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Vacant in 1919  Chacona Candy Co., "The Sugar Bowl" in 1921

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:24

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY Ithaca Directory 1921 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

104 E State St Ithaca (as of 1919)

"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

"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

Year built 1860

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2025 14:46

Year built 1900

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

118  City Bus Terminal 116-118 Ithaca Auto Parking Area

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 06, 2024 17:36

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, April 1926 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

118 E Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 18 E Green St Ithaca
118 E Green St Ithaca

Stewart B. David, Grocer, 7 E State

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 11, 2025 20:52

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

107 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 7 E State St Ithaca

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

Note with photo of Crispell Home in 1907 identifies the photo as "Crispell Home ca. 1907, 134 Harford Rd. Slaterville Springs, NY 14881, Benson and Eliza Norris lived here from 1864 until their death. Peter and Sarah Crispell lived here from 1890-...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 19, 2024 01:02

Crispell Family Papers at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University, courtesy of the Caroline History Association on Fa...

134 Harford Rd Caroline

H. J. Grant, insurance agent

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 12, 2025 00:58

Directory of the Village of Ithaca, 1869-70 Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

108 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 10 E State St Ithaca

Bus Terminal Lunch

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 30, 2025 17:23

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1929 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

114 E Green St Ithaca

Howell H. Girard, Blacksmith Girard Hall

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 11, 2025 19:31

Ithaca Directory and Tompkins County Business Directory, 1872 Ithaca Democrat Steam Print, Ithaca, NY

120-122 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 16 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 15 S Aurora St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: ;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Mislabeled 113A on the 1910 Sanborn map, Skylight 2nd floor, access to #113 E State St on 2nd floor / Iron clad woo...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 12, 2025 01:18

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910

113 E State St Ithaca (as of 1910)

Graduate of Ithaca High School class of 1915, "will probably enter Cornell in September." 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 17:51

"New Record in Ithaca By Colored Students," New York Age, July 8, 1915, p2.

Winifred Bailor

A.W. Giles, Flour and Feed Store William A. Burritt, Job Printing, Printing Parlors W. Lamont Wheeler, Physician William H. Allen, Barber

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 12, 2025 01:23

Directory of the Village of Ithaca, 1869-70 Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

111 E State St Ithaca (as of 1910) 109-113 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 9-13 E State St Ithaca

Address: Groton, Tompkins, NY Occupation: Mechanic Employer: Groton Auto Co

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 08, 2024 16:30

Herbert Peters in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com

Herbert M Peters

Miss Cornelia Ackley, News Room and Stationery Hare & Stoddard (W. W. Hare & G. M. Stoddard), Attorneys T. J. McElheny, Life Insurance, over 10 N Tioga

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 06, 2024 16:29

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

10 N Tioga 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)

Summary of Martha Warren Hertel's life Martha Warren Hertel was born in Forest Home, Ithaca and lived there most of her life. "Martha was born in the “white farmhouse at the top of the hill,” now 127 Warren Road, on October 8, 1915. That house w...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 15, 2025 00:32

• Martha Warren Hertel | Miscellaneous Writings,  https://www.fhia.org/martha-warren-hertel-miscellaneous-writings/ • Marriage of Martha Warren to ...

Martha W Hertel

“An ultramodern will greet Ithaca shopper[sic] when a completely new J. C. Penney store at 120 East State Street opens Thursday morning.”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 13, 2025 00:26

“New Penney Store Opening Thursday: Modern Home To Use Three Floors,” Ithaca Journal, May 26, 1937, 11.

115-117 E State St Ithaca