Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 8 This photograph shows John Howard’s Coal Yard, located at the “foot” of North Clinton Street on the south side of the Erie Canal around 1904/05. Born…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 4 On January 26, 1875, the first electric drill was patented by George Green of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Although the device revolutionized dentistry, it fails to negate the…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1802" align="alignnone" width="640"] A scene from Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights,” showing Tony Stabenau (back left), a Buffalo boxer with roots in Albion.[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 3 The pages of…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1796" align="alignnone" width="612"] Amos Alonzo Stagg (left) and Stella Robertson Stagg (right) as newlyweds, c.1894; University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-07768]. Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.[/caption]Vol.…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 51 This photograph, taken September 7, 1925, shows the Western New York Province 8 Klonverse held at the Orleans County Fairgrounds on the western end of the…
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