The parachute that saved pilot Charles Stanley’s life served a second purpose upon his return home.
Though living in Western New York since 1956, Alberta Deinhart still vividly remembers that Sunday morning in December 1941.
When the United States finally entered the First World War, a series of parades for international war commissions showcased one of the region’s most elegant automobiles.
A collection of war letters helps a daughter discover the father she barely knew.
Video of a presentation by Executive Director Douglas DeCroix to the Historical Association of Lewiston on February 25, 2021. Presentation topic was a WNY-built P-39 Airacobra fighter, its journey to Russia and back home again.
A chance find in a semi-related album yields some fascinating photos of a pioneering event in aviation history.
With a seemingly endless number of works written in genres almost as numerous, Fletcher Pratt deserves his place among Western New York's noted literary figures.
The efforts of Dr. Clifford Furnas helped make the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory a unique community of scientists, and the work of this pioneering research facility continues to impact life in the 21st century.
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Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.