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“The old Warren blacksmith shop was demolished yesterday to give place to a new building soon to be erected by Mr. John Fury.” 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 05, 2026 02:49

“Town Talk,” Ithaca Daily Journal, April 2, 1885, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18850402-01.1.3 

128 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 18 S Cayuga St Ithaca
126 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 16 S Cayuga St Ithaca

John Fury

Name of Individual: Andrew Aagard Compass System Address: 9SE Ithaca 208N Current Address: Coddington Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Brooktondale RD 1 Farm Type/Residence: Residence Owned or Rented: Rented

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 26, 2024 01:34

Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937; HistoryForge transcription Digitized version...

Andrew W Aagaard

Name of Individual: AJ Hall Compass System Address: 8SE Ithaca 184N Current Address: 1553 Coddington Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route: Brooktondale RD Farm Type/Residence: General Farm Owned or Rented: Owned

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 27, 2024 01:30

Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937; HistoryForge transcription Digitized version...

1553 Coddington Rd Caroline

Alfred J Hall

Name of Individual: T Burns Compass System Address: 9SE Ithaca 20C Current Address: 177 Burns Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route:  Farm Type/Residence: General Farm Owned or Rented: Owned

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 02, 2025 19:54

Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937; HistoryForge transcription Digitized version...

177 Burns Rd Caroline

Gladys C Burns
Thomas C Burns Jr

Name of Individual: Harland Crispell Compass System Address: 9SE Ithaca 9M Current Address: even # Hanford Rd Post Office/Rural Delivery Route:  Farm Type/Residence: Residence Owned or Rented: Owned

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 03, 2025 01:18

Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937; HistoryForge transcription Digitized version...

Harland B Crispell

Nathan Hanford, bicycles and bicycle sundries, repairs and sporting goods 112 and 114 N Cayuga Imperial Bicycle Agency, 112-114 N Cayuga Rapidan Bicycle Agency,112-114 N Cayuga Thistle Bicycle Agency, 112-114 N Cayuga

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 13, 2025 18:59

By declaring the building a local landmark, council affirmed “it possesses special character or historic or aesthetic interest or value as part of the cultural, political, economic, or social history of the locality, region, state, or nation,” emb...

Submitted by Sarah Fiorello on January 15, 2025 22:49

"Former Ithaca rail station close to historic designation after PEDC approval," The Ithaca Voice

"After 31 years of continuous service in the employ of the Ithaca Traction Corporation during which he has never missed a day unless on account of illness, Frank Freer, 56, motorman on the East Ithaca line for the past 24 years, today announced th...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 24, 2025 20:35

"Motorman For 31 Years Quits Local Service," Ithaca Journal, July 22, 1924, 7.

Frank G Freer

202 & 204 W State Sawyer & Glenzer (Samuel D Sawyer and John J Glenzer), general merchandise

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 25, 2025 21:09

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

910 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 202 W State St Ithaca
912 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 204 W State St Ithaca

"The Ithaca Organ Company (Successors to the Swiss Organ Company) Manufacturers of First-Class Parlor and Church Organs... Factory and Ware Rooms at the Inlet, Ithaca, N.Y."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 25, 2025 23:43

Advertisement for the Ithaca Organ Company, Ithaca Daily Journal, May 29, 1877, 1.

1001-1005 W Seneca St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Background for the story: Martha's grandmother was Eliza Whitson (née Rakestraw). The Whitson and Rakestraw families were prominent in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster and Chester counties during the 18th and 19th centuries. Both families were well-estab...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 01, 2025 14:55

1. Finding aid for collection of Rakestraw-Whitson papers donated to Millersville University in Millersville, PA. [https://millersville.as.atlas-sy...

Martha W Hertel

“Miss Lena Stone and Dr. H. Genung were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stone, Thursday, Dec. 27th. A large crowd of relatives and friends were in attendance to witness the happy event, and many valuable presents wer...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2025 22:10

“Freeville,” The Journal (Groton, NY), January 3, 1889, n.p.

Dr Homer Albert Genung

“Pritchard, Edwards & Co. have just turned out a new wagon for E. G. Hance, proprietor of the campus and city dime delivery line. On the panels and doors of the wagon are painted in large gold letters the signs of a number of prominent business fi...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 06, 2025 16:47

“Town Talk,” Ithaca Daily Journal, June 23, 1890, 3.

106 W Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 6 W Green St Ithaca

James G Pritchard
James Edwards

Cornell U Nursery School - 1 The Circle

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 16, 2025 23:18

1930 Ithaca Directory

1 The Circle Ithaca

Obituary for Beryl C MacDonald (died March 14 1998) "Beryl Cheney was born July 17, 1923 in Weehawken, NJ, to Arthur H. Cheney, Sr. & Irene O. Cheney. ... She is survived by two sons, Robert C. Cushman of Ft. Collins, Co., and William R. Cushman o...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 17, 2025 19:56

• Obituary for Beryl C MacDonald (died March 14 1998). The Ithaca Journal, May 5 1998, P. 4, Cols.5-6. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-itha...

Beryl C Cushman

Cornell Worker (Frank L McCartney) Awarded Certificate of Merit "Frank L. McCartney, experimentalist for the Cornell Poultry Department, 'has been awarded a Certificate of Merit and $50 by the New York State Employees' Merit Award Board. This awa...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 18, 2025 19:05

• Cornell Worker (Frank L McCartney) Awarded Certificate of Merit, The Ithaca Journal, Feb 02 1955, P. 3, Cols. 4-6, with photo [https://www.newspa...

Frank L McCartney

On October 7, 1952, a mothers' meeting was announced in the Ithaca Journal, to be at home of Mrs. Leonard P. Adams, 503 Warren Rd. [1] 503 Warren Road is near Manor St, a short road which had a small cluster of houses labeled 90F, 94F, 98F, and 10...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 19, 2025 16:06

1. Mother's meeting planned. The Ithaca Journal, Oct 07 1952, P. 4 [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-mothers-meeting-plan/1661...

Leonard P Adams

Platts, Gaskin, & Patterson (Albert H. Platts, Albert S. Gaskin, & James W. Patterson), tobacco and cigar manufacturers

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 03, 2025 20:04

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

110 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 12 E State St Ithaca

Albert H Platts
James W Patterson

James Dick coal and wood, 134 W Seneca

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 03, 2025 23:29

White & Burdick, Druggists (Charles H White and D Waite Burdick)

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:48

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

114 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 16 E State St Ithaca