Downtown (Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Community War Memorial Construction Photographs
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-006
Content Description
This collection consists of 63 black and white photographic prints depicting the construction of Rochester's Community War Memorial arena between 1951 and 1955. The photographs depict many elements of the project not typically seen, such as plumbing and HVAC installation. They were taken by Al Piccoli, a professional photographer, though it is unknown if he created them under contract or out of personal interest.
Dates:
1951-1955; the dates that Piccoli stamped on the backs of the photographs likely represent when they were printed, not when they were taken. It is known that certain images can only depict times earlier than the stamped dates.
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division
Judith Van Ness papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-006
Content Description
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal papers of Judith Van Ness, a lifelong Rochester resident and former librarian at the Rochester Public Library. The photographs document Rochester buidlings and scenes from the 1970s to the 1990s. The documents include a copy of her essay on draft card burning, undated but likely written in 1966, which provides a first-person account on the topic right from the time during which it became a signifcant form of anti-Vietnam...
Dates:
Circa 1966-circa 2005
Found in:
Local History & Genealogy Division