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Letchworth Park: Map of Forest Arboretum, Nursery to Prospect home
Continuing the reforestation efforts of William Pryor Letchworth after his death, an arboretum was established in 1912 that planted trees in blocks of individual species. <br />
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In the late 1920s, two maps were surveyed and executed by the Garden Club…
Letchworth Park: Map of Forest Arboretum, Vicinity of Erie Railroad
Continuing the reforestation efforts of William Pryor Letchworth after his death, an arboretum was established in 1912 that planted trees in blocks of individual species.<br />
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In the late 1920s, two maps were surveyed and executed by the Garden Club of…
Avon Free Library
Avon Free Library was used to house students after the school fire in 1961. Four kindergarten classes were taught there for two years.
Avon Voices: Technology Sound Files
Series of five short clips used to create an ArcGIS map tour of the same name. Included are...
Dam Construction at Ashantee
Two photographs taken by Martha Blow Wadsworth (wife of Herbert Wadsworth) show the building of a dam to power a mill at Ashantee, roughly where Littleville Road crosses Conesus Creek. The captions read: "Upper side of dam at Ashantee in process of…
Wally's Cabins, East Avon NY
East Avon gasoline station with modest cabins for travelers was located on the Avon-Lima Road beginning in the early 1930s. Later it was expanded and renamed Wally's Inn, then eventually Foster's Inn after its new owner John Foster. It was a popular…
Ball & Donahue, General Store
Number 24 on the Burleigh map of Caledonia, this enterprise was run by George T. Ball and J.D. Donahue--the latter of whom continued the business as J.D. Donahue & Son.
Caledonia Opera House
Number 10 on the Burleigh map of Caledonia, the Perhamus Opera house was constructed in 1877 and for a time was a popular venue for local and traveling performances--here, an 1891 staging of Miles Medic's two-act comedy entitled "The Cool…
A.K. Fowler, Drugs & Medicines
Number 40 on the Burleigh map of Caledonia, drugstore relocated here in 1890 from Lima but shortly thereafter was destroyed in the Caledonia fire of 6 February 1891. The first image shows an advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, the sort of…