in 1934. (staff photo) Staff photo

Buildling at 620 Scio Street is owned by chairman of Model Neighborhood Council and rented by Model Cities for $400 a month. (Joe Watson photo, 12/1972) TU 12/21/1972 Joe Watson, Staff photo

Gone - And Forgotten? - Years of neglect have left their mark on this old Charlotte Cemetery, final resting place of Rochester pioneers and veterans of the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The cemetery is in River Street. (staff photo, 3/1954) TU 3/11/1954 Staff photo

Crowds gather downtown Rochester after the surrender of Germany during World War II. (Staff photo, 1945) Staff photo

Construction progressing on restored kitchen wing of the Stone Tolan House in Brighton. (Staff photo, 10/1970) Tu 10/21/1970 Staff photo

Something New Added to Civic Scene - As Television Makes its Local Bow - Rochester began writing a new chapter of its civic history as television made its local debut before a full house audience at the Chamber of Commerce, which was transformed into temporary TV studio when entertainers went on the air. Cameras are focused on quartet of singers, "The Melody Mutilators," while a foursome of women singers, standing at left, awaits its video turn. TV debut was termed "one of the most successful on record. (staff photo, 6/1949) DC 6/12/1949 staff

End of Thousands of Reefers - Rochester City Chemist John Temmerman, at left, and Sheriff Albert Skinner in marijuanna growing in Bushnell Basin. (Staff photo, 9/1948) DC 9/12/1948 Staff photo

Plant and Planting - A number of plants are doing their bit to help Rochester maintain its reputation as "The Flower City." Among them is the University avenue plant of the Gleason Works. It has a broad, grassy area with neat hedges and flower beds. (Staff photo, 1/2954) TU 1/2/1954 Staff photo

Doyle Chrysler Plymouth on Court Street will close as auto agency. (Staff photo, 8/1977) TU 8/5/1977 Staff photo

Carving Tunnel - Workmen use jack hammers to smooth sides and floor of 180-foot-long tunnel on Civic Center site. Prisoners will be taken through tunnel from county jail building to courts building. (Staff photo, 12/1959) TU 12/26/1958 Staff photo

Exterior of Monroe Community Hospital. (Staff photo) Tu 1/6/1986 Staff photo

Earl's Grill crumbles to the ground as werecking crews from the Sinisgalli Corp tear into the historical tavern and restaurant on exchange Blvd. The land will now go to Mark IV Construction Co. as part of the Corn Hill Commons development. It took only about 40 minutes to demolish the 123-year-old landmark. (Jim Laragy photo, 1/31/1985) DC 2/1/1985 Jim Laragy, Staff photo

Workers inspect the damage caused by a collapsed culvert under the canal in Perinton. The damage occurred during reconstruction of the Erie Canal in 1912. Thousands of gallons of water flooded the low-lying valley. (File photo, 1912) Staff photo

Rockefeller Hall at old Colgate Rochester Divinity School at 300 Alexander street. (Staff photo, 12/20/1932) Staff photo

In this 1957 photo, spaghetti sauce is raised to high temperature at Ragu's plant at 1680 Lyell Ave. as Ralph Cantisano and brother, Frank, operate equipment. The sauce is made from a recipe brought from Italy. Staff photo

Belgium-Bound Tapestry - Fifteenth century tapestry, "Arithmetic and Astronomy," is rolled up at Memorial Art Gallery by Arnold Reynolds (left) and Robert Young of gallery staff. The tapestry, presented to the gallery in 1928, is going to Belgium for an exhibition assembled by the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent. A significant work of medieval art, it has hung on a wall at the gallery for 29 years. (Loulen Studio photo, 1957) TU 9/19/1957 Provided

Olympic Park is getting the riverboat into the water for a new season. (Staff photo, 4/1973) DC 4/12/1973 Staff photo

When completed in Sept. of 1967 Monroe Community College will have an immediate enrollment of 3,200. Eleven buildings will form the campus located on East Henrietta Road. Construction costs are estimated at $22 million. (Staff photo, 7/7/1966) Staff photo

Life Line counselors sit around a 'lazy Susan' information and reference file at the phone center. (Staff photo) Upstate 5/6/1979 Staff photo

Hundreds of skaters cut the clear ice and brisk air at Eastern Widewaters in February 1936. Staff photo

In Memoriam - Taking part in the dedication of the Civil War Monument at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery were, from left; Wayne Harris, sesquicentennial chairman; Howard Williams, commander VFW Post 765; Justice Jacob Ark and Perinton Supervisor Kenneth Courtney. (Staff photo, 1962) DC 7/25/1962 Staff photo

Automobile Club of Rochester's annual outing for orphans circa 1910. (Staff photo) Staff photo

View of east end of Smith Street bridge - sales station of the light company during the hard coal strike in 1902. (Staff photo) Upstate 7/1/1987 Staff photo

East Avenue at the approach to the old Erie Canal bridge in Pittsford taken January 1909. This is what an average motor highway looked like 52 years ago. (Staff photo, 12/14/1909) Dc 1/26/1962 staff

The "White Elephant," built by New York City aviator John F. Cooley in 1911. Trumpeted as "the world's larges airship" by one local newspaper, the plane was built - and remained - in Genesee Valley Park. Repeated attempts to get the ting off the ground failed miserably and it was left to rot. Cooley himself vanished, never to be heard from again. (Copy of photo, 1911) Upstate 10/28/1984 Provided

Cable Clipping Caper - William A. Kern (left), Rochester Telephone president, and Mayor Henry E. Gillette use heavy cutters to snip cable at opening of new telephone building. In the back (from left) are Board of Supervisors Chairman Norman A. Selke, George S. Beinetti, telephone company senior vice president for operations, and J.Lynn Johnston, general manager, Midtown Plaza. (Staff photo, 11/1962) Tu 11/19/1962 Staff

Too early Church-Goers Predicted for Sunday - How would you like to wind your clock like this? - George Paddock shows how the two-and-one half ton, four faced Bausch & Lomb tower clock has been wound once a week since it first began providing the time for Rochesterians in 1908. Today it was stopped while a tiny electric motor was installed to eliminate the winding operation. Sunday it will have to stopped again to turned back to Eastern Standard Time. (Staff photo, 9/23/1948) Staff photo

Aerial view of John Marshall High School. (Staff photo, 10/23/1950) Staff photo

The Hotel Rochester ...a change of ownership. Became the Mariner House. Building demolished 12/18/1999 to become a temporary parking lot. (Staff photo, 4/1957) Tu 4/4/1957 Still a parking lot in 2015 Staff photo

Entrance to Edgerton Park in Rochester. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Bank office built some 60 years ago at Main and Exchange streets would be replaced by new building, under Lincoln Rochester Trust Co. plans. (Staff photo, 9/1963) TU 9/4/1963 Staff photo

John Birch Society bookstore at 1891 E. Main Street. (staff photo, 10/5/1965) Staff photo

Cook's Opera House on South Ave. Torn down for the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. (Staff photo, 10/1977) Staff photo

Bandstand on Repair List - Maplewood Park's ancient bandstand, from which some of Rochester's sweetest, brassiest, tooting has been done over the years, will undergo repairs. Inspector George Smith of the Department of Public Works, in a routine inspection recently, discovered the wooden roof of the structure was sagging. After conference with an inspector of the Bureau of Buildings, it was decided repairs were necessary. Police under Inspector Harold Burns roped off the bandstand to guard against accidents. Repairs will be made by the Department of Public Works. (Staff photo, 8/1940) TU 8/13/1940 Staff photo

West End Theater (Staff photo, 1/5/1958) Staff photo

Home Acres, Brighton. (Staff photo 9/1962) DC 9/19/1962 Staff photo

Who Will Find? The Rochester Health Bureau began tossing these two types of note-bearing drift bottles into Lake Ontario, as part of current and pollution study. Finders are asked to mail cards to Health Bureau. (Staff photo, 6/1957) DC 6/13/1957 Staff photo

Mohawk Motor Inn at the corner of Troup Street and Plymouth Ave. was the scene of a fatal shooting. (T. Gordon Massecar photo, 10/1971) T. Gordon Massecar, Staff photo

Joseph Avenue at Vienna St. looking toward Central Ave. Shown are Arthur's Drug Store, Orgel's Toys and Berger Bakery. (File photo, 1956) Provided

This is it - This is "McGinty's Bridge" which is to be repaired with $3,000 appropriated by City Council. It runs under the Central Ave. railroad bridge, paralleling the west bank of the Genesee River. It was built in 1889. (Staff photo, 2/1954) TU 2/10/1954 Staff photo

Designed by Frederick A. Brockett, of Warner & Brockett, the Lyceum Theatre didn't make its 50th anniversary; it was demolished for a parking lot in 1934. Completed in 1888 on South Clinton, just off Main. The Lyceum featured an ornate, Morrish exterior, an 83-foot stage and 2,000 seats. Total cost was estimated at $125,000. David Belasco's Broadway hit "The Wife" was the opening night production on Oct. 8, 1888. (Undated file photo) Upstate 9/30/1985 Provided

Rochester bell which hung in the old Cheney Furnace Works South St. Paul in 1850. (Staff photo) Used Jan. 3, 1926 Staff photo

Coming Down - Two synagogues, Kneses Israel at 34 Hanover St. (left) and Beth Hamedrash Hagodel at 32 Hanover Street are scheduled for razing in Baden-Ormond slum clearance project. (staff photo, 6/1957) TU 6/26/1957 Staff photo

The White Lines Tell the Story - Here is busy Lake Avenue looking south from the White Street intersection. White lines on either side indicate how street would be widened under state arterial plan. (Staff photo, 4/1947) DC 4/14/1947 Staff photo

Jefferson High School. (Staff photo, 4/11/1937) Staff photo

Six Units, separated by thick fire walls, compose the main building of Town Houses, remodeled in 1940 into apartments. House dominated residential section of Gibbs Street. (Staff photo, 5/1950) TU 5/31/1950 RocRoots 1/27/2016 Staff photo

Apartments go up for the Elderly - These two towers, shown under construction, will house some 300 elderly citizens. The Cedarwood Towers are being built by the Urban Development Corp. on Main Street, near Winton Road, and each will be 11 stories high. This view looks north from Main. Since this photo was taken, the top of the second tower has been finished like the first. A spokesman for Housing Corp. of America, the contractor, said each concrete frame rose from the ground to the top in only 5.5 days. Several weeks were required to strip the metal work structure shown on the left tower. The housing units will be built inside the concrete shells with windows lining up flush to the outside concrete walls. Each 104-unit structure should be done by early spring. (Wahl's Photographic Services photo, 8/1972. Tu 8/18/1972 Provided

Bravo Macaroni Co. plant at 89 Canal St. now closed after 45 years. The outmoded factory was too expensive and inefficient to maintain. Bravo macaroni will still be on shelves of local stores, sold by the company in New York and six other states. (Staff photo, 3/8/1983) DC 3/9/1983 Staff photo

Fraternal Center - Among the more easily recognized structures along East Avenue is the Moose Home, built in 1884 by a Clyde banker, S. H. Briggs, who wanted his children schooled here. (staff photo, 11/1955) TU 11/26/1955 Staff photo

The 105-year-0ld McFarlin's Clothing Co. will close its last store, in Midtown Plaza, at the end of the day - 1-30-1983. The company, which has been operating under the protection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code sine March, 1982, is undergoing liquidation to pay for debts. (Jim Laragy photo, 1/25/1983) DC 1/27/1983 Staff photo

The Great Falls building at 4-12 Commercial St. The building is for sale. It was built circa 1880, has six floors and two basements - a total of 16, 711 square feet of space per floor. It was given landmark status because of 'historic and architectural significance'. It is part of the area known as Brown's Race. (David Cook photo, 11/17/1983) TU 3/23/1989 Staff photo

An aerial view of Canandaigua in 1925. (Staff photo) DC 1/4/1925 Staff photo

Looking North on State Street from near the corner of Church Street, at the center of Central and on State are street cars left in Street. (File photo, 1865) Staff photo

Army Pitches Camp for German PW's - Four of the barracks which will house German prisoners of war on the outskirts of Geneseo are shown in this photo as they were being assembled. The buildings are portable, and are from an Army camp in New England. The sides, roofs and floors were shipped by rail and built on foundation posts driven into the earth. (Staff photo6/1045) TU 6/19/1945 Staff photo

SHADES OF YESTERYEAR: To Arch Merrill from Eugene J. Curtis of New Rochelle, NY, came the view above of the 12th Ward Republican Club lined up before its headquarters in Monroe Avenue, south of Meigs Street, in full parade regalia for... the McKinley-Bryan campaign of 1896. (Provided photo, 1947) DC 2/16/1947 Provided

Three story meal at Burger-Go-Round on Scottsville Road. (T. Gordon Massecar photo, 1/11/1967) Staff photo

Archives photo shows Harper Sibley, chairman of membership drive, roping George G. Ford, president of the YMCA in 1930. (Provided photo) Upstate 10/26/1969 Provided

Fashion Park Inc., located at 432 Portland Ave. has been vacant for five years. (Staff photo, 5/1976) DC 5/5/1976 Staff photo

How it Looked 50 Years Ago - This view, looking north on Monroe Avenue, was taken around 1904, according to Brighton Historian Mrs. Claude Schmitt. The street on the right is Elmwood Ave., while the house in the distance, known as the Sheehan's Hotel and later The Chatteau, is at the intersection of what is now Winton Road. The tracks are of the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway which ran from the Four Corners in downtown Rochester to Geneva. Mrs. Schmitt said that an interesting note was that on election nights back in these times it was great sport to burn the trolley stations along the Monroe line. (Provided photo) TU 4/3/1964 Provided

South Clinton Avenue before demolition for Xerox and Midtown Plaza. (Staff photo, 1/1959) Staff photo

A Wonderland Awaits Within Locked Gates - Children wistfully survey the Bloss Street gate to Edgerton Park, impatiently awaiting the opening of Monroe County Fair at noon the next day, when they can get that promised ride on the merry-go-round and ferris wheel. Their elders, in grownup fashion, will study more sedate exhibits. (Staff photo, 8/1946) DC 8/27/1946 Staff photo

Observation train makes one of the first runs through city's new subway. Train is westbound and about to enter tunnel over the Genesee River under Broad Street. I. M. Ludington firm was hte buildent. (Staff photo, 1927) TU 8/17/1974 DC 7/27/1975 DC 4/12/1981 DC 9/25/1988 DC 6/7/1999 Staff photo

Path of Progress - Workmen put concrete-pouring machine in position on new Inner Loop section at Broad Street and Plymouth Ave. S. intersection where layer of concrete 1,400 feet long is to be placed today. (Staff photo, 5/1955) DC 5/27/1955 Staff photo

The Dorkat Motel at 3990 West Henrietta Road is owned by Anna Iaculli, who began it in 1964. (Burr Lewis photo, 9/27/1983) DC 10/3/1983 Staff photo

A Michaels, Stern delivery van bears the company trademark, a bellboy carrying a suitcase with the slogan "Value-First Clothes." (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Men's Service Center (at left) is on Andrews Street near Front Street. (Staff photo, 5/1962) TU 5/31/1962 Staff photo

Takers Already - Schlegel Manufacturing Co., which is vacating this plant at 277 Goodman Street N. in next couple of years, reports at least two paraties have indicated an interest in acquiring the property. (Staff photo, 9/1958) TU 9/27/1958 Staff photo

