Liverpool Public Library Local History
The Liverpool Public Library has served the community of Liverpool, New York since 1893. The Library produces a local history video series called Liverpool Legends. These videos feature long-time residents of Liverpool, New York and the surrounding area. Discover, learn and grow with the stories and recollections of the events that have shaped our community.
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The impact of the Canal System on the Salt Industry and vice versa - Tax on salt shipments paid for over half the cost of the canal - the canal provided low cost transportation for the salt to the nation - the canal would freeze in the winter, stopping traffic - railroads eventually took over the transportation of salt - The salt industry influenced other industries: coopering, wagon-making, boat-building and blacksmithing - (1:28) Part of the compilation DVD: Exploring Liverpool’s Past,...
Topics: Salt industry, Liverpool N.Y., Canals
Topics: Salt industry, Liverpool N.Y., Canals
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The New York State Fair - 1889 - (1:13) Across the Lake: A Visit to Onondaga Lake’s Amusement Parks 1875-1920 Part of the compilation DVD: Exploring Liverpool’s Past, Volume 1 www.lpl.org
Topics: Amusement parks, Parks, Onondaga Lake, Liverpool N.Y., New York State Fair, Fairs
Topics: Amusement parks, Parks, Onondaga Lake, Liverpool N.Y., New York State Fair, Fairs
He built a boat years later and had it out on Oneida Lake - when the county bought the Lake, they wouldn't let people sail on it anymore - he was by himself down on South Bay near Terry's Restaurant - there were two kids racing their hot rods on the ice - he passed them and went down a ways and pulled in to shore to warm up - the kids came in and asked him how fast he was going - he didn't know - they said they were going 75 miles an hour and he just blew right by them. (1:16) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Oneida Lake
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Oneida Lake
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Liverpool Legends: Ghosts of Liverpool village's past, Mayor Michael Heid welcomes Eleanor Roosevelt
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Dramatization of the October 1, 1940 visit by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Liverpool, N.Y. Mrs. Roosevelt is welcomed by Liverpool Mayor Michael Heid. Mrs. Roosevelt describes her arrival via sea plane piloted by Captain Fogg, touching down in Onondaga Lake. Part 1 of 6, from Liverpool Legends: Ghosts of Liverpool village's past www.lpl.org
Topics: Eleanor Roosevelt, Michael Heid, Dramatizations, Liverpool N.Y., Onondaga Lake, Seaplanes, Yacht...
Topics: Eleanor Roosevelt, Michael Heid, Dramatizations, Liverpool N.Y., Onondaga Lake, Seaplanes, Yacht...
Agnes Benfey: Bayberry Community Association (BCA) big help getting questions answered; organizations to get what was needed. Sally Drago: Town government had to put in lighting, sewer, roads, storm gutters, trash pickup Rudy Benfey: BCA made developers pay attention to the things that needed fixing. Peg Bandy: BCA made community what it is today, a wonderful thing. Phil Curry: It was hard to get a traffic light. Peg Bandy: They got traffic light at entrance. With the help of other agencies and...
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Agnes Benfey, Sally Drago, Rudy...
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Agnes Benfey, Sally Drago, Rudy...
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17th Century Europe a time of war and change - fighting over borders and beliefs, great advances in the sciences and the arts - Shakespeare, Galileo, Rembrandt, Cervantes - Jacques Cartier was one of the first French explorers to reach North America - 1535 discovered mouth of St. Lawrence while seeking a passage to China - Samuel Champlain was another French explorer - continued exploration of St. Lawrence River - 1608 he established Quebec as a fur-trading colony - the first settlement in...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., New France, Jacques...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., New France, Jacques...
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By 1850 the available wood supply had been exhausted - switch to coal to fire the blocks -the price of coal sky-rocketed and the price of salt rose as well - as early as 1812, the state had set aside salt lots to experiment with solar salt manufacturing - the salt boiling blocks declined in the 1880s and by 1890 the last block was closed and solar salt was king Solar evaporation method - Salt was more coarse than from the boiling blocks, but cheaper - season depended on the weather - a crop of...
