Civil Defense Volunteers Launch 'Skywatch': with photo of Mrs. Clara Bartholf and Mrs. Barbara Moyer The Ithaca Journal, Jul 14 1952, P. 3, Cols. 1-2. 'Operation Skywatch went into effect at 8 a.m. today. Civil defense volunteers in Tompkins C...
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• Civil Defense Volunteers Launch 'Skywatch'. The Ithaca Journal, Jul 14 1952, P. 3, Cols. 1-2. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/art...
Wikipedia entry for Harold Varner McIntosh Extract: " Harold Varner McIntosh (1929–2015) was an American computational physicist who worked for many years in Mexico. Beyond physics, his research interests included quantum chemistry, programming ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 27, 2026 02:45
• Wikipedia entry for Harold Varner McIntosh. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_V._McIntosh]
“Charles Banfield, Sydney R. Pritchard and Otis L. Brown, well known in local automobile circles, announce the opening of their garage and service station at 217-2[1]9 South Cayuga street. The property purchased from the old Godfrey estate about t...
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“3 Ithacans Announce Opening of Garage And Service Station,” Ithaca Journal-News, December 9, 1924, 7.
219 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
33 S Cayuga St Ithaca
217 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
31 S Cayuga St Ithaca
217-219 S Cayuga St Ithaca
“...in 1823…[Joseph Esty] purchase[d] of Simeon De Witt the lot at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, where erected a large tannery, sinking forty pits in the ground. From 1840 to 1845 Alexander Hart was partner in the business, and from that ...
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John H. Selkreg ed., Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York, 1894, 178.
Tannery W Clinton St Ithaca
Esty's Tannery Green and Tioga St Ithaca
Obituary for Charles L. Fulkerson The Ithaca Journal, May 22 1965, P. 2, Col. 5 "Charles L. Fulkerson of 105 W. Remington Rd. died Friday, May 21, 1965 in the Tompkins County Hospital. A wholesale salesman with Ithaca Gear and Auto Parts Co., ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on November 21, 2025 13:18
• Obituary for Charles L. Fulkerson. The Ithaca Journal, May 22 1965, P. 2, Col. 5. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-obituary...
Extract from Wikipedia entry for Alice Geer Kelsey "Alice Geer Kelsey (September 21, 1896 – September 1982) was an American writer of children's books, many of which were based on folk tales she collected during her long public service career in ...
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• Wikipedia entry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Geer_Kelsey] • Three New Stories for Younger Readers, New York Times, Jan 16 1944, p. 58. [...
Prof. and Mrs. R.G. Wiggans Observe 50th Anniversary The Ithaca Journal, Jan 2 1967, P. 4, Cols. 6-7, with photo "On New Year's Day Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glen Wiggans celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a reception at the Statler Inn given...
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• Prof. and Mrs. R.G. Wiggans Observe 50th Anniversary. The Ithaca Journal, Jan 2 1967, P. 4, Cols. 6-7. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspaper...
Dwelling No. 196, Family No. 202 Jerry Blackman, 60, male, Black, [Head] place of birth unknown, 1 married child, widowed, Laborer, colored person not taxed Eliza Gilbert, 20, female, Black, Grandchild, place of birth Tompkins County, single, col...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2026 03:52
1865 New York State Census, First Election District, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, p31, lines 18-24
Head-Titus Brum, age 75, born Greene County, married, none (occupation),owner of land Wife-Eunice Brum, age 72, born Cayuga County, married Son-Theodore F. Brum, age 29, born Tompkins County, single, waiter in hotel Daughter-Alice Brum, age 23, bo...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 09, 2026 01:32
1875 NY State Census, Town of Ithaca, ED 2, p12
Cornell Memorial Statement for Professor Alice Mary Briant, February 22, 1899 — March 14, 1988 "The Ithaca and Cornell community lost an exceptional and unique member when Alice Mary “Molly” Briant died in the Ithaca Reconstruction Home on March...
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• Cornell Memorial Statement for Professor Alice Mary Briant (1899-1998). [https://hdl.handle.net/1813/19243]
Wikipedia entry for Harriet Bennett Strandberg "Born in Glens Falls, New York, Strandberg graduated from Cornell in 1936, continued to study art, and worked at New York Zoological Society." Note: The New York Zoological Society was based at the ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on May 12, 2026 20:58
• Wikipedia entry for Harriet Bennett Strandberg. Accessed May 14, 2026. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Bennett_Strandberg] • Wikipedia ent...
Charles E Maynard, blacksmith 121 S Aurora St, home 343 Giles St
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 19, 2025 20:11
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1909 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
345 Giles St Ithaca (as of 1950) 343 Giles St Ithaca (as of 1899)
Marriage of Grace Heckman to Gifford Bull on September 6, 1947 The Ithaca Journal, Sep 8 1947, P. 4, Col.4-5, with photo of bride "Miss Grace Marie Heckman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Heckman of Forest Home, and Gifford Bull, son of Drs....
Submitted by Caroline Arms on May 19, 2026 03:01
• Marriage of Grace Heckman to Gifford Bull on September 6, 1947. The Ithaca Journal, Sep 8 1947, P. 4, Col.4-5. From Newspapers.com [https://www.n...
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
1880 US Census, Town of Lodi, Seneca County, NY 1880 US Census, Town of Lodi, Seneca County, NY Dwelling No. 88, Family No. 88, line 19-23 Almira Reed, mulatto, female, 49, [Head], widowed, House Keeper, born in NY, father born in NY, mother born ...
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1880 US Census, Town of Lodi, Seneca County, NY
Two Cornell Veterans, The Potters, To Retire The Ithaca Journal, Jun 29, 1972, p. 13. 'Martin I. Potter, manager of the Cornell University orchard, retires at the end of June after 38 years of service. His wife, Mary, a veteran secretary of 35 ...
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• Two Cornell Veterans, The Potters, To Retire. The Ithaca Journal, Jun 29, 1972, p. 13. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...