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Clark G Selover, Cigars and Tobacco Docity Paquette, Shoemaker

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 19:51

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY

203 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 63 E State St Ithaca

"'Teeter,' as he is called, will retire from the College of Agriculture on July 1, after 40 years on upper campus. He hired out as a laborer in 1900 and at present is field superintendent of the plant breeding department."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 02, 2025 15:42

"Retiring Cornell Worker Tells of Campus of 40 Years Ago," Ithaca Journal,  June 4, 1940, 5.

Herbert W Teeter

Skull Fraternity (1908-1918), now Phi Kappa Tau.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 16:46

https://www.phitaucornell.com/history

Napoleon Ithaca's Thinking Bulldog

Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio; WWI Service: Co. D 15 Infantry, NY (369 Inf), Pvt, Served Overseas December 2, 1917 to February 12, 1919; residence 2325 7th Ave, New York.  

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 16:22

Leroy Parker in the New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919, Ancestry.com

LeRoy Parker

Woodson Jasper, hostler, home 48 S Plain.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 16:12

1869-1870 Directory of the Village of Ithaca

Jasper Woodsin

J. E. Shaw was T. S. Williams’ partner in Williams & Co. Dry Goods “at the Brick Store on Main Street, one door west of the Merchant’s and Farmer’s Bank, “New Store & New Goods”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 08, 2025 19:48

Ithaca Journal & General Advertiser, May 26, 1841, 1, col. 1 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=ijg18410526-01.1.1

Cascadilla Mills University Ave Ithaca

“Ground was broken this morning for the new hosiery factory at the corner of Plain and Center street. The contract for erecting the building has been given to Frank Alexander. The work is to be completed within six weeks.” 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 14, 2024 17:34

Ithaca Daily Journal, August 8, 1887, 3.

212 Center St Ithaca

"Timothy Dwight Wilcox died yesterday....  Of late years it has been the quiet claim of the commodore that he was the oldest steamboat man in active service in the United States. The records show that when but a boy of fifteen he began his success...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 13, 2024 22:18

Obituary: Timothy Dwight Wilcox," Ithaca Daily Journal, April 21, 1884, 3, accessed October 13, 2024, https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj1...

Timothy Dwight Wilcox

"Ithaca lost another resident of advanced years last night in the death of Martin Van Buren Harty. He died at 610 West Buffalo street at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. Clara E. Conrad, with whom he had made his home. Mr. Harty was for many ye...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 13, 2024 20:22

"Deaths and Funerals: Martin Van Buren Harty," Ithaca Journal, July 1, 1914, 6.

Martin V Harty

"Fire of unknown origin discovered in the retail hardware store of Treman, King, & Co., at State and Cayuga streets, shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, reduced that large five-story establishment to a mass of charred walls and ruins, and exten...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 10, 2024 01:39

"$350,000 Fire Destroys Treman Store, Ravages Adjoining Property; Seven Families Are Made Homeless," Ithaca Journal, May 4, 1921, 5.

101-107 E State St Ithaca (as of 1940) 101-111 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1940) 101-107 E State St Ithaca (as of 1922)

Year built 1890

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 15:06

"The front of the new Reamer building in East Seneca street was unveiled this morning and presented an appearance of which Ithacans may well be proud. The building has been enclosed during the winter so that artisans might complete the work on the...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 10, 2024 01:11

"New Business Edifice: The Reamer Building Nearing Completion," Ithaca Daily Journal, March 4, 1907, 3, accessed October 18, 2024, https://nyshisto...

208 E Seneca St Ithaca
210 E Seneca St Ithaca

Year built 1880

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 15:05

Tompkins County Department of Assessment

308 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1899) 54 Farm St Ithaca

Year built 1873

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 15:03

Tompkins County Department of Assessment

208 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1899) 40 Farm St Ithaca

“Purchase of property at 319 W. State St. by the Economy Motor Sales, was announced today by Herman C. Smith, manager and one of the proprietors. The concern was formerly located at 110 W Green St., and for the last 3 years the business has been o...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 03, 2025 03:01

“Motor Company Buys Property,” Ithaca Journal, October 24, 1944, 3.

321 W State St Ithaca (as of 2000) 319 W State St Ithaca (as of 1945)

Year built 1900

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 15:00

South Tioga St near DL&WRR Morse Chain Co, manufactures high speed chains F L Morse manager

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 24, 2025 16:58

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1905 Ithaca, NY

Morse Industries S Aurora St Ithaca

"A 20-unit $200,000 apartment developed by Anthony Ceracche and Anthony Petito will replace the former Ithaca College physical therapy education annex at 402-404 E Buffalo St.... Petito said of the venture, 'The call for one-bedroom apartments has...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 18, 2025 03:00

"20-Unit Apartment Complex Under Way," Ithaca Journal, March 27, 1969, 17.

402-404 E Buffalo St Ithaca (as of 1969)

Year built 1910

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 14, 2026 20:30

Tompkins County Department of Assessment

213 Cascadilla Park Rd Ithaca

Moses Alfonso Spencer born April 30, 1887 in New York City, NY to Moses and Theresa Brookfield Spencer

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 23, 2026 00:56

Moses Alfonso Spencer in U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com

Moses Alfonso Spencer