Topics: Salt industry, Liverpool N.Y., Solar salt, Wells, Old Liverpool Road, Thomas K. Gale
Topics: Salt industry, Liverpool N.Y., Solar salt, Wells, Old Liverpool Road, Thomas K. Gale
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After the willows were stripped, they were put in sorting barrels - different sizes for different baskets/purposes - willow separator - this was done by willow-maker, since he knew what he needed for the next day's work - willows had to be kept wet at all times so they would bend but not break - use of burlap bags (1:51) Part of the compilation DVD: Exploring Liverpool’s Past, Volume 1 www.lpl.org
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Willow
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Willow
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He and his father went to Peter Duerr's - big building across from the animal hospital on Salina Street near Liverpool Lumber Company - he had a big willow factory there - he had 6 or 8 basket-makers, people who stripped the willows, people making bottoms and people just carrying bundles of willows around - a typical basket-maker would make a dozen baskets on a good day - he would get 50 cents a basket - he would bundle up the baskets until the wholesaler came - Thurwacker was his name and he...
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Peter...
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Peter...
Woman had a tree removed from front yard by the village, but the grass wouldn't grow into where the stump had been. She complained, so Ollie thought about it and got some hearty seed from a friend and went down to her house before morning light and reseeded the spot. He then returned for several days, watering the patch. The grass grew, but the woman never knew that the Mayor had come down to her house and done the work. (1:45)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Oliver J. Masters
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Oliver J. Masters
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Iroquois Confederacy was very powerful during 17th century - bounded by the St. Lawrence River, the Hudson, lands as far south as Pennsylvania and beyond Rochester to the West - the Iroquois wanted access to European trade goods, such as metal tools, and decided to make peace with the French - June 1653, the Onondaga Chief traveled to Quebec and struck a tentative peace agreement with the French governor - Father Simon Le Moyne was chosen to go to the Onondaga and finalize the terms of the...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., Iroquois Confederacy,...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., Iroquois Confederacy,...
Pencil Sharpener (:32) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Tools
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Tools
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Historical Mysteries Mold with ear of corn on bottom from Gale house (1:22) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Thomas K. Gale
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Thomas K. Gale
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Father was a lawyer - the Melvin and Melvin firm - outgoing guy - During the depression a group of men in Syracuse developed the Onondaga County Work Bureau to provide work for unemployed - one of the projects was the development of the Onondaga Lake Parkway - his father was the chairman of the Bureau (:48)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Lawyers, Onondaga Lake Parkway, Depressions
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Lawyers, Onondaga Lake Parkway, Depressions
Liverpool elementary school sits on 10 acres that was grandpa’s Creek ran through middle, grandpa tiled land to creek so cows could go out earlier in season Saturday night was bath night, in kitchen, warmest room in the house, Stove had warm water reservoir Because grandfather was a butcher, shirts with blood had to be soaked in cold water Big copper double boiler on stove for Monday laundry High ceilings, grandmother would give candle, stand at the foot of the stairs, he would go up the...
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Farms, Houses, Butchers
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Farms, Houses, Butchers
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Quote 21 Southern France / Agreement over Electric Generator (1:25) Went into Southern France and the Rhone valley - beautiful Alsace-Lorraine - Germans on one side of river and Allied troops on the other Generator station on German side Agreement struck to not destroy station if Germans didn't interrupt power to Allies www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, France
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, France
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Longhouses - 80-150 ft long by 20-30ft wide - built in clearings - sapling frames covered with sheets of elm bark - groups of longhouses together formed villages - a fence was often constructed around them for protection - Jesuits traveled to villages of the five nations with the exception of the Mohawk - only Christians were allowed to go beyond the gate of Ste. Marie - after only a year, the distrust between the Iroquois and the French grew - some of the Iroquois didn't want to forsake their...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y.
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y.
Johnson's Beach - that was Pleasant Beach - Bob Johnson ran it - he kept a couple of sailboats there, would give rides - he loved the clam bakes - special broth - baseball games were fun - had a roller-coaster - it was a simple thing - just a wheeled cart that they would roll down a hill - had amusement parks around the lake (1:46) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Amusement parks, Pleasant Beach
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Amusement parks, Pleasant Beach
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Quote 16 After Salerno / Mule Skinners in Italy (1:50) Germans Retreated Went up into the mountains of Italy Couldn’t use artillery, loaded 75’s on mules Called back cavalry men, mule skinners to tend the mules Needs of horses and mules always came first www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Italy, Mules
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Italy, Mules
Robert Albro Quote 1 Early Life (1:58) One Room School Skipped 8th Grade because of one room exposing him to review old material and exposure to higher grