Postcards.

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This collection includes photographs, postcards and ephemera related to the Bachman and Bossert families of Rochester from the early 20th Century.

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This collection consists of 194 postcards from Rochester, N. Y., the surrounding region and New York State, dating from the 1890s to the 1910s.

Content Description This collection consists of over 10,000 postcards collected by Rochester native David "Josh" Canfield from 1966 to 2021. The extensive collection includes numerous variant printings and private issues. The majority of this material consists of historic postcards showing diverse locations in Rochester with a large quantity of the collection printed by Stecher Lithographic Company, a local business in Rochester. In addition to this, a series of modern postcards can be found which consist of...

Content Description This collection consists of materials collected by Rochesterian David Kyle through his interest in local history and employment by Gutenberg Books. The materials include several different groups of items, only some of which are retained in the final David Kyle collection. The collection includes issues of the Tool Post (Consolidated Machine Tool Corp.) from February 1943 to November 1947, a Haloid Xerox box, photographs, trade publications, ephemera and 67 postcards. Also present are a small...

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This collection consists of 46 vintage postcards of the Rochester, NY area, collected by Diane Riley. One series is addressed to Charles and Ione Gitchel of Portageville, New York.

Content Description This collection consists of materials from or related to Rochester, New York that were passed down through the family of James W. Phelps of Crawford, Nebraska. The materials were collected by Rochesterian Ida S. (Orwen) Phelps, who had moved to Nebraska with her husband, Clarence L. Phelps, around the turn of the 20th century. Her daughter, Caroline Phelps, reatined the collection as family heirlooms and ultimately passed them on to her grandson, James W. Phelps, who donated them to the...

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This collection consists of a small group of ephemera, the majority of which is from Scottsville, New York, and its environs. The ephemera was collected by Jane Bennett as part of her genealogical research, possibly during an April 1984 visit to Scottsville. Material in the collection includes 6 postcards (not all depicting Scottsville and environs scenes), two letters sent to Phillp Garbutt of Scottsville in 1837 and 1838, and an envelope addressed to Mrs. A. N. (Anna) Garbutt in 1876.

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Correspondence, trade publications and forms from Archer Manufacturing, Deering Harvester, Sullivan Brothers, James Vick Son’s and Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine (all Rochester businesses), along with 3 postcards of Rochester. All items addressed to the Chapin family of Whiteville, NY, between 1890 and 1904.