The Daily Record Building, 453 Main St. West. (Staff photo, 3/1968) Tu 3/14/1968 Staff photo

The ruins pictured aren't relics of a World War II air raid, but they could have been. The former Bausch & Lomb Inc., complex on St. Paul Street, where Navy range finders were made, was one of several U.S. plants the Nazis had planned to bomb during the ar, it was revealed in 1972. The buildings survived only to be demolished by the state. (Staff photo, 9/1977) DC 9/1/1977 Staff photo

Presbyterian Church on Dewey Ave. (Undated file photo, 1950s?) Staff photo

The driver of this Volkswagen apparently found it cheaper to park on the sidewalk rather than in Monroe County's Civic Center garage, which charges a $1.45 a day. He blocked pedestrian entrance to garage on Fitzhugh Street. (Ivan Conklin photo, 4/22/1974) TU 4/23/1974) Staff photo

Crowds gather to hear Gov. Thomas E. Dewey campaign for the presidency in Rochester. (Staff photo, 11/1/1944) Staff photo

Worries Over! Bike Riders Get Place to Park - First downtown parking lot for bicycles was open today and doing a rushing business. It's located in Corinthian Street, is run by Samuel Kanthor (right). Among the bike riders who used the new station are (from back to front Frank Wander, Phil E. Needham, Charles Zukerman and Rufus Dryer. Their places of business are located around the Four Corners. (Staff photo, 5/1942) TU 5/2/1942) Staff photo

Columbia School located on S. Goodman Street. (Staff photo, 2/1969) Staff photo

Impromptu Motorcade - More than 100 cars were backed up to Eastern Expressway traffic when this photograph was taken from Clinton avenue bridge. Christmas shoppers thronged to downtown parking garages. They flooded the streets almost as heavily as constant rain that dampened them. (Joe Jansen photo, 11/1963) DC 11/30/1963 Staff photo

The old maple tree that still stands nearby used to drop limbs on the Gentle family;s first market; a new stand, built in 1958 was constructed a few feet away from the menacing maple. Gentle's is located on Penfield Road in Penfield. (Jim Laragy photo, 8/30/1983) Staff photo

St. Mary's Hospital on Genesee Street was open during the Civil war to receive wounded Union soldiers. (Staff photo, 1/31/1946) DC RTown, RPeople 9/25/1988 Staff photo

Over the Top - final dinner shows rally over its $12

Over the Top - final dinner shows Community Chest tally over its $12 million goal. (Staff photo, 5/1973) TU 5/15/1973 Staff photo

Ancient and Modern- Entwined in steel cables, 70-year-old Mercury slips from perch atop City Hall Annex chimney as Gannett Newspapers helicopter hovers over the scene. Picture was taken by chief Photographer Fred Powers of the D and C staff. (Fred Powers photo, 9/1951) DC 9/20/1951 Staff photo

The bathhouse at Durand-Eastman Park Beach, where thousands of bathers changed clothes over a period of more than half a century, is just a string of rubble piles. The long, 1-story building between Lake Shore Blvd. and Lake Ontario was demolished this week to enable workmen to lay a sewer line from Sea Breeze area to the sewer outfall line under construction near the west end of the park. County Parks Director Alvan R. Grant said the county will consider building a new bath house if the lake and its pollution level drop enough to reopen the bathing beach, closed for several years. (Bob Gapsky photo, 10/1974) TU 10/25/1974 Staff photo

Submarine binocular in use, showing front end. Rleased by War Depart Bureau of Public Relations 11/1/1945. (B&L PR Photo) Provided

Kings Landing waste treatment plant..shot from zoo side of the Genesee River. (Burr Lewis photo, 7/28/1989) Staff photo

Rubble from the skating rink and concessions buildings smoldering Saturday morning, while Long Point Park's unharmed rides stand in background. (Freelance photo by Roger Essley, 7/23/1988) TU 7/25/1988 Freelance

MILESTONE FOR PLAYERS - A birthday party complete with a huge birthday cake followed the final curtain at the opening performance of "Happy Birthday" by Rochester Community Payers, Inc. last evening. In celebration of the Players' 30th anniversary year, Porter VanZandt, president of the Players looked on happily as Mrs. Daniel G. Kennedy (right) officiated at the cake-cutting ceremony assisted by Mrs. George Kende. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Kende were co-chairmen of the committee arranging the history-making affair. (Staff photo 5/1977) TU 5/7/1965 Staff photo

Model of original Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company store shows how it looked to customer's in 1868. After 85 years, Sibley's boasts 23 acres of floor space. (undated file photo) DC 3/7/1988 DC 1/17/1990 Staff photo

Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike Rochester Clothing Co., a Bond subsidiary. Strikes felt that it was unnecessary to pace and wave signs, so they placed them in their employers fence. They felt this was as good a way to get the point across. Two women at the end are posted at one of the three gates that lead into the property. (Peter Schluder photo, 8/1979) TU 8/1/1970 Staff photo

Hundreds of yellow balloons floated aloft yesterday as R. T. French Co. employees celebrated the company's 100th anniversary at a picnic lunch featuring a 6-foot hotdog. Each balloon carried a card with a worker's name and a chance for prizes for the finder and that employee. (Talis Bergmanis photo, 6/1980) DC 6/20/1980 RT French will move to NJ and merge with Durkee. Tu 4/30/1987 Staff photo

According to the manager, lines like this are a common occurrence on weekend nights at United Skates of America on W. Ridge Road. An indication of the popularity of roller skating. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 4/1980) DC 4/25/1980 Staff photo

Sam Mobilio's father-in-law, Lawrence "Shorty" D'Alfonso, stands next to his delivery truck in a 1945 photograph that hangs on the wall of Mobilio's store right above the coffee maker. Shorty delivered fruit and produce to farmers in the area. (Brian Bubak copy shot, 9/28/1989) OT 10/4/1989) Staff photo

DESERT DANCE - What do subtropical camels do when they step into the snow of Rochester? Answer: They dance in delight, of course. This pair let loose for exercise at the Seneca Park Zoo, cavort amidst the cold with smiling faces. (Staff photo) DC 1/5/1957 Staff photo

White House Christmas - Rochester Convention and Publicity Bureau adds to Yuletide scene with gaily-lighted, towering tree in front of Little White House, Washington Square. (Staff photo, 12/1952) DC 12/21/1952 Staff photo

New plaques on the city of Rochester flagpole on the Civic Center Plaza bear the city seal and inscription hailing Rochester as a "center of technology." Each of the four plaza poles - federal, state, county and city - has four plaques. (Joe Watson photo, 6/14/1967) Staff photo

Finest - Equipment of the various volunteer units is of the best. Typical is Brighton Company No. 1 of Landing Road. On the truck from left to right are: William Middlebrook, 86 Klink Road, Robert Newhierl, 86 Elwell Drive and Jim Smith, 529 Landing Road North, driver. (Staff photo, 8/16/1953) Staff photo

Eugene Brogan plays Santa Claus in front of Tent City, 290 Lyell Ave. Brogan, who is homeless, has lived in Rochester for eight years. The 60-year-old often dresses in costumes honoring the different holidays and seasons. (Burr Lewis photo, 11/29/1990) DC 11/30/1990 Staff photo

Film being spooled at Kodak plant in Rochester in 1955. Provided

The dedication ceremony at Park Ridge Hospital in 1975. Staff photo

Spectators watching laser sculpture tracing beams across the sky at gallery opening last night. (Anne Lennox photo, 5/2/1987) DC 5/3/1987 Staff photo

Pasquale Iacubucci (left) and Thomas Pezzulo of the city treasurer's office use new funnel device designed to speed collections from city parking meters. (Staff photo, 8, 1956) Staff photo

Rochester Chamber of Commerce building at 55 St. Paul Street (Staff photo, 11/1962) Tu 11/8/1962 It's now The College at Brockport's Metrocenter. Staff photo

Ruins of the house where the mystery Lady in White supposedly haunts from. (Kevin Higley photo, 1/1979) Staff photo

Firefighters continue to pump water onto the skeletal remains of the Seabreeze Carousel. The 79-year-old merry-go-round was the 36th of 85 carousels made by the Philadelphia Tobaggan Co. and was brought to Seabreeze in 1926. There were three circles of wooden stallions 28 prancing, 20 posing and two drawing regal chariots. Each was hand-tooled and painted by master carver Frank Carretta in 1915. No two horses were alike. It was the ninth-oldest Philadelphia Toboggan carousel still around , and the first lost to flames since the early 1970s. (Annette Lein photo, 3/31/1994 Staff photo

RKO Palace Theater located at the corner of N. Clinton Ave. and Mortimer Street. (Staff photo, 1963) TU 3/2/1985 Staff photo

Visitors Day - That's Emmett Kelly, famed ex-circus clown with Alfie Clark, son of Rochester Red Wings outfielder Allie Clark, at left. (Staff photo, 8/1957) DC 8/26/1957 Staff photo

Parkleigh Pharmacy on the corner of Park Ave and Goodman. (Talis Bergmanis photo, 1/25/1980) Staff photo

Alvin R. Keil, inventor and president with products of his company, Flower City Charcoal. Staff photo

The Lily Pond at Highland Park. (Staff photo, 9/1967) TU 9/20/1967 Staff photo

Empty shelves in grocery stores used to hold phosphate-based detergents at Wegmans. (Paul DePascale photo, 5/1973) DC 5/22/1973 Paul DePascale, Staff photo

PERISTYLE AND EDGERTON MEMORIAL, a significant but now somewhat neglected memorial to one of Rochester's most far-sighted and useful citizens, Hiram H. Edgerton, mayor from 1908 to 1921. It was he who when the State abandoned the old Western House of Refuge in 1907 persuaded the city to exchange the property for water service to the new institution at Industry, and to use it for a city Exposition. The Peristyle was built as an entrance to the Exposition grounds, and the Exposition, particularly its Horse Show, gained national fame before the last war. It opened in 1911. We hear talk, now and then, of a municipal stadium in this park. If the idea ever is realized, the Peristyle and the Edgerton memorial should be left where it is, or appropriately relocated. (Staff Photo, 3/1947) DC 3/2/1947 Staff photo

Chesbro Seminary is now Roberts Wesleyan College. (Rowe Commercial Photographers photo, 10/12/1944) Provided

The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad depot in Dansville. (Staff photo, 9/1962) Tu 9/22/1962 Staff photo

Food for Disaster Workers - Red Cross aides pass out coffee, sandwiches to firemen, civil defense personnel and other volunteers at scene of Brighton explosions. (Staff photo, 9/21/1951) DC 9/22/1951 Staff photo

Migrant Matters - Discussing problems that beset migrants are, from left to right, Mrs. Odell Porter, chaplain; Jesse Smith, crew leader; and the Rev. Michael Kary, who is a director of Wayne County Migrant Committee (Staff photo, 9/1956) DC 9/23/1956 Staff photo

-Bill Beeke carries the Forty & Eight, Voiture 111 wreath during the Veterans' Day Memorial Service at the Rochester Community War Memorial. (Democrat and Chronicle, staff photo by Jay Capers, 111104) Jay Capers, Yes

Bishop James E. Kearney blessing cornerstone at Bishop Kearney High School in Irondequoit Sept. 24, 1961. (Staff photo) Staff photo

Fire damages a former apartment house and the Community Bible Church on Andrews Street. (Steve Groer photo, 7/1977) DC 7/29/1977 Steve Groer, Staff photo

Shoppers cross makeshift bridges to reach stores on north side of Webster's Main Street which is being widened. (Staff photo, 6/29/1966) Staff photo

The home of Dr. William E. Ely, was located where the parking lot of the Third Presbyterian Church on Meigs Street is now located. The building that is now the Rochester Historical Society is to the west, or right of photo. (Undated file photo) TU 6/2/1982 Staff photo

Undated file photo of Seneca Park. (Staff photo) Staff photo

Number Please - Rochester's metropolitan Long Distance Center at 120 Plymouth Ave. North, houses the most modern long distance switching equipment available to the telecommunications industry. (Staff photo, 1/1970) DC 1/25/1970 Staff photo

Philanz Oldsmobile located on E. Ridge Road. (Staff photo, 5/1976) Staff photo

Police detour motorists around a 40-foot utility pole at North Winton and Merchants roads about 6:55 this morning. Gusty winds blew the pole over. The pole is owned jointly by Rochester Gas & Electric and Rochester Telephone Corp and was scheduled for removal, an RG&E spokesman said. All services on the line earlier had been cut off, the spokesman added. About 7:30 today a gust flipped a house trailer being hauled on Routed 332 north of Canandaigua. The National Weather Service at Rochester-Monroe County Airport recorded wind gusts of up to 42 miles an hour. (Ivan Conklin photo, 2/1976) TU 2/17/1976 Ivan Conklin, Staff photo

Flooding in downtown Rochester at Front Street and Andrews Street. (Staff Photo. 3/28/1913) Staff photo

- -Christina Williams of Phelps adjusts her two-year-old daughter Brittyn (cq) Willie's Tigger costume Saturday as they and hundreds of other area children and parents participated in a children's Halloween trick-or-treat event in the shops along Main Street. (Aimee K. Wiles-10-30-99-Canandaigua-(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Aimee K. Wiles, Yes-GRN

When Beatrice Kay (center), singing comedienne, went on a sales tour of downtown Rochester War Savings Bonds and Stamps booths, she was escorted by these soldiers, sailors and Marines. From left are Staff Sgt. Emerson L. Bowen, Corp. George K. Frech, Seaman Alexander Jack, Pfc. Harold E. Doyle and Sgt. Irving Conge. (Staff photo, 11/1942) DC 11/21/1942 Staff photo

Barge Canal Harbor from old YMCA Building where the Genesee River meets the Court Street dam, a state dam that controls the joint level of the canal and river. The Lehigh Valley Railroad station is in foreground. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

The Rochester Community War Memorial hosted the State Republican Convention in 1958. (Staff photo, 8/1958) Staff photo

The Chateau at the corner of Monroe Ave. and Winton Road in Brighton. Razed in 1957. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Off Limits - This huge grass mall on Hanover Houses tract is reserved for "passive recreation" according to city officials. It provides outdoor area for persons who want to relax. Children are not permitted inside the large fenced-in area. (Staff photo, 2/1954) Tu 2/4/1954 Staff photo

Durand-Eastman Beach bath house. (Staff photo, 3/23/1953) Staff photo

Regent Theater at 65 East Ave. (Staff photo/ 1930s) TU 11/12/1984 Staff photo

Outside of Tent City store 280 Lyell Ave., the corner of Dewey and Lyell. (Julian Gonzalez photo, 3/23/1985) Story TU 5/20/1985 RocRoots 10/23/2015 Julian Gonzalez, Staff photo

Town and Country Dinner Theater opens with Milton Berle headlining. (staff photo, 12/1974) TU 12/31/1974 Tu 5/4/1976 Staff photo

Hickey-Freeman located at 1155 N. Clinton Ave. (Ben Brink photo, 11/3/1983) TU 11/5/1983 Ben Brink, Staff photo

Grandaddy of the Ellison Park toboggan slide was this fast course in Highland Park which , until Robinson Drive and other streets in the area were cut through provided many hours of sport for past generations. This photo was taken in the early 1920s. (Staff photo) Staff photo

Bottleneck Solution - This is the new Sea Breeze expressway now being constructed from E. Ridge Road, foreground, to Sea Breeze, top left. Officials believe it will solve Culver Road traffic congestion problems. Completion is scheduled in late Fall. Photo taken by Herb Schaeffer, D&C photographer, from The Gannett Newspaper plane, Elmer Page, pilot. (Herb Schaeffer photo, 6/30/1952) Staff photo

Route 383, Scottsville, in an undated photograph. Staff photo

Seneca Park Zoo in 1961. Staff photo

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. fire in 1904. Located on Main Street. (File photo) Upstate 2/26/1984 Staff photo

Greece Central School District Barnard School annex. (Staff photo, 12/1958) TU 12/9/1958 Staff photo

Organ at Christ Episcopal Church, East Ave. (Undated staff photo) Staff photo

Their Reward - Members of debating team from Howard University get a look at The Gannett Newspapers Trophy they won for winning debate tournament at the University of Rochester. Trophy is held by Dr. Osborn T. Smallwood, director of debate at Howard. His team, from left; Anthony Campbell, Conrad Harper, Horace Wheatley and Lascelles Anderson, best debater of four, according to teammates. (Staff photo, 1959) DC 11/22/1959 RocRoots 10/13/2015 Staff photo

Higher Education - This is one of the older buildings at Roberts Wesleyan College, which started out 87 years ago as Chili Seminary. Then it became Chesbrough Seminary, a junior college. Now it is a four-year school. (Staff photo, 1955) DC 11/13/1955 Staff photo

Ridgemont Golf Club in Greece. (Staff photo, 1964) DC 7/31/1964 Staff photo

Conservatory Renovation Completed - An elevated viewing platform in the main dome of the original Lamberton Conservatory is one of the main features of the $1.5 million renovation, that was begun last July. Six connecting rooms of plant displays, each featuring a different floral theme have been added to the original conservatory building, which dates to 1911. The structure will be open to the public on March 26, 1988. (Dennis R. Floss photo, 10/19/1987) Dennis R. Floss, Staff photo

Construction of the Rochester Subway circa 1922. (Staff photo) Staff photo

Downtown Rochester looking across the Court Street Bridge (Rundel Library very bottom) toward the South Avenue Ramp garage and Lincoln Tower. (Joe Watson photo, 1/1981) TU 6/30/1986 Joe Watson, Staff photo

A two alarm fire destroys Valente Furniture, 205 Lyell Ave. It is called "suspicious". (Kevin Higley photo, 6/26/1979) DC 6/27/1979 Kevin Higley, Staff photo

Something New Under Stars - Herbert S. Bodner skilled instrument maker at Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, is shown as he works on the new artificial star projector which the U.S. Navy now is using in navigational instruction for its classes at Pensacola, Florida. (Staff photo, 7/19420 DC 7/29/1942 Staff photo

The Indian Landing - The meadows beyond this stone marker on Rich's Dugway form the site of the Old Indian Landing, famous in the early history of this country. It was the beginning of the Ohio Trail from Canada to the Mississippi Valley, and this was the greatest trading center of the Five Nations of the Iroquois. The Landing, on Irondequoit Creek, is at the base of the sloping plateau on which the City of Tryon was founded by Salmon Tryon in 1797. A flourishing city for many years, it died after the founding of Rochester. President Harding's ancestors settled in this section. Abraham Harding Jr., married Huldah Tryon in 1762, and the Harding family owned many acres at the Landing. (Staff photo, 1928) RocRoots 10/5/2015 (there is more to this caption, please see Times-Union microfilm for Rochester In Pictures April 7, 1928) Staff photo

Centenary Methodist - 19 St. Regis Drive, N. Brighton 1929-1961. Now (1976) Beth Harkneses Hachodosh. (Staff photo, 10/22/1929) Staff photo

The 130-year-old bell, (six feet tall) in tower of the old City Hall on Fitzhugh Street. Cast in 1851 by the Meneely Foundry in West Troy, NY. City Council is debating the fate of bell because of a development proposal of the old City Hall. (The lever to ring the bell is at bottom of photo) (Jim Laragy photo, 11/23/1981) DC 11/24/1981 Staff photo

Gates Thomas Edison school. (Staff photo, 1958) TU 11/17/1981 Staff photo

Workhorses of the dam project are the dual-wheel diesel trucks shown as they transported tons of earth to help build the coffer dam. This is a view of the partially finished south half of the Mount Morris Dam. When the coffer dam is completed the water in the foreground will be pumped out and the other half of the foundation poured. (staff photo, 12/3/1949) Staff photo

Crossroads Church - Bethany Presbyterian Church, at Dewey Ave. and Stone Road, erected to serve a rapidly growing population in the area, will be dedicated tomorrow. (Staff photo) DC 11/15/1952 Staff photo

View of the Rochester Riverside Convention Center construction from the 15th floor of Holiday Inn in 1984. Anne Lennox, Staff photo

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Conductor Mike Byrne, Greece, steers a 1926 Philadelphia trolley car down the tracks on the first ride of the day at the New York Museum of Transportation. SHAWN DOWD/@sdowdphoto/, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Pioneer pilot F. A. Eells, pictured at the wheel of early-type plane, thought to be a Curtiss. Note triangle landing gear to which present day designers have returned. Eells is thought to have participated in the Home Acres meet. (Undated photo) Staff photo

Text: Where Am I? For Insider Ridgemont Plaza on W. ridge rd.Aeptember 14, 2004.(Insider, staff photo by Lisa Hughes, 091404) Lisa Hughes, staff

Carriage was a gift to Henry Ford from Cunningham. All used by James Cunningham founder of factory and son of James Cunningham. (Staff photo, 1901) TU 6/4/1929 Staff photo

Warner building of H. H. Warner, patent medicine king, at 72-78 St. Paul Street is a "Renowned example of 19th century cast-iron architecture: according to the Landmark Society of Western New York. Later was the home to Present Company. (Kevin Higley photo, 8/18/1988) TU 10/5/1988 Kevin Higley, Staff photo

Still the Grand Old Lady - Stately elms, bare of their leaves, line East Avenue, one of Rochester's oldest thoroughfares. Once knows as Main Street, it has undergone a change of character along many segments. This view, from Oxford street, is eastward with Vick Park A at right and Merriman street at left. (Staff photo, 11/26/1955) Staff

Webster Highlanders Girls Drill Team marches during Webster's Main Street during the town's Fourth of July celebration in 1966. Staff photo

Former Odenbach plant on Dewey Avenue in 1979. Burr Lewis, Staff photo

Dedication Day - National Guardsmen line approach to new Brighton Town Hall during yesterday's dedication. In background Monroe County American Legion color guard prepares to raise the flag over the new $350,000 building. (Staff photo, 3/1953) DC 6/3/1953 Staff photo

Play safe - If caught in the open in an A-bomb attack, you are advised to fling yourself to the ground and curl up, covering up face and hands as much as possible as demonstrated in photo. Even clothing offers some protection from radioactivity. (Staff photo, 1950) TU 4.2.1982 Staff photo

W. Lloyd Herrick, driving Wolford Jeanne, takes a bag of RFD mail aboard the buckboard from Philip J. Smith, reenacting, in a modern setting, the beginning of rural free delivery service in Webster back at the turn of the century. The horse, a blue ribbon winner for the Carleigh Stables, and the buckboard, were loaned for the anniversary by Carl Leigh of Ridge Road, Webster. (Staff photo, 5/1950) TU 5/11/1950 Staff photo

The Rochester Cultural District, near Eastman Theatre on Main Street. Staff photo, 3/1977

The H. H. Warner home stood where the Rochester Museum & Science Center is today. Staff copy photo, undated

The 7-Up Bottling Works, southwest corner of Herman and Hudson streets. Being torn down for the Baden-Ormond redevelopment. (Staff photo) Taken down 6/25/1957 Staff photo

The burned out remains of Lake Avenue Baptist Church. (Brad Bliss photo, 1/1972) TU 1/15/1972 Brad Bliss, Staff photo

Megiddo Day School - Teacher Elizabeth Beyer instructs Megiddo children in day school of Megiddo Mission Home. Her long dress, and those of the girls, are typical of attire of Megiddo women and girls. There are about 15 pupils in the class. Megiddo Mission in Thurston road this month marks its 50 anninversary. (Staff photo, 3/1954) Tu 3/23/1954 Staff photo

The original building (Selden Mansion) 1889. The Judge Henry R. Selden Mansion on Rockingham Street (formerly Oakland Street) when Dr. Biegler and his associates started the hospital in 1889. (Provided photo) Rec. 4/1989 Provided

The former Yawman & Erbe plant, a 475,000-sqare-foot building at 1099 Jay Street. Staff photo

Old emblem of the Rochester Button Company used to adorn shipping crates. Michael Schwarz, Staff photo

William H. P. Blandy, left, Chief of Bureau of Ordance, Navy Department, congratulates Mr. M. H. Eisenhart, president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester in 1941. Provided photo

Although the temperature hardly reminded one of spring, traffic was moving at a normal pace and motorists were considering removing snow tires. (Staff photo, 3/1957) DC 3/30/1957 Staff photo

The first warm days of spring brings youngsters to Cobb's Hill Park playground. (T. Gordon Massecar photo, 4/1971) DC 4/13/1971 T. Gordon Massecar, Staff photo

Fire Alarm Board - One of the most impressive sights at Rochester Fire Headquarters is the huge fire alarm board where alarms are registered from 565 boxes and the circuits may be tested regularly. Checking a circuit is Fireman Harold Collins, operator. (Staff photo, 10/1946) Staff photo

Manhattan Square Park Restaurant lost $100,000, owner says. (Steve Groer photo, 7/1977) DC 7/23/1977 Steve Groer, Staff photo

Fred Hoyt, Greece Public Library board chairman, spreads mortar for cornerstone of new library building. Identifiable among witnesses are (front from left) Librarian Mrs. Helen Smith and board members Mrs. Walker Hunter, Mrs. Arnold Frear and Donald MacDonald; (rear from left) Town Clerk M. Raymond Craft, Town Attorney Leo Sawyko, Sheriff Albert W. Skinner (center), Deputy Town Clerk George Badgerow and Supervisor Vincent L. Tofany. (Staff photo, 10/1962) TU 10/10/1972) Staff photo

Ice jam on the Genesee River at Ballentine Bridge just north of Rochester Institute of Technology in 1977. Steve Groer, Staff photo

This is how the Webster Fire Hall looked in 1927. Staff photo

A view from Gannett Newspapers helicopter of the charming, quiet village of Churchville in 1947. Staff photo

Abe "Major" Cohen (right) and his brother Josie are old-timers at the Rochester Public Market in this undated file photo. Staff photo

Bausch & Lomb Company optical center at 1400 N. Goodman St. in 1979. Bob Gapsky, Staff photo

Central Park Mall looking east in 1972. Staff photo

Pat Whalen of Lima listens to buzz of auto speed indicator being demonstrated by Leon Cohen, president, Code Industries Inc., 625 S. Goodman St., which invented unit. Staff photo

Inventors of the new motion picture color film, Kodachrome, show their product to Commerce Club officers preparing for a public showing of the film in the Chamber of Commerce in 1935. From the left, are: Leo Godowsky, inventor; Willard J. Smith, Commerce Club chairman; Leopold D. Mannes, inventor, and John W. Morrison, Commerce Club program chairman. Staff

Poster of William F. Cody's, Buffalo Bill, Rochester show. Provided

Perry C. Smith, of New York architectural firm of Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith, address crowd at ground breaking ceremonies on site of Civic Center project in 1958. Staff photo

From left to right Steven C. Flamm as Alan, Elsa McMahon as Linda and Matt Rinaldi as Dick in "Play it Again, Sam" at the Callboard Dinner Theater. Shadows are people in the audience. (Staff photo, 2/1974) Tu 2/22/1974 Staff photo

The Brighton office of Central Trust Company. (Staff photo, 1968) Staff photo

Long-time Democrat and Chronicle columnist, Henry W. Clune, peers into the ruins of the old Democrat and Chronicle building on Main Street. (Staff photo, 11/29/1965) Upstate 1/2/1983 Fred Powers, Staff photo

Three Ibero-American Action League buildings on Clifford Ave. next to Holy Redeemer Church house a training center, cultural center and administrative offices. (Staff photo, 6/1977) Upstate 6/5/1977 Staff photo

Charlotte Cemetery, this photo ran in connection with the 150 year anniversary of Sam Patch's last leap. (Staff photo, 11/79) DC 11/13/1979 Staff photo

Bond Clothes Inc. - 133 Main St. East. Winner in the ninth annual Better Rochester Building Contest. Winner in the remodeling division. (Staff photo) TU 11/2/1977 Staff photo

Here's a trick that one businessman is using to get around Brighton's stiff sign ordinance which prohibits free standing signs. Heinz Ehmer, owner of the Travelers Motel (formerly Ivanhoe) at 2100 Monroe Ave. has parked a snowplow truck with MOTEL painted on its sides in the motel parking lot facing Monroe Avenue. "I have every intention of leaving it there," he says. He had to take his old sign down May 31 and business has dropped 30 per cent" since then, he claims. He put the truck sign there two weeks ago, "out of a healthy desire to stay in business." he says. (Bob Gapsky photo, 7/1974) TU 7/8/1975 Bob Gapsky, Staff photo

Statue of Mercury is hoisted atop the Lawyers' Co-Op building. (Steve Groer photo, 1/1974) Steve Groer, Staff photo

Monroe Avenue taken from the corner of Oxford and Monroe. (Provided photo) John Sherlock, Provided

Chief Warrant Boatswain David A. Smith in front of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, his home. IStaff photo, undated) Staff photo

What happened to the suburban Auto License Bureaus after Monroe County closed the downtown office? Photographer Jim Laragy went to register his car at the East Rochester office and found about 50 people standing in line. (Jim Laragy photo, 3/81) TU 11/13/1981 Jim Laragy, Staff photo

Century-old cemetery at 1543 Long Pond Road near Ridgeway Avenue in 1965. Staff photo

Chuck Mangione in concert at the Eastman Theatre in 1972. Brad Bliss, Staff photo

Residence of James G. Cutler, demolished to make room for the headquarters of the Rochester Joint Board of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters, 750 East. Ave. (Copy photo) Provided

Available firehouse at 184-186 St. Paul Street. (Staff photo, 12/1964) TU 12/17/1964 Staff photo

Sibley corner in 1953, Main and Clinton. (Staff photo, 5/1953) DC 5/10/1953 Staff photo

One of the first models of the 1946 line of Plymouths now on display in showrooms at Rochester dealers. (Staff photo, 3/1946) DC 3/2/1946 Staff photo

Central Presbyterian Church,Plymouth Avenue and Church Streets, was organized as the Bethel free church on August 4, 1836, with thirty-nine members. It is now one of the largest of the city churches with a membership of 2, 450. The original building was burned in 1861 by an incendiary who started a fire in the steeple. Its site is now occupied by the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh office building. The present building was begun in 1856 and it was dedicated on April 8, 1858. Its cost was $40,000. The Rev. Raymon Kistler is now pastor of the church. (Rochester in Pictures No. 155) TU 10/1/1928 Staff photo

The Orcutt-Botsford School of Dance, 3646 East Ave. The school was founded by Eid Botsford, who died a few years ago, and a major contributor was Brent Orcutt, who died last summer. (Karen Mitchell photo, 3/5/1988) Karen Mitchell, Staff photo

The Sylvania plant in Batavia is closing. (Staff photo, 11/1976) Staff photo

Kodak Park engine in 1920's. (EK PR photo, 10/1991) PR photo

Main St. East where first YMCA rooms were located. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Elephants from Ringling Bros. Circus file past the Liberty Pole in route to the War Memorial for their week-long stand. (Reed Hoffmann photo 4/29/1980) DC 4/30/1980 Reed Hoffmann, Staff photo

Christ Church Cathedral at 141 East Ave., is losing cathedral status. (Staff photo, 7/1976) TU 7/30/1976 Staff photo

Gannett House on the corner of of Temple and Cortland Street, (from the temple side) will be torn down to make way for Midtown Plaza. A haven for those in need the building has also housed some of the most controversial groups pf the century. One of the earliest purposes to which Gannett House was put was a a meeting place for newspaper boys. The Boy's Evening home was founded by Dr. William C. Gannett who served First Unitarian Church from 1889 to 1908. Gannett House was named for him. The original section of the Gannett House, built in 1859, which became the chapel and dining room after the church expanded the property in 1908. The church purchased the original building from Third Presbyterian Church in 1883. In the 1918 influenza epidemic Gannett House was pressed into service to accommodate the sick. The congregation of the First Unitarian allowed groups who could not find a meeting place to use its parish house. Perhaps the most controversial of the these was the Mother's consultation Center, forerunner of the Planned Parenthood Organization (taken from a Feb. 12, 1959 article) File photo 1/14/1959 Staff photo

Charlotte landmark is the big bath house on Ontario Beach in 1968. Staff photo

693 East Ave., the former home of Henry Alvah Strong, is the home of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle, in 1989. Karen Mitchell, Staff photo

Diocesian House of the Catholic Diocese of Rochester at 1150 Buffalo Road, Gates. (Jay Reiter photo, 11/71) DC 11/6/1971 Jay Reiter, Staff photo

If Worst Comes to Worst - If gasoline rationing gets too tough, General Ice Cream Corporation salesmen will make their calls in thins 1-horsepower runabout. With Andrew Taylor doing the backseat driving., L. J. Burkholder of the Rochester office makes a stop for A. H. Bayer, research and production director of the corporations main office. (Staff photo, 1942) Staff photo

After bulldozers had cleared a path, this Brighton Fire Department truck was among the first fire-fighting units to pass through Court Street of scene of imaginary blaze. Firemen from 10 counties joined in the mock demonstration. (Staff photo, 7/54) TU 7/14/1954 or 1956) Staff photo

Zion Lutheran Church at 70 Grove Street. Oldest German Lutheran Church in the city. Built a new church on East Ave. known as the Church of the Incarnate Word. It has a Jenny Lind bell in the tower. Built in 1851, enlarged in 1872 and remodeled after a fire in 1909. (undated Staff photo) Tu 12/1/1962 Staff photo

These women, sorting cherries on continuous belts in a canning factory in Hilton are working early and late to prepare hundreds of tons of cherries for canning Staff photo, 1942

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15 Bausch & Lomb Deluxe Refracting Units which are en route to Air Force bases throughout the U.S. for determining visual abilities of Army fliers and aviation cadets. Provided

Ox Cart bookstore on Monroe Avenue. Staff photo

Industrial School in Edgerton Park. Staff photo, 1947.

Monroe County Court House on West Main Street. (Staff photo, 8/10/1961) DC 6/2/1974 Staff photo

One of Rochester's oldest streets, Clarissa shows surface marks of age, but its people keep young and happy. Staff photo, 1950

Crypt in St. Patrick's Cemetery in 1928. Staff photo

Undated photo of an image of Corinthian Hall where the Fox Sisters practiced Spiritulism. Provided

The Monroe Ave. Methodist Church was one of three greenstone churches in the U. S. burned down. (Staff photo 2/28/1950) TU 5/18/1973 DC 12/13/1976 Staff photo

Scottsville bridge near Ballentyne Road. (David Cook photo, 4/10/1982) David Cook, Staff photo

Genesee-Wyoming BOCES center in Batavia will open this fall. (staff photo, 9/1976) Staff photo

Pro Bowl, Inc. at 114 Monroe Ave was torn down for Manhattan Square Park and Urban Renewal. (Staff photo, 12/1960) Staff photo

Kiwanian John Reidman, chairman of Northeast Rochester Kiwanis Club chicken barbecue, turns the crank of a 1927 Marmon in 1960. Others, left to right, are Robert Roth, club president; Judge Emmett Doyle and Fred Parrish. Staff photo

An undated photo of the American Legion Slager Post 941 Band. Staff photo

Corner of East Main Street and St. Paul in 1963. Staff photo

The school bell which has been missing from Indian Landing School for several weeks was returned yesterday and left on school steps. From left: Brighton Policeman Harvey LeRoy; Carol Herrman, 10, a fifth grade pupil; Glenn Hoyt, school engineer, inspect bell, returned by persons unknown. (Staff photo, 1/8/1949) Staff

Sign on Engine 17, the busiest fire company in the city. The station is at the corner of North Chestnut Street and University Ave. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 7/1/1983) DC 7/11/1983 Reed Hoffmann, Staff photo

Remember When - The banks closed March 5, 1933 and scrip was issued but not put into circulation. (Staff photo, 3/1933) TU 3/3/1951 Staff

Thumpin' Doin'? New coal shaker, charged with being a noisemaker, is shown in operation at Genesee Docks. Process settles coal for transfer to boat. (staff photo, 6/1951) TU 6/15/1951 Staff photo

A 1973 photo showing the view through the bridge over Barge Canal, where the canal and Genesee River meet. Burr Lewis, Staff photo

Wynder "Rocky" Simmons, of Canandaigua, second from left (standing) with his Utica Monarchs. Simmons played in the Negro American League in the 1930s with Satchel Paige. Provided

Jerome C. Smith, manager of the new Red Cross blood center which officially opens Monday in Spring Street, and Mrs. Margaret W. Smith, staff aide, inspects new autoclave sterilizer given to the center by the Wilmot Castle Company. (Durnherr photo, 1/1948) TU 1/10/1948 Durnherr, Staff photo

Number One East Avenue - About 1890, when this now busy corner was graced with Nehemiah Osburn home. Picture owned by George A. McNerney, 5 Brockton St. DC 10/13/1946 Provided

Vacant Soon - Brighton Town offices have occupied quarters here at 1789 Monroe Ave. since 1928. The building, about 40 years old, was once a grocery store. (Staff photo, 1/1953) TU 1/26/1953 Staff photo

Monroe Academy has it appears today as YMCA branch (DC 7/15/1968) Burned down after 148 year history. (DC 3/15/1974) (Staff photo) Staff photo

Girl gets History Lesson at Glance - Miss Gloria Venema, 990 Park Ave. looks at millstones from Ebenezer Allen's grist mill, built in Rochester in 1789. They were placed in the second floor wall of the Court House by Rochester Historical Society when building was constructed in 1896. (Staff photo, 4/1947) TU 4/14/1947 Staff photo

Stores along Monroe Ave in 1958. (Staff photo, 6/1958) Staff photo

Ready to Roll - Earl Kanada takes final look around Monroe County Traveling Library Bookmobile before setting off on first lap of a seven-hour journey. (The bookmobile was retired from use in 1962) (Staff photo 3/1957) Dc 3/24/1957 Staff photo

No Pictures - Seneca Park Zoo's rookie great horned owl snaps his bill and signals semaphore curses with wings as D&C photographer takes picture with his consent. (Staff photo, 4/1952) DC 4/24/1852 Staff photo

A 1946 picture of art deco Niagara Hudson's Batavia Office. (staff photo) Upstate 8/15/1982 Staff photo

Identification badge for President Ronald Reagan, made by Bastian Brothers for the 1984 Republican National Convention. (Karen Mitchell photo, 8/9/1984) DC 8/12/1984 Karen Mitchell, staff

The Bond Clothes Factory on Martin St. produces men's suits. (Staff photo, 10/1975) Tu 10/20/1975 Staff photo

Members of the Baber Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest in the country, arriving at their new quarters at 550 Meigs St. Most of the 160 member church attended services there today after working towards the completion for the past year. The new church will house a day care center and 12 member adult home for the mentally disabled along with its other church functions. (Robert Gapsky photo, 6/1982) Story D&C 6/27/1982 Robert Gapsky, Staff photo

This frozen landscape is Salmon Creek that flows into Braddocck Bay. Docks are empty of boats and nothing but snowmobile tracks show on the ice the late winter sun starts to set. Photo taken from Lake Ontario Parkway. (Staff photo 1/15/1979) DC 1/16/1979) Staff photo

United States Hotel on West Main Street, one of the city's earliest buildings will probably be beyond repair by the time the city takes it over. (Jim Laragy Photo, 11/1977) Upstate 11/20/1977 Jim Laragy, Staff photo

Lums restaurant on West Henrietta Road, Brighton. (John G. Walter photo, 4/1974) TU 4/12/1974 John G. Walter, Staff photo

One Way - Allen Creek School always has spelled its name this way. (Staff photo, 7/1959) TU 7/22/1959 Staff photo

All Wolfe Publications are headquartered in the restored Phoenix Hotel in Pittsford. Andrew Wolfe was founder of Historic Pittsford, Inc. and takes a special interest in historic preservation. (Staff photo, 4/1976) Upstate 4/11/1976 Staff photo

Store front of Craft Company No. 6 in former Rochester Fire Bureau station on University Ave. (Jamie Germano photo, 10/19/1988) Jamie Germano, Staff photo

Riverside Cemetery Entrance - Located between Lake Avenue and the Genesee River, Riverside is one of the most beautiful of Rochester cemeteries. This picture shows the Lake Avenue entrance, with its stone walls covered with ivy, and fine old trees on either side and extending far into the grounds. Perceiving the advantage of having a cemetery in a beautiful spot some distance from the city several persons formed themselves into corporation in 1892 and bought one hundred acres of land which comprises the cemetery tract. The grounds were laid out in a suitable manner and landscaped. Within a short time many of the lots were purchased and a large number of burials have taken place there. (Rochester Journal Photo) TU 10/12/1928 Staff photo

Rascal Cafe in 1981. Bob Gapsky, Staff photo

(1957 file photo) With some stock and this check for $6, 864,259, Associated Dry Goods Corp of New York City bought 99.2 percent of the stock of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. The check is made out to Security Trust Co. of Rochester as agent for Sibley stock holders. Staff

Rochester City Council Chambers, 1958. Staff photo

Board of Education building (right) at 13 Fitzhugh St. S. would be returned to the city and probably razed. At left is St. Luke's Church. (Staff photo, 10/1964) TU 10/13/1964 Staff photo

The final building to be demolished in the core block around the Eastman Theater is tumbling down. All that remained this week was the shell of a former office building at 21 Gibbs St. (Staff photo, 3/1983) TU 3/17/1983 Staff photo

Handbill advertising Sam Patch's last jump from High Falls. This photo is from the archives of the Rochester Historical Society. (Provided photo) DC 10/25/19879 DC rtown, rpeople 9/25/1988 Provided

Early Power Plant - This is a view of an early Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. generator station at the Lower Falls of the Genesee during the late 1880s. Turbine shafts are under construction in rear. The new power plant drew nationwide attention as one of the earliest installations of its kind. It was used to convert water power into electricity. (late 1800s early 1900s staff photo) TU 7/9/1955 Staff photo

Their Support Spelled Success: Woman backers have played a large part in the history of General Hospital. Here is a view, taken at a bazaar in 1891 staged for the hospital's benefit, showing, from left, Mrs. James C. Hart, Mrs. John Brewster, Mrs. David Gordon, Mrs. Charles F. Pond and Mrs. Alice Peck Curtis. Women who supported the General inaugurated the system of volunteer "Twigs" now widely copied. (Staff photo, 5/1947) DC 5/11/1947 Staff photo

After two years of renovations, the theater in the historic German House is ready to launch its first production - venerable Agatha Christie whodunit. (Karen Schiely photo, 2/14/1990) TU 2/22/1990 Karen Schiely, Staff photo

Andrews Street Baptist Church, 290 Andrews Street, was purchased as the new home of the Men's Service Center. (Staff photo, 12/1964) TU 12/29/1964 Staff photo

Rochester Christian Elementary School at 80 Jersey Street was destroyed by fire. It was to have been converted into apartments. (Staff photo, 11/1973) DC 11/25/1973 Staff photo

This was George Eastman's 1905 Packard, a familiar sight around Rochester when automobiles attracted notice. (Copy shot for Arch Merrill column, undated) DC 5/2/1944 or 1946) Staff photo

Neighborhood youngsters are still playing among the tombstones of the abandoned Rapids Cemetery in Congress Avenue. Residents in the vicinity are circulating a petition to the city council to fence the plot. Last Fall a high school boy was fatally injured when a stone toppled on him in the cemetery during a fraternity initiation. (Staff photo, 4/1934) TU 4/5/1934 Staff photo

The Annex to Rochester City Court, Civil Branch in 1939. Staff photo

Parade on Main Street celebrating Rochester Centennial in 1934. Staff photo

Wilford Crawford, conductor of the Rochester Community Orchestra, directs the group in a number at the opening concert at the JYM&WA in 1960. Staff photo

Building at 51-55 Windsor Street in 1980. David Cook, Staff photo

Rochester Convention and Publicity Bureau's Little White House in Washington Square in 1939. Staff photo

This picture made from the south end of the Holiday Inn building. The streets you see are Main Street (far right) and St. Paul in 1981. garcia, Staff photo

One punch from the arm of a giant crane and the front walls of a fire-swept furniture store at 524-532 State St. crumble in 1953. Staff photo

While traffic waited in front of the Rochester Button Co. plant, this enormous dust collector was hoisted by crane to top of building. The filter is the largest in the city. (Staff photo, 10/1956) DC 10/11/1956 Staff photo

Rochester Fire Department Alarm Box. (Staff photo, 12/22/1965) Staff photo

The 70-year-old statue of Mercury perched atop the City Hall Annex chimney is about to come down from its perch, It will be stored at Edgerton Park. (Staff photo, 9/1951) Staff photo

Marketplace Mall in Henrietta getting ready to open. (Robert Gapsky photo, 4/1982) DC 4/4/1982 Staff photo

East Side Savings Bank built in 1884 at the corner of Main and Clinton. The Spire in the rear on Clinton Ave. was that of the First Universalist Church which went down in 1907 when the Manger Hotel was built. (PR Photo, 1884) Provided

Earl's Grill on Exchange Street in 1975. Staff photo

A 1904 Pierce Stanhope, owned by Richard Gordon, on Clover Street in 1969. Staff photo

Lauer Furniture Co. 50 State Street will move to 3280 Monroe Ave, opposite Pittsford Plaza. (Staff photo, 3/1965) TU 3/26/1965 Staff photo

501 Plymouth Ave. South to be be a recreation center. (Staff photo, 11/1971) D&C 11/16/1971 Staff photo

Say It Isn't Snow - This stretch of white is not a blanket of fresh snow. It's the bare pavement of Main Street, paled by salt heaped on by municipal employes in the recent snowfall. Apparently the city is eager to avert traffic tieups such as snow cause in 1944 and 1945. (Staff photo, 12/10/1947) Staff photo

When it was being built - Only the Lawyer's Cooperative

When it was being built - in the 1920's - Only the Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co. on the right is recongizable in this picture looking east over the bridge. (Staff copy photo, 1975) Upstate 7/27/1975 RocRoots 5/5/2015 Tom Kirn, Staff photo

Legend has it that the Senecas used to gather for their councils around this stone for which Council Rock Ave. in Brighton was named. Mrs. Louis Lapides (left) and Mrs. Robert Rosenthal examine tablet placed on boulder in 1919 after it had been saved from destruction during East Ave. widening. Second widening of street resulted in moving rock to lawn at 2371 East. Ave. (Staff photo 3/22/1953) RocRoots 5/4/2015 Staff

An undated photo Main Street West and Bull's Head. Staff photo

Barr & Creelman building on the corner of Broad and Exchange in 1950. Staff photo

Crowd awaits arrival of caravan at Nassau Street and Joseph Ave. The Rochester Branch of the NAACP launched a street corner education program. (Staff photo, 9/1961) Staff

East Side Savings Bank - founded 1869 - building remodeled from original built in 1884. Corner of Main and Clinton. Merged with Mechanics Savings Bank to become Community Savings in 1944. (Staff photo circa 1925-1930) Staff photo

Afloat in the March breeze, this Red Cross banner atop the Wilder Building is but one of many displayed in the downtown section to herald opening of the Red Cross drive. (Staff photo, 3/4/1949) Staff photo

Home and family mean much to the residents of Bay Street and most of these modest homes echo to the chatter of young folks, bound close in strong family ties. (Staff photo, 11/1949) TU 11/30/1949 Staff photo

Noisy But Nice - Traffic was jammed yesterday on State St. near the Four Corners, but weather was nice, considering that date was Dec. 11. It was damp and snappy, but it could have been worse. (Staff photo, late 1950's) DC 12/12/195?) Staff photo

An undated photo of Fitzhugh Street bridge over the Erie Canal, looking north. Staff photo

Moseley & Motley Milling Company on Brown's Race in 1935. Staff photo

Sears Adds On - This new addition at rear of Sears, Roebuck & Co. store on Monroe Ave. will be opened tomorrow. Addition fronts on parking area which has been expanded. (Staff photo, 11/1956) TU 11/15/1956 Staff photo

Duffy Powers building at the corner of Main St. West and Fitzhugh Street. (Was the Kodak Navy Building in 1945) (Staff photo 9/15/1945) Staff photo

Main Street bridge looking south from Water Street. Rubble is from demolition for Genesee Crossroads project. (Staff photo 12/18/1965) Staff photo

The National Bank of Commerce on State Street. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

Educational Progress at Broad and Washington - Dignity, cleanness of line and modern simplicity mark the new George H. Clark building of the Rochester Institute of Technology, a $1,250,000 structure dedicated today. (Staff photo, 4/1947) TU 6/9/1947 Staff photo

W. T. Grant, 293 E. Main Street. (Staff photo, 1950's) Staff photo

The Rochester fire house at 1750 East Ave. is up for sale. (Staff photo 11/27/1959) Staff photo

Petrillo Brothers Bakery, 67 Lyell Ave. (Staff photo) Upstate 10/28/1970 Staff photo

19-25 S. Fitzhugh Street, next to St. Luke Episcopal Church (Now the Episcopal Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene), is now a parking lot. (Photo by E.C. Dunbar, 6/1/1944) Provided

The New England Furniture and Carpet Company, the Lyceum Theatre and Hotel Seneca are shown on Clinton Ave. (staff photo's 1920'). The Lyceum closed in 1934. Staff photo

The old Burger King and Bonds Clothing building on Main Street east of the convention center came down 8/10/1985 on the site of Rochester's new Hyatt Regency Hotel. The building, made of brick and steel, was torn down by Sinisgalli Wrecking Inc. The job, which involved cutting the buidings main beams, took four men, two loaders and a crane. (David Grunfeld photo, 8/10/1985) DC 8/12/1985 Staff photo

Looking south from Bausch Bridge. Most of the stacks which make a stirring pattern in this picture are those of the Gas and Electric Corporation's coke and gas plants. On the right is the tower of the Kodak office building and in the skyline at the back may be seen the wings of the Genesee Valley Trust Building. The rail in the foreground is of the Bausch Bridge; the bridge in the back is the Platt Street bridge. (Staff photo, 1947) DC 3/9/1947 Staff photo

Johnny Antonelli's Clintonaire at 75 S. Clinton Ave. in 1961. Staff photo

The H.L. Green Co., Inc store at 134 E. Main Street in 1978. Staff photo

Main Street East and St. Paul circa 1830. (Undated file photo) Staff photo

The heroic bronze statue of Martin Brewer Anderson, first president of the University of Rochester, stands on the Prince Street campus, in front of Anderson Hall, the first building erected for the University and for which he obtained a legislative appropriation of $25,000. The statue, which shows President Anderson as older gradates remember him on commencement day, has caught the vigor of his stride, the strength of his powerful physique, the nobility of his head and countenance. The base and plinth, red granite from Stony Creek, Connecticut, are reputed to be the largest single stones ever brought to the city. (Staff photo, 6/22/1947) DC 6/22/1947 Staff photo

Susan B. Anthony House on Madison Street, Rochester (Claude Brown photo, 5/1/1970) Claude Brown, Staff photo

Picnic pavilion at Corbett's Glen in Brighton. (Staff photo, 1922) Staff

This building once stood at the Four Corners, from 1831 to 1870. It housed the famous Eagle Hotel and, later, professional and banking offices. It's location: the northwest corner of State and Main (formerly Buffalo) streets. When the Eagle hotel and tavern was opened in 1831, it was considered one of the finest west of the Hudson. Concert bands played from the balconies. The hotel was damaged by fire in 1868 and later replaced by the Powers Block, the ambitious venture started by Daniel Powers in 1865. The present Powers Building is not on this site. This picture was taken between 1868 and 1871. (Staff photo) Staff

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Main Street, South Avenue, Water Street area in 1979. Staff file photo

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The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway terminal was a busy place in the early 1900's. The site is where Nick Tahoe's is now on West Main Street. Provided

Firemen hose down the driveway in front of Rochester's newest firehouse on Goodman street North near Central park. The firehouse will be officially opened tonight. A parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Goodman Street Plaza and a concert by the Rochester Park Band will follow the ribbon-cutting ceremonies by city officials. (Peter B. Hickey photo, 6/22/1960) TU 6/22/1960 Peter B. Hickey, Staff

At 2:03 p.m. - three hours and 3 minutes after Avenue D Playground opened, the new $15,000 shelter greeted its first youngster of the day. The 6-year-old boy, playing alone at a carom board, had just arrived when this photo was taken. He is a morning kindergarten pupil at School 20. (File photo, 11/29/1954) Staff

Phyllis Diller and Isaiah Jackson share a joke at the Rochester Philharmonic subscription call in on Channel 8 (WROC-TV). (Staff photo, 8/1978) Tu 8/18/1978 Staff

Excavation of the Wilder Building at Rochester Four Corners (Exchange and Main) in 1887 (Staff photo) Staff

New Paint Job - This building of the Art-Craft Optical Co. at Allen Street and Plymouth Avenue North was changed from "old fashioned red" to cream color with paint job last fall. The building was entered in Better Downtown Contest. (Staff photo, 1/18/1961) Tu 1/18/1961 Staff

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Rascal Cafe (240 E. Main St.) in 1972. Staff file photo

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Powers Hotel on W. Main Street, 1953 Staff file photo

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The Journal American building on St. Paul Street. (Undated file photo circa 1920s) Staff

Another member of fraternity of Rochester auto agencies is Packard Rochester Inc. at 675 E. Main St. (Staff photo 12/1952) TU 12/3/1952 Staff

The Little Theatre located at 240 East Ave. built in 1935. (Staff photo) Staff

Fitzhugh Street (Staff photo, July 5, 1928) Staff

This is not City Hall Annex. At least it wasn't at the time of this picture, 19009. It was the Cluett-Peabody collar factory looking almost the same as it does today except for the trees in the front yard. Mercury atop the smoke stack is hardly discernible in the old photo. Originally the building housed the Kimball Tobacco Factory. (This is now the site of the War Memorial) (Staff photo, late 1940's early 1950's) DC 7/5/1993 Staff

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A photo taken during the holiday season from the E. W. Edwards & Son store in 1956. Staff file photo

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Buildings between the Neisner Building and Manhattan Restaurant on East Avenue in 1980. Talis Bergmanis, Staff file photo

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Levi's Music Store on 33-35 South Ave. (Undated staff photo) staff

Unique Main Street Bridge (South side shown here). Genesee crossroads project will remove buildings from both sides of bridge and this scene will be no more. The Genesee River will be visible from Main Street and people will realize that as they cross Main Street, a stream is coursing beneath them. (undated, Staff photo) Staff

Hallman's with its arched windows and extensive use of glass make it one of the city's best examples of Art Deco. (Staff photo, 10/1978) Upstate 10/8/1978 TU 4/7/1980 Staff

Hahn Graphics Inc. at 1035 Dewey Ave is a former City of Rochester firehouse will be part of the Maplewood Home Tour. (Lance Wynn Photo, 7/1984) TU 7/28/1984 Lance Wynn, Staff

Rochester General was the first Rochester hospital to be incorporated by the state. This was on May 7, 1847. The Westside Division as it looked in 1888. (Rochester General Hospital photo) DC 10/12/1975 PR photo

A crowd assembling for opening of the Sibley Music Library at Eastman Place, a new $18 million downtown facility for the Eastman School of Music.(Dennis R. Floss photo, 5/15/1989) DC 5/16/1989 Dennis R. Floss, Staff

71/73 State Street, site of the First Eastman Kodak factory. Photo taken around 1920. (EK PR photo) TU 12/2/1977 Provided

This was Phelps' Main Street in 1885, the "Country Lawyer's" heyday. Globe Hotel long since has been gone from scene. Horses and buggies are in front of hardware store. (Staff photo) DC 9/7/1947 Staff

New headquarters of the Chase-Pitkin Home Center on East Highland Drive. (Staff photo, 1959) TU 9/30/1959 Staff

Blasts of the storm were borne without complaint by this row of used cars in a sales agency lot. Virtually burrowing her way through the drifts is a lone woman pedestrian. Many business houses, including most of the downtown retail stores, closed shop for the day. War plants likewise were hard hit when employees failed to reach work. Forecast is more wind, more snow and colder. (Staff photo, 12/1944) TU 12/12/1944 Staff

The old Joel P. Milliner residence at Adam's Basin. Oldest building in the village. (Undated file photo) Staff

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. garage on Nassau Street. Building to be spared in Baden-Ormond redevelopment. (Staff photo, 6/25/1957) Staff

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The Downtowner - cold, empty and silent in 1978. Bob Gapsky, Staff photographer

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Home of Coast Guard commanding officer, Chief Warrant Officer Harold Baker. Only house on street - address, 70 Lighthouse Road, Charlotte. 98 years-old - built in 1863 - see stone between upstairs windows. Library clippings indicate lighthouse section is much older - about 122 years - no story has been done about building in over 20 years. Coast Guard took over building in 1938 - house portion has been completely modernized recently for living quarters of CO. Morgans decorated top of lighthouse with colored lights last Christmas - also use tower for TV aerial. (Staff photo, 3/1961) Staff

The Memorial Art Gallery opened to the public in October 1913. Staff

How it Started - This furniture van, contrasting with today's powerful monsters, dates from 1880. It was run by Rochester Carting predecessor. (Staff photo, 5/14/1955) DC 5/15/1955 Staff

Rookies listen to lecture at police academy. (Staff photo, 10/1974) TU 10/12/1974 Staff

They Waited Long - Line of last minute license applicants snakes around corner of Terminal Building and into Broad Street from the basement Auto License Bureau in the Civic Center Garage. (staff photo, 2//1965) Dc 2/2/1965 , Staff

A photo taken from Baden Street looking down Hanover Street in 1955. Staff photo

Edgerton Park is seen in the upper right hand corner of this undated photo. Emerson Street is dotted line and Lake Avenue is to the right of the Genesee River. Staff photo

Ready for opening - New W. T. Grant Co. store in Ridge-Culver Shopping Center starts business on May 26, 1955) (Len Maxwell photo, 5/1955) Tu 5/25/1955 DC 12/25/1975 Len Maxwell, Staff

Kept for posterity was a long list of articles after Mayor Stanton dextrously smoothed concrete over the box of records placed under the cornerstone of Rundel Library. At the Mayor's left is John A. Lowe, city librarian, under whose direction will come the new building at the time it is ready for use of the city. (Staff photo, 6/16/1935) , Staff

Plaque near Rochester's Four Corners marks site of Frederick Douglass' North Star publishing venture. (Staff photo, 2/1979) DC 2/14/1979 , Staff

Army Medical Staff of Rochester General Hospital Unit #19 leaving N.Y. Central Station July 15, 1942, 10:02 p.m. Photo courtesy Rochester BPO Elks #24 Sendoff Committee. (Rodder Photo Service) , Provided

From 1858 until 1955, this gloomy looking building at 133 Exchange Street next to the Rochester Police Department was Rochester Children's Nursery home. A former teacher remembers that the inside was laid out like a maze. (undated file photo) TU 1/21/1984 , Staff

City policeman in the middle of East Ave. and Main Street trying to keep traffic moving at 3?30 p.m. (Staff photo, 1/20/1978) , Staff

Pilieci Italian Food store, 1160 N. Clinton Ave., where owner shot and wounded a 15-year-old shoplifter. (Steve Boerner photo, 9/30/1984) DC 10/1/1984 Steve Boerner, Staff

Cars ignore no-parking signs along Euclid Street (northwest from Chestnut), making travel difficult alongside the Midtown Plaza. (Staff photo, 7/1965) TU 7/2/1965 , Staff

Crimes against four of the 11 tenants in a few weeks dubbed this apartment building at 67 Alexander Street "House of Terror" (staff photo) DC 7/5/1971 , Staff

The Nusbaum building at 149-50 N. Clinton Ave. anchors the corner of North Clinton and Joseph Avenues. (Burr Lewis photo, 4/5/1989) DC 4/8/1989 Burr Lewis, Staff

Upper Falls Terrace Park under construction, on east side of Genesee River at St. Paul St., North of railroad tracks. (Photo by Wahl's Photographic Service Inc. 9//13/1976 RocRoots 2/17/2015 , Provided

Workmen pour concrete in south lane of Elmwood avenue between Mt. Hope avenue and Lattimore road where reconstruction project is in progress. (Staff photo 9/1954) Tu 9/1/1954 , Staff

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Rochesterians, some carrying signs march in Broad Street in mourning for slain Southern NAACP leader Medgar Evers in 1963. Staff file photo

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John Richelsen talks on the photone at Rochester Florist Delivery Cooperative on Norman Street in 1995. Karen Schiely

Isaiah Jackson conducts the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at Channel 8 studio. (staff photo, 8/1978) , Staff

Rochester Public Library, Rundel Building on South Ave. (Staff photo, 11/3/1946) TU 7/23/1977 , Staff

Rochester Public Market 1908 (Staff photo) TU 8/17/1976 TU 4/23/1983 , Staff

Rochester City Bureau of Police Athletic League (PAL) at 740 University Ave.. (City of Rochester photo, 10/19/1952) RocRoots 2/10/2015 , Provided

Tom Arder, a Rochester Gas and Electric crewman, leans down a manhole as he performs yearly maintenance on a gas regulator near Bernz-O-Matic Crop on Rochester's Driving Park Ave. (Burr Lewis photo, 4/1978) DC 4/6/1978 RocRoots 2/9/2015 Burr Lewis, Staff photo

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Anderson Park at the corner of East Main Street and University Avenue in 1961. Staff file photo

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The Rochester Public Works garbage reduction plant in 1953. . Staff file photo

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Rochester Recreation Bureau's Tacoma Playground. Picture was taken of caretaker Tosch at 2:15 p.m. Nov. 29, 1954 , Staff photo

Rochester City School District Grade School number 9 on Joseph Ave. (Staff photo, 1/10/1964 , Staff

The Rochester Linoleum and Carpet Center sign at 447 Monroe Ave. was installed in 1957 to the tune of $2,500. It is so old it is now back in style. (Staff photo, 3/1982) Upstate 3/2/1982 , Staff

A large group of dental hygienists cleaning workers' teeth in 1927 at Kodak Park. (EK PR photo) DC 9/29/1981 , Provided

For Study, Leisure - This is a view of the lounge in one of two new residence halls on River Campus. The buildings replace temporary wooden barracks built in 1946. (Staff photo) TU 9/19/1953?) , Staff

An undated photo of Fountain Court at the Memorial Art Gallery. , Provided

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Fifteen fire-fighting companies battle a blaze at the Reed Glass Co., 860 Maple St. in 1954. Herb Schaeffer, Staff photographer

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Through side hatch of Neptune P2V bomber Eastman Kodak photographer Ralph Amdursky aims 85-pound, special K38 aerial camera to photograph jets . (Staff photo, 5/1959) DC 5/24/1959 , Staff

New Neighborhood Center Opened - Mrs. William A. MacVay, chairman of advisory committee for Eastside Community House at 12 Leighton Ave., and Dr. Michael J. Crino, president of the Lewis Street Center, enter the Eastside building for open house. Eastside House is an extension of the Lewis Street Center and will serve adults in the Atlantic-Leighton area. Madge H. Green is serving as extension director. (Staff photo, 12/1958) TU 12/12/1958 , Staff photo

Camel at Durand-Eastman Zoo. The zoo opened in 1912. (undated Staff photo) DC 4/21/1980 TU 5/7/1983 , Staff

Edison Hotel located on Elm St. near East Main. (Staff photo, 2/1965) TU 2/12/1965 , Staff

Rolling Again - Auto traffic over Driving Park bridge resumed this morning. Pedestrian traffic was not interrupted during almost 14 months of repairs. Some work still remains to be done on north sidewalk. (note barrier at left). Staff photo, 12/1952 TU 12/1/1952 , Staff

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Undated photo of the old East High School on Alexander Street. The school designed by J. Foster Warner opened in 1902. Moved to East Main Street location in 1959. File photo

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Old Stone Warehouse at South and Mt. Hope avenues built in 1822 along Erie Canal, named to National Register of Historic Places. Pictured in 1974. Jay Reiter, Staff photographer

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East Avenue and Alexander Street in 1960. Staff file photo

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Wild west show at old Driving Park, recorded by Frederick W. Brehm with his trusty camera about 1895. File photo

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Sea Breeze bathing beach in 1914. File photo

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Wings co-owner - Stan Musial (right) accepts a gift of 10 shares of Rochester Red Wing stock from Red Wings' general manager George Sisler Jr. during pre-game ceremonies at Rochester-Jacksonville twin bill in 1964. Staff file photo

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Best friends and dance partners Sofie Scerankosky, 5, and Shiva S. Ghelichkhani, 4, take part in the Garth Fagan Dance Workshop in 2006. Max Schulte, Staff photographer.

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Frank Sinatra performs at the War Memorial in 1993. Jamie Germano, Staff photographer

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An undated file photo of McKinney Blast furnace in Charlotte. Staff file photo

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Athletic Park baseball field on Weiland Road in Kodak Park. (Undated staff photo) , Staff

The unemotional eye of the camera found the amusement park at Sea Breeze a sprawling layout of rides, ticket booths, refreshment stands and signs. (Tu 8-27-1955) The park opened as Sea Breeze, was changed to Dreamland in the 1940s and back to Sea Breeze in the 1970s. , Staff photo

Main St., north from State St., Brockport NY, (Undated photo, Arch Merrill column) staff

Visitors arrive at the Rochester Exposition and Horse Show 9/6/1922. , Staff

800 BRITTON ROAD at Dewey - Fourteen rooms will be added to the Greece District 15 school at Britton Road when this $475,000 addition, at left, is completed. Completion is expected by school officials before end of first term. (Staff Photo) DC 9/5/1954 staff

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The first passengers to depart from new Rochester Monroe County air terminal smile at special attention they get as they board plane for first flight from new airport facilities in Brooks Ave. in 1963. Staff file photo

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A fire Scene on Main Street in 1958. Staff file photo

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Escape artist Houdinii (cq), upside down and trussed twice, over the Genesee River, makes it to freedom while crowds watch in almost zero weather. (Peter Weinberger photo, 2/14/1979) DC 2/15/1979 Peter Weinberger, Staff

Traffic is smooth-flowing at South and Court at 7:51 a.m. (staff photo) Tu 9/17/1957 , Staff

Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music. (Circa 1920?) (Undated D&C Sept. 10.... , Staff photo

A Burroughs adding machine, made in Rochester about 1925, is examined by Mary Crookshank at a current exhibit, "You Can Count on Me," at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. It includes 12 devices, ranging from the ancient abacus to the pocket calculator. Five of them were anufactured in Rochester. Miss Crookshank, 1087 Five Mile Line Road, Penfield, is on museum staff. (RMSC PR photo, undated) Provided

A bronze plaque in the lobby of the Academy building on Fitzhugh St. marks the construction of the building as a school. (Burr Lewis photo, 9/14/1981) DC 9/20/1981 Burr Lewis, Staff

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Old Hinchey Home -- the first clapboard house in Gates in 1955. Staff file photo

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Collapse of the front wall of the building during the fire at Sibley, Lindsay & Curr in 1904. Provided photo

The first real luxury hotel in the city of Rochester. (Undated photo from the 1920s or 30s) TU 5/7/1986 Staff

Coming Down - These buildings at Main street and Plymouth avenue will e razed for city-owned parking garage. Bids for demolition were opened today. (Staff photo, 1/12/1955) TU 1/12/1955 , Staff

'For Honor Brought to Rochester' - Pictures taken by Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union photograhers of U.S. Open at Oak Hill were compiled in memorial album presented by Joseph T. Adams, right, of the Rochester Gannett newspapers to Henry J. Martens, left, Oak Hill president, and Hume M. Deming, Open chairman, at Oak Hill last night. (Staff photo, 9/1968) DC 9/10/1968 Dick Haun, Staff

Kodak Park (EK PR photo, 1962) , Provided

Vacant three-story, brick apartment building on Andrews Street once housed the "Abendpost" - Rochester's German newspaper. (Staff photo, 11/1981) Upstate 11/22/1981 , Staff

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A pair of signs from the Stoneridge Shopping Plaza in Greece in 1972. Staff file photo

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Buick enthusiasts wander through hundreds of cars on display at the National Buick Convention at the Sheraton Inn in Batavia in 1989. Annette Lein, Staff file photo

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"COME ON OUT" - Mary Ellen Denney, 7, and Carolyn Sue Ainsworth, 8, both of Webster are seated in foreground resting and watching the rest of the skaters on ice rink made for community use by West Webster firemen. (Staff photo, 1/1956) DC 1/29/1956 , Staff

Present day Liberty Pole at Main St and East Ave. FOR Rochester Retrofitted (Democrat & Chronicle, Photo by Annette Lein, 121311) Annette Lein, COPY SHOT

St. Mary's Boys' Orphan Asylum formed in 1864 in the Bulls Head area. , Staff

Neon sign outside the Deluxe Show Shop Inc. 477 Monroe

Neon sign outside the Deluxe Shoe Shop Inc. 477 Monroe Ave. was put up in 1949. It's in disrepair and too expensive to fix. It has not been lit in 15 years. (Staff photo, 3/1982) Upstate 3/28/1982 , Staff

Mick Jones (left) and Lou Gramm, center, of Foreigner, perform for a responsive crowd at the Community War Memorial. (Staff Photo, 12/1979) Upstate 12/9/1979 , Staff

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Buffalo Bills, from left, Cornelius Bennett (97), Leon Seals (96) and Nate Odomes (37) celebrate a victory over the Miami Dolphins in 1991. Annette Lein, Staff photographer

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Bearing manufacturer's suggested price posted on left rear window of new cars. (1958) Staff file photo

Businesses, including Carrol's, and their signs along West Henrietta Road, looking south from the Brighton Town line. (Brad Bliss photo, 11/28/1973) Brad Bliss, Staff

Nancy Lopez will appear as a guest analyst on C8's "The LPGA Today", a 30-minute highlight show that will run each night of the LPGA Rochester International tournament, June 1982. (Bob Gapsky photo, 5/24/1982) DC 5/24/1982 Bob Gapsky, Staff

Local women discuss purchases in the well-appointed sixth-floor lounge area of Sibley's. Ladies lounges are not quite what they used to be, but his one in Sibley's is quite comfortable. (Women are not identified). (Anne Lennox Bergmanis photo, 7/29/1982) DC 7/30/1982 D 1/17/1990 Anne Lennox Bergmanis, Staff

Karl Wallenda walks on tightrope between scoreboard and roof during doubleheader last night at Silver Stadium. (Jim Sheehan, 5/1976) DC 5/13/1976 Jim Sheehan, Staff

First Aerial Photo - Folks who think aerial photographs came in with the airplane will be surprised to know that this picture, first made from the air over Rochester, was not taken from an airplane at all. It was taken in June, 1908 with the Folmer Kite Camera - from a kite. William Folmer developed it. Where is this? Kodak Park in June, 1908. (EK PR photo, 1908) DC 6/10/1951 Provided

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Fans wait outside the Community War Memorial to see the Grateful Dead in 1978. Staff file photo

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The exterior of the Field Estate house, 1434 Buffalo Road, Gates in 1981. Staff file photo

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Back Home "From" Indiana - Rochester's Royals, carrying Western Division championship they won on road this week, got back in town yesterday after six-day jaunt. From left, as they stepped off train, owner-coach Les Harrison, Arnie Johnson, Bob Davies, Odie Spears, Bob Wanzer, Arnie Risen, Ray Ragelis, Red Holzman, Jack Coleman, Alex Hannum. (Staff photo, 3/1952) DC 3/15/1952 , Staff

President Ronald Reagan accepts Amerk's Jersey. His name and number look simple enough on Rochester American's jersey, but it took considerable last-minute preparation to get it ready. (Mike Schwarz photo, 11/1984) DC 11/2/1984 DC 12/30/1984 DC 1/22/1985 Jersey will have a place in Reagan library , Staff

Exterior of Chili Doll Hospital and Victorian Doll Museum, 4332 Chili Ave. (Brad Bliss photo, 7/7/1973) , Staff photo

Fleet Service - Panorama shows new home of Rochester Auto Club (with white pillars) in Chestnut St. Fleet of service trucks with which club caters to its 17,000 members is shown as it gathers for formal opening of the home. (Staff photo, 12/10/1948) Staff

IN MEMORIAM - The Rev. George Norton speaks at private ceremony before Kodak Park monument under which rest ashes of George Eastman. Rite ended formal observance of 100th anniversary of Mr. Eastman's birth. (Staff photo, 7/13/1954) DC 7/13/1954 Staff

Spec. Kyle King from the New York National Guard Military Forces Honor Guard during a WWII veteran's funeral at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in 2005. Jay Capers

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A photo of McCurdy's taken from corner of Franklin and East Main in 1959. Staff file photo

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Carnegie Place at 247 N. Goodman St. BURR LEWIS/File photo

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East Ave. near intersection with Main St., circa 1946. (undated file photo) , Handout

Vic & Irv's center, as well as Don & Bob's left and Bill Gray's right, are all being hurt by the closing of the Irondequoit Bay Outlet bridge. (Karen Mitchell photo, 1/21/1986) TU 1/22/86 Karen Mitchell, Staff

New amusement park in Chili, is shown in model form

From the archives: A new (1972) amusement park in Chili, is shown in model form by park coordinator Philip Schuler. (Staff photo, 3/1972) TU 3/6/1972 RocRoots 12/2/2014

Numbered Days? Brockport Village Building, built in 1884, may be replaced under long-range plans in discussion stages. It houses four of village's five fire companies and clubrooms, police headquarters, jail, village and the street commissioner oFfices. (Staff photo, 11/1961) DC 11/21/1961 TU 3/27/1979 RocRoots 12/01/2014

The Newport House on Irondequoit Bay. (Staff photo, Merrill column, 4/6/1947) TU 2/20/1980 RocRoots 11/30/2014

This building at 20 and 24 Scio Street will be torn down for a used car lot. (Burr Lewis photo 9/20/1972) DC 9/21/1972 RocRoots 11/29/2014

Roger Boocock, headmaster, looks at the remains of a baseball catcher's mask amid the ruins of the Allendale school's main classroom building which was hit by fire yesterday. (Staff photo, 11/25/1966) RocRoots 11282014

Morris, turkey found loose in Irondequoit, is finally captured in Webster and taken to Lollypop Farm. (Jim Sheehan photo, 3/1979) TU 3/27/1979 DC 8/8/1979

Judges Ford on Lake Ave. is up for sale. (Staff photo, 5/1980) DC 5/31/1980 TU 7/22/1987 , Staff

Dr. Rush Rhees, president of the University of Rochester, left, presenting to Mr. George Eastman, a testimonial with signatures from Rochester, NY people, at the Society of the Genesee dinner in the Hotel Commodore, New York City, Feb. 9, 1931. (AP photo, 2/9/1931) Wire AP

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YWCA Building. Kent Hall located at 57 S. Washington Street) (Undated file photo) , Staff

Annual jazz picnic on the front lawn of the Memorial Art Gallery in 1991. PR photo

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The reception center for Eastman Kodak's State Street office building in 1960. Staff file photo

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Traffic circle at Veterans Memorial Bridge. (Staff photo, 6/22/1965) Staff

This was Skinner's Boathouse at Manitou, pictured years ago. The children seated at right are the present sheriff and his sister Anna,who now is matron at County Jail. (Undated file photo) DC 2/1/1948 Staff

View of the new Holiday Inn, surrounded by I-390 and Jefferson and East Henrietta Roads. (Jim Laragy photo, 10/17/1986) TU 10/20/1986 Jim Laragy, Staff

BEDECKED - Christmas decorations at Sibley, Lindsay

Christmas decorations at Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. light way for early Christmas shoppers. Store's trimmings are most elaborate so far in city. Staff photo DC 11/13/1953

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Nursing student Loraine Morris and her friend Charlie at the Park Avenue Hospital in 1944 or 1945. File photo

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This blue and crimson pennant, symbolic of the new joint Army-Navy production award, had just been presented to President Thomas J. Hargrave, left, and William Lehle, machinist of Eastman Kodak Company when the "boss" and the worker held it up for 20,000 other Kodak people to see at Red Wing Stadium in 1942. Brig. staff file photo

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Dancing is a pastime whose public appeal never has waned. Most spots where there is a flood and good music are usually well filled into the wee hours of the morning. Kathleen Lettice Hanright dances with her future husband at Otto's Ballroom in Rochester. (Staff photo, 1942) TU 9/15/1942 TU 4/26/1989 DC 6/28/1990 Local:GRN

Cars line one side of Adams Street, viewed east from Clarissa street, under alternate-side parking regulations. (Staff photo, 8/1956) TU 8/17/1956 Staff

New York State Railways trackless buses (staff photo, 2/8/1932) Staff photo

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Main Street at East Avenue on Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1918. File photo

One of the proposals is to build new East High School

A view of a photo that proposed to build East High School at an old University of Rochester athletic field at the corner of Culver and East Main. Staff photo, TU 3/3/1953

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A "bustling scene of visiting throngs" arriving at the New York Central station in Despatch in 1947. Staff file photo

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The alarm panel at Rochester Fire Bureau's Central Headquarters on Central Avenue Staff file photo

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Greece Methodist Church on Maiden Lane. (Staff photo) 4/27/1941 Staff photo

Henry Street (Staff photo, 1972) TU 10/30/1972 Staff

Suggestion for an arcade on old Broad St. Aqueduct prepared for the Rochester Civic Improvement Committee. Arnold W. Brunner, architect; Frederick L. Olmsted, landscape architect. (Undated file photo) Handout

Television Laboratory - T. Gentry Veal, right, research engineer, adjusts controls as Dr. Cyril J. Staud, director of Kodak Research Laboratories checks image brightness on new television equipment. Research of films for expanding television fields will be conducted in the new Kodak laboratory. (EK PR photo, 1950's) Press release

HENRIETTA YMCA - Now the Southeast branch, it would become the Henrietta Youth Center if a new Southeast Branch building in Pittsford is approved. Staff photo, TU, 2/17/1965

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Henry Clune with the 1936 Ford-Cunningham first owned by Charlotte Whitney Allen. Clune was a very close friend of Allen's. She sold the car in 1964. Clune made it possible to have the car returned to Rochester. The car which has a chassis by Ford and body built by Cunningham, has been purchased by Rochester Museum & Science Center. Jim Laragy, Staff photographer

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Claude Bragdon designed a police station at 740 University Ave.; now an art workshop called Allofus. (Staff photo, 1980) File photo

- -12/17/02 - 4:39pm - Mount Hope Cemetery - I drive to one of my favorite places in the city, Mt Hope Cemetery, in search of beautiful light as the sun sets on this stunnning Tuesday afternoon. My hope is to find that gorgeous orange light gracing the some of the old headstones that populate this resting place. The suns sets quickly however, and in its place rises a crisp moon to silhouette the evening nesting of a flock of crows. (Photo by Annette Lein, Democrat & Chronicle) Annette Lein, Yes-GRN

Back in 1924 when Carhart relocated to 294 South Ave., the address changed - but not the building. The entire plant was moved two blocks. PR photo, 1924

PARADE SCENE - Engine of Voiture Locale 322, Ontario

A parade scene in Webster shows Engine of Voiture Locale 322, Ontario County, as it turns a corner before a crowd that watched the American Legion parade festivities. TU Staff photo 7/10/1954

Associated Press reporter, Terry Anderson, a graduate of Batavia High School, visits the Democrat and Chronicle/Times-Union newsroom in 1992. Anderson was held captive in Lebanon for six years, nine months. Frank Cardon looks over Anderson's shoulder. (Burr Lewis photo, 6/25/1992) Burr Lewis, Staff

YANKEE STALWARTS - Three members of the American League champion New York Yankees in town for annual Press-Radio Dinner were from left, Bill Skowren, Elston Howard and Whitey Ford. DC 1/21/1958 Staff photo

Brooks Avenue west from Genesee, 1895. Handout

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A trailer park in the Town of Chili in 1955. Staff file photo

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A Gold Medal Flour sign hangs in there against time and Rochester weather on the side of the Olympis Restaurant building at Chestnut and Main St. (Southeast corner) in 1982. Bruce Chambers, Staff photographer

Aerial view of Silver Stadium on Norton St. (4/6/1988) RocRoots 10/23/2014 Staff

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Red Cross House at 199 S. Plymouth Ave. in 1943. Staff file photo

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Statue of Mary Jemison at Letchworth State Park in 1933. Staff file photo

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Leslie Hart, in charge of maintenance of machines for the American Bowling Congress (ABC), racks pins as one of the finishing touches for a tournament in 1956. Staff file photo

Hotel Manitou in Greece on 1926. Staff photo

Mrs. Robert Wiferth, at left, with Mrs. Donald S. Hall, call for their plane tickets at the airport in 1953. The agent at the counter is Carl DiSasio. Pearl Hewlett Stutz, Staff

Old home of former County Manager Gordon A. Howe at Latta and Long Pond roads, Greece, is the site of new Wegmans superstore. (Burr Lewis photo) TU 2/2/1988 Burr Lewis, staff

From the Archives: Alley joining the Powers Building on right to the Powers Hotel on left. (Staff photo, 2/27/1937) Staff photo

Scene of Safecracking - This is a rear view of education building at Third Presbyterian Church, where burglars have raided safe four times in a year. Arrow shows window used in latest entry. Arnold Park is at right. (Staff photo, 3/12/1955) TU 3/7/1955) Staff photo

University of Rochester Symphony, Ward Woodbury, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 1956. Handout photo

CONTAINED - Water boils over Court Street Dam on Genesee River as all gates are opened. Raging, muddy torrent was kept within the river banks through control at Mt. Morris Dam about 40 miles to the south of Rochester, preventing flood. (Staff photo) DC 3/2/1955 Staff photo

Tinker Home, 1585 Calkins Road, Henrietta, built in 1830 by James Tinker, is an example of Federal-style cobblestone architecture. Dick Haun, staff

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Just as it was in the days when Hiram Sibley founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in the old Reynolds Arcade in this reproduction in the Municipal Museum's Centennial Exhibit. Here, Harper Sibley occupied the chair of his grandfather, the W. U. first president. Shown a the old Morse Key is J. R. Van Inwagen, senior employee in the city and now commercial representative. staff file photo

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Firemen prowl in the ruins of Grand View Beach Hotel in Greece. The building was destroyed in the early morning causing $75,000 in damages. (Staff Photo) TU 3/19/1947 staff

Looking north on South Ave from the top of Millers Funeral Home... Note the cross street in the foreground is Gregory...Averil further down. (Ben Brink photo, 8/8/1984) Ben Brink photo, 8/8/1984

Genesee Brewing Co.circa 1935. staff

Exterior of the old Journal American building at the corner of St. Paul and Andrews. T. Gordon Massecar, Staff

Senator John F. Kennedy speaks before a large crowd at the Community War Memorial, during a campaign stop. (9/1960) DC 11-21-1993 staff

Fire drill at Kodak Park in 1899. PR photo

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An undated photo of a residence of Milton Budlong in Perinton. File photo

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Grandpa Lived Here - This house at 74 South Fitzhugh St. was the home in 1844-1850 of Leonard Jerome, grandfather of England's Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Porch wasn't on it then, being added later when it was remodeled into apartment house. It will be torn down in Civic Center project. (Staff photo, 3/1955) DC 3/6/1955 Staff

Some people play frisbee, others bike. For Richard (no last name), parks are for using metal detectors. Given the detector at Christmas, Richard first had to wait for the snow to melt, and once that was gone, it was off to the parks. Getting out about once a week, he often takes the bus from his home at Rustic Village to Highland park, where he does most of his searching. So far, he says, he's found "nothing really valuable," mainly pennies, some nickels and quarters, and pull tabs. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 5/30/1980 Reed Hoffmann Staff

From the archive: The desk of Rochester's first mayor, Jonathan Child (1834). Staff photo 5/23/1926

Scenes at Glen Haven on Irondequoit Bay. (Undated file photo) Staff

Frank L. Bohn, supervisor of city buildings, inspects fire damage in one of the courtrooms formerly used by City Court, Civil Branch. At the time, court sessions were being held temporarily in City Hall. Len Maxwell TU 3/3/1955

Sister Christine, nursing director at St. Mary's Hospital, tells three of 52 students who received their caps about the significance of the cap. They are, from left: Marie Bunce, Leona Johnston, Catherine Lanigan. (Staff photo, 3/1954) DC 3/19/1954 Staff

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A Cunningham-Hall all metal bi-plane, pictured in 1929. File photo

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Marshall Carter, an executive vice president of Chase Lincoln First Bank, puts his signature on another Eastman Kodak Co. certificate. The most popular players in baseball probably didn't sign as many autographs this month as Carter and other officers of the bank signed yesterday and today. Dashing off 1,000 at a sitting they worked their way through 160,000 stock certificates for Eastman Kodak C. The certificates will be mailed to stockholders Oct. 19 as part of the bank's role in Kodak's 3-for-2 split. The law allows the use of printed signatures for Kodak corporate officers, but requires a hand-written signature by a bank officer to validate each certificate. So from time-to-time, the bank's stock transfer department organizes check-signing "parties" with 20 or more guests at a time. Barring writer's cramp, the chore usually takes about 90 minutes. Officers with short names ofter get to leave early. (Steve Purcell photo, 10/5/1987) TU 10/6/1987 Steven Purcell Staff

Monroe Avenue looking west, Sheehan Farmhouse (later Chateau) and Sheehan orchard (later 12 Corners Plaza in Brighton. (Staff photo, circa 1904) staff

Parking at Ontario Beach Park. (Undated photo, A.A. Schubert photo) Handout

Windsor Beach Pavilion built in 1882, destroyed by fire in 1895. It was popularly known as the "House of Glass". Located on site of present Windsor (Club Windsor) dance pavilion. (From Irondequoit Centennial Album 1839 - 1939) Handout

Tower of smoke, burning trestle - Rochester firemen direct streams of water on a burning coal trestle at 139 Canal St. that was destroyed in spectacular blaze late yesterday afternoon (May 5). Aerial view shows some of the 1,000 spectators who were attracted by three explosions. Two alarm fire was under control lin 60 minutes. No estimate of damage was immediately available. Trestle was operated by Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal. Co. (Bob Gapsky photo, 5/1975) DC 5/6/1975 staff

Philander Street between Syracuse St. and Central Park was lost to the Inner Loop. (Peter B. Hickey photo, 5/10/1960 RocRoots 9/21/2014 staff

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The bottom level of the Civic Center's underground garage in 1960. Staff file photo

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Mailers jam Irondequoit Post Office with Christmas packages to be mailed. (Joe Watson photo, 12/13/1977) TU 12/14/1977 Joe Watson Staff photo

Passengers waiting to board the steamboat "Seth Green" on Hemlock Lake, sometime around 1880. First launched in 1874, amid the fanfare of cannon shots and a cornet band, it was one of six steamboats taking vacationers on tours of the lake. Tu 2/18/1985 handout

Driving Park Avenue Bridge will be closed for repairs. (Fred Powers photo 1/1970) Fred Powers Staff photo

Anita Vacquez, 9, leading a group in Mexican dance in Puerto Rican Festival Parade. (Karen Mitchell photo, 6/17/1984) DC 6/18/198 RocRoots 9/16/14 Karen Mitchell Staff photo

Old Mansion House during Horse and Buggy Days in the 1890's in Holley. George D. Olds, late president of Amherst College lived there as a boy. ( undated Arch Merrill Column) staff

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A basketball game at Threshold, 115 S. Clinton Ave., in 1979. Staff file photo

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The Gates-Chili Central School District's 131-year-old school building, pictured in 1961. Staff file photo

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When the Unique Social Club had an outing in 1904, its band - "Roarers of the Rising Sun" - managed to remain still long enough for the photographer to snap the picture. The two men in the lower left are fife player Fred Schulik (in white suit) and drummer Charles W. Peiffer. Both were 28 then. (Staff photo, 1955) TU 8/3/1955?) Staff

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Greece firefighter Kevin Roethel, of Greece, plays Taps during a 9/11 ceremony at the Ridge Road Fire District. (091107 Staff Photo by JAMIE GERMANO) JAMIE GERMANO staff photographer JAMIE GERMANO staff photographer

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Abraham Chatman gets a hero's welcome from Keller-Heumann=Thompson workers in Aug. 1933 after returning from a trip to Washington, DC to negotiate a settlement in the company's strike. The picture appeared in a history of the Rochester clothing labor published by Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. (Handout photo, 1939) TU 6/19/1982 Handout

The Five Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge at Ashantee near Avon. It was built between 1854 and 1859 to carry the Genesee Valley Railroad across Conesus outlet. Stone for its construction was handcut from a quarry west of the site. Geneseo, or good neighbor to the south, is some seven miles away, which leaves the famous landmark in Avon. Town of Avon Historian and retired Livingston County Historian, Marie C. Preston assisted with the information. (Staff photo, undated) Staff

Many may remember the G-R-S (Good Reliable Servant) Electric clothes washing machine. (General Railway Signal PR photo, circa 1918) PR photo

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The Rev. Weldon F. Crossland, D. D., pastor of Asbury First Methodist Church, pauses before main altar in 1956. Staff file photo

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East pier at Summerville (Undated file photo) Staff

Entrance way of the Eastman Dental Center, 800 E. Main Street. (Talis Bergmanis photo, 4/79) Talis Bergmanis Staff

Brockport Hospital in 1922. (Handout photo) Handout

Tomasz Arciszewski, former Premier of Poland, as he was welcomed to Rochester by Lidia Romanowska, 8, of 13 Vienna St., in native costume. Staff photo (10/20/1950)

From the Archive: Agway, located on Railroad Street near the Public Market. Staff photo, 1983

Picketers outside City Hall during the garbage strike. Staff photo (May 1946)

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In this photo from 1952, Standing Parking was regarded by traffic experts as one of major reasons for Rochester's downtown congestion. Staff file photo

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The Cutler Building on East Avenue. Staff photo (undated)

Garson and Wood Furniture on S. Clinton Ave. Staff photo, 6/13/1941

Main Street West in 1860. Main and Exchange looking South-west at the four corners. Staff

Main Street downtown Rochester in winter, with no smoke control. (The photo says this was 1951, although, the cars would indicate it is earlier than that.) Floyd Mason Photography Handout

The new passenger loading station erected by the railway company to avoid the dangerous condition that prevailed before the park was taken over by the city. Undated photo, A.A. Schubert

Angelica state Armory was the birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854. (Handout) Handout

Photo of the Highland Park Reservoir in the 1920's. (Handout photo) Donated to the D&C by Margaret V. Barone of Webster in 1984

Auto racing in Caledonia. (Undated file photo) Staff

Frederick Law Olmsted, the nineteenth century's premier landscape architect, designed Rochester's Genesee Valley and Seneca Parks and gave advice on the creation of Highland Park. This photograph of Genesee Valley Park is dated 1917. (Courtesy of the Strong Museum, 1988) PR photo

476 N. Clinton Ave., home of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers labor union. (Lodder Photo Service, 1930) Handout

Ridge Road West was already a wide blvd 25-years ago near Mayflower St. (Staff photo, 1975) DC 1/26/1975 Staff

Iron bridge that replaced original wooden toll bride in 1857. Present 7 span stone bridge was built in 1893. Duryee & Forsyth Manufacturing Co. Rochester Seal Works, located at corner of Andrews and Water Street near the NYCRR Depot is in the Handout

Time Capsule - Historical data are placed in cornerstone of Northside Hosptial by Ivar N. Hultman, left and Carol C. Ade at ceremonies at Portland Ave. site. Looking on from left are Dr. John J. Bourke, Dr. Floyd H. Densmore, Mrs. Thomas M. Creighton Jr. and Elliott Gumaer, all of whom took part. (Staff photo, 7/29/1954) Staff

The North American Hotel stood at northwest corner of State and Brown streets, the center of Frankfort, for 71 years (1820-1891) Courtesy of the Rochester Historical Society

Canine Cops - Police dogs in training for city's-K-9 Corps and their handlers pose for class picture. The handlers, form left, are: Front row, Harold Connor, Elwood Smith, Joseph Cimino; back row, Eugene La Chimia, Bud Evans, Joseph Loiacono and John DeNero. Dog too friendly for police duty is held by Smith. (Staff photo, 8/11/1960) DC 8/11/1960 Staff

University of Rochester River Campus during construction of dormitories A & B in 1928. (University of Rochester photo) Handout

This upside-down ice cream cone is really a satellite-earth receiving station in front of the Gorham St. offices of American Cablevision. The company expects to start serving customers this spring. (Staff photo, 2/1980) TU 2/21/1980 Staff

So all will know: Susan B. Anthony 2nd, the grandniece of the militant woman's leader of the same name, unveils a marker at the Susan B. Anthony homestead at 17 Madison St. Beside her are W. Stephen Thomas, director of Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and Mrs. Frank Gannett, Dr. Blake McKelvey, Rochester city historian, is at far right. (Staff photo) DC 7/22/1948 Staff

Glen Haven on Irondequoit Bay. Maybe this picture of the old open air theater will bring back memories of long gone summer Sundays when the Glen Haven electric line carried thousands from the station at East Main and Chamberlain Sts. to the bayside resort. At Glen Haven was a big hotel with great porches, besides an amusement park with a wonderland of "rides, shooting galleries, aerial acts and other attractions. Glen Haven's hour in the sun was from 1899 to 1929 although in the latter years the shadow of the horseless carriage darkened its onetime glory. The drone of the Glen Haven trolley was muted 20 years ago and now it's a quiet spot under the willows by the blue bay waters where thousands made merry long, long ago. Staff photo, 1948) DC 1/25/1948) staff

Stopped by Walkout - Eastern Ambulance vehicles are lined up at the company's headquarters on Franklin street side following drivers' walkout. (Staff photo, 1959) Tu 1/21/1959 Staff

In 1966, boys found Allen's Creek frozen hard and used shovels to clean off snow to make themselves a skating rink. T. Gordon Massecar

The Erie Canal docks in Albion, 1880's. (Staff photo) Staff

...And the 'Blitz' Rolls West on Main Street...- Spearhead of the mechanized forces which headed the American Legion parade yesterday was a trio of these 9-ton 'Mae Wests' brought from Pine Camp by U.S. Army detachment. The Democrat and Chronicle building is decorated for the occasion. (Staff photo, 8/1941) Staff

An old fieldstone bridge spans Allen's Creek at entrance to Corbett's Glen in Brighton. (Jay Reiter photo, 7/1973) TU 7/2/1973 Staff

On April 8, 1898, an Eastman Kodak Co. worker named William M. Connor made industrial History by suggesting Kodak wash the windows in his workplace, the black paper slitting room. His suggestion was first in Kodak's suggestion awards program, the oldest continuing program in U.S. corporate history. (Reed Hoffmann photo, 4/8/1987) DC 4/19/1987 Reed Hoffmann Staff

View of the state prison in Auburn NY where rioting prisoners set fire to one of the buildings after killing one guard and wounding several others. State troopers with machine guns and tear bombs made desperate efforts to check the hordes of convicts in their rush for liberty. In a battle which was the most intense ever known in a New York prison. At least 10 prisoners made their escape over the walls. (International Newsreel Photo, 7/28/1929) Upstate 2/3/1990 Wire: International Newsreel

Brighton officials would like to have this shack torn down but they don not know who owns it. It is located on a sliver of land between East River Road and the Genesee River. The town has turned the hunt for owners over to a title-search company. (Lance Wynn photo, 3/23/1983) TU 3/25/1983 Lance Wynn, Staff

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Rochester Business Institute Building near in 1951. Staff file photo

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On one of the first Mason and Hamlin pianos which will come out of Aeolian-American, Bob Engert, in the action finish area, finishes off - or assembles - the actions and keys. In other words, he is installing them in the piano. (Anne Lennox photo, 8/12/1983) Story TU 8/17/1983 Staff

Doc and Katy Abraham are shown posng before a WHAM radio show in 1951, their first year on the air. (Staff photo, 1951) TU 11/14/1986 Staff

The Genesee Bowl on South Ave. will be torn down for Midtown Plaza project. Located across from Rundel Library. (Staff photo, 6/1959 Staff

Rev. Ralph Abernathy speaks at Alfred University; David Duke, KKK leader, seated right, debated civil rights with him and students. (Jan Housewerth, 10/4/1979) TU 10/4/1979 Jan Housewerth Staff

Comedian George Gobel was in Webster with a crew of 30 to film some commercials for ServiStar hardware stores. The TV commercials, which will be first aired in Octorber, were filmed at Morgan's ServiStar HOme Center, 185 W. MainSt., Webster. Filming ends today. (Talis Bergmanis photo,DC 8/31/1978) Talis Bergmanis Staff

This is an ad from Eastman Kodak in the 1920's - on exhibit at Kodak Park Research Labs. (Jim Laragy photo, 10/8/1985) Story TU 10/10/1985 PR Photo

Historic Nusbaum Building on N. Clinton Avenue, pictured in 1982. Anne Lennox Bergmanis

George Abbott, left, Broadway producer, director and playwright (turned 99 yesterday) receives a memory clock from University of Rochester President, Dennis O'Brien. Abbott graduated from the UR in 1911. (Staff photo) TU 6/26/1986 Staff photo

Rochester Knitting Works, Max Lowenthal & Sons, on S. Clinton Ave., is now the home for the Association for the Blind. (Staff photo 1981) Upstate 11/22/1981 Staff

Convention Hall, on St. Cllinton Ave., in 1869-70. Then just completed as new state armory. (File photo) Staff

DECISION AWAITED - If the Henrietta Town Board changes the zoning, this cobblestone and frame garage, once a carriage and blacksmith shop, will come down to make way for a banquet hall in West Henrietta. (Staff photo, 1962) TU 4/2/1962 Staff

"BOARD" - Youngsters who never rode a trolley and parents who haven't for quite a few years get on South Town Plaza's new trolley. It offers free shuttle service along the plaza during store hours. (Staff photo, 12/23/1961) DC 12/23/1961 Staff

Pipe manufacture - Workers at Consolidated Electrodynamics plant, 1775 Mt. Read Blvd., assemble "Thermos bottle" pipe which virtually ends fuel losses in fueling rockets and missiles. Consolidated Electrodynamics became Consolidated Vacuum Corp and later (1973) CVC Products. (PR photo, 1958) PR photo

Hank Aaron shared a laugh with Ken Gerhart, the Rochester Red Wings RBI leader during the 1986 season during a press conference sponsored by Arby's donating money to local Big Brother Big Sister programs in the name of local RBI Champs. Aaron serves a national spokesman for the program. Dennis R. Floss

PROUD HOSTELRY - Photo taken of Johnston Hotel in early part of century shows it facing a sylvan Buffalo Road. Farmers used to gather here on way home after selling products in Rochester. Note power lane poles in foreground. (Staff photo, 1956) DC 1/14/1956 Staff

Students performing as part of a Mass in the school gymnasium. The mass was held in conjunction with Mooney Mania Day. (Burr Lewis photo, 5/30/1989) TU 5/30/1989 DC 7/11/1989 Burr Lewis Staff

Art Deco rendering for a civic center, 1931. The only buildings actually built were Times Square with its batwing tower (not visible in picture) and the Gannett Rochester Newspaper builidng (far right). (handout photo) Upstate 1/23/1983 TU 11/2/1989 Handout

One-Room School Now a Warehouse - Built in the mid 1800's for 13 children of neighboring farmers, this one-room red brick structure was called Penfield Station School. The name was changed to Despatch District 9 School when the Village of Despatch was founded in 1897, and abandoned in 1898 when a roster of 60 pupils necessitated building of Union Free School. Located on Washington Street, it is used by the A. H. Bown estate for storage. (Staff photo) TU 5/26/1947 Staff

Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Building - Construction of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway general office building in Main Street West occurred in 1906. Previous to that time the offices had been in its station in Main Street West and in other office building son the city. The building, which extends from Main Street West to Broad Street, contains the offices of William T. Noonan, president and the other general officers of the company. Its use is devoted entirely to the railroad. Besides carrying a large number of passengers, the company does an extensive coal carrying business. Its growth has kept pace with the development of the prosperous territory it serves. (Staff photo No. 153 of Rochester in Pictures) TU 9/27/1928 Staff

Democrat and Chronicle front page from April 7, 1917. Local:GRN

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General Dynamics/Electronics plant in 1970. Staff file photo

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Days of beards and barrels: This picture was made in Holley's Main Street around 1890 as some of the oldtimers sunned themselves and watched the photographer's "Birdie." (File Photo) RocRoots 7/11/2014 Staff

Former Bank - This is the old Osborne House at East Avenue and Main Street East in which Security Trust Co. was founded in 1892 and which served until 1894 (Staff photo) TU 9/22/1961 Staff

New building of Rochester State Hospital on Elmwood Ave. (Staff photo, 1958) RocRoots 7/9/2014 Staff

Aerial view of Roseland amusement park near Canandaigua Lake, the asset that helps fend off competition from new theme parks. (Joe Watson photo, 9/25/1981) DC 5/24/1982 DC 8/31/1988 Joe Watson Staff

New Setting - But Same Little Gray House - Overwhelmed now by war industry at Kodak Park, the onetime quiet Frederick Rothernberger home is serving today as quarters for staff of the busy yard department. (Staff photo) DC 8/26/1944 Staff

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A Fanny Farmer candy box from around 1943. Staff file photo

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The Sea Breeze Hotel in Irondequoit in 1878. .

Sally Fox, dressed as an 8 and 1/2 foot tall Uncle Sam, reaches down to greet visitors at the Genesee Country Museum in Mumford Saturday, July 4, 1996. Shawn Dowd

In fog and rain, workmen start to build Rose Bowl: Looking at the plans are Public Safety Commissioner Cox, Chief Engineer Carroll of WPA and Parks Director Slavin, who are directing the work. (1935) Staff

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April 1977: A view of part of Bull's Head, looking east from the roof of St. Mary's Hospital. Streets are West Main (running diagonally), Brown (at top), and Genesee (at right). Fast forward to 2017: "Taking control of this property helps end the cycle of decline and establishes a solid foothold to restore the Bull’s Head neighborhood to its place of prominence as Rochester’s western gateway,” Mayor Lovely Warren said in a statement. File photo 1977

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The rest stops on Interstate 490 near Churchville have been closed because of complaints about illegal activities. (Brian Bubak photo, 8/15/1990) our towns 8/22/1990 Brian Bubak Staff

Police take information from some of the men arrested at a gasoline station across from Department of Public Works buildings in Dewey Avenue during a Public Works strike in 1946. Staff photo

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Idols was a “showcase club” with professional sound and lighting systems and technicians. Pictured in August 1987. File photo

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Webster hotel. (Staff photo) TU 12/19/1962 Staff

View from cab of the Lehigh Vallely's Apollo -1 freight approaching Rochester Junction. (Staff photo) DC 11/17/1975 Staff

Officials Who Met First Mail Plane Here - Among the officials who were at the Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon to greet the first Rochester air mail were the men in this picture. They are, left to right, Postmaster John B. Mullan, W. J. Sullivan, W.T. Lyman, traffic manager for Colonial Western Airways; Congressman Archie D. Saunders,George Dietrich, Roger DeWolf, City Manager Stephen B. Story and Frederick Burton. (1928) TU 6/2/1928 Staff

First Eastman Kodak power plant, 1877. (EK PR photo 4/1985 PR photo

Rochester Fire Department Hose Co. No. 2, 600 North Clilnton Ave. approx. 1885 (Undated file photo) Handout

The original Gleason bevel gear planer - designed and built by William Gleason in 1875. (PR photo, 4/7/1940 PR photo

Early Rochester pioneers realized the necessity of roads and bridges to speed development of their promising settlement. As early as 1807, settlers in the northern region circulated petitions and journeyed to Albany to press their case for a bridge where Main Street is today. Handout

The Elmwood Ave. bridge. (Staff photo, 10/1933) Staff

By the late 1880s, this was the entrance to the "Coney Island of Western New York" at Ontario Beach Park. (Undated file photo) Upstate 7/14/1978 Handout

Goodman Central Shopping Plaza, 836 N. Goodman St., which is owned by the A. Friederich & Sons Co. is to be sold as the result of the foreclosure of the mortgage on Oct. 22. The foreclosure action was brought by First Federal Savings & Loan Association. According to papers filed with the Monroe County Clerk's office, Friederich's is in arrears in excess of $41,670 on the 1.1. million mortgage. (Staff photo, 9/1975) TU 9/29/1975 Staff

Camera in Rochester - This sketch of the village of Rochester was made with the aid of a camera lucida, a drawing instrument which preceded the photographic camera. The sketch was made by Captain Basil Hall of the British Navy during a trip through America in 1827-28. Rochester, at that time, was a thriving community of 8,000 inhabitants. Hall published a set of 40 of his drawings after his return to England. A copy of he book and a camera lucida similar to the one Hall used are now on display at George Eastman House. The book was presented to the photographic center by Thomas G. Spencer, a Rochesterian. (undated file photo) DC 4/29/1973 Handout

Half a century ago on a Sunday afternoon it was the custom of the day to go to a picnic in the horse car and then transfer to a "carryall," in order to get out into the country. Equipped with brakes, cushions and curtains, the "carryalls" were truly the last word in rural transportation. Painted in carmine with gold lettering and striping, the had a capacity of 24 persons. This picture, taken at Bay View in 1882, shows the "carryall" then owned by Louis Kalmbach, whose widow now resides at 2096 Ridge Road East. She is 82 years old. (Staff photo 7-18-1934) Staff

John B. Pike crew lifts the 14-ton, 20-ft-tall operations center frame to the top of the control tower at the Rochester Monroe County Airport. (staff photo, 1981) Staff

Rochester traffic seen from Rochester Institute Roof looking east on Broad st. at 5 p.m. (Staff photo, 2/1962) Staff

David Richardson's frame home on East Henrietta Road, near Castle Road, shown in a 1936 photo, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was torn down for a subdivision. (file photo) Upstate 9/16/1979 Handout

Cluett Peabody & Company took over the Kimball Tobaccao Company Building on Court and Exchange streets to manufacture shirts and collars. George Eastman bought the building in 1924. It was torn down in the 1950's. Community War Memorial was built on the spot. (undated Staff photo) Staff

Rochester Homeopathic Hospital was housed in this three story building at 233 Monroe Ave. in 1889. The name was changed to Genesee Hospital in 1926. (Staff photo) Arch Merrill column 3/7/1948 Staff

Old Scene from the placid, lower river - Note the sailing craft near the bend of the river, the rowboat, the picnickers on the shore. In 1895, the Genesee was a sylvan stream, not a dumping ground for rubbish and thousands played upon its waters and its banks without having their nostrils affronted by disagreeable odors. Verily, times have changed - and not always for the better. (Undated staff photo) Arch Merrill column DC 4/13/1947 TU 3/29/1993 Staff

East Side Savings Bank and the Hotel Seneca located on the corner of East Main and South Clinton Ave. The Hotel Seneca was the site of the 1908 State Democratic Convention, the year it opened. (Photo by Frank H. Giffus) Handout