Archive - WNY Heritage

This installment of the Old Photo Album highlights more examples of Western New York's regional artistic heritage.

Artifacts and documents from the Beach Collection shed some unique light on this international women's organization on the occasion of its centennial.

Bruce Beyer in Canada

Fifty years after his trial for assaulting a federal officer, a personal interview from decades past provides an intimate look into this well-known draft-evader, his thoughts and his family.

In the Fullness of Time: Painting in Western New York, 1832-1970

We survey the most important trends, organizations and regional artists, while sharing some of their fabulous works.

Life in the Craig Colony

Created as a pioneering facility for epileptic patients, we look at the rise and fall of this Livingston County community, portions of which survive today under very different circumstances.

Oleum & The Southern Tier Boom Town That Bears Its Name

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cattaraugus County was part of a regional oil boom that dotted the landscape with a forest of wooden derricks and tanks.

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Scajaquada Drain Project - 1920s

The people of Buffalo declared the Scajaquada Creek a public nuisance and voted in favor of having a large portion of it that which flows through the east side residential district converted into an underground drain.

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Elk Street Series: Elk Street Market

Once the largest wholesale market in the city of Buffalo, the Elk Street Market was a central trading place for early residents.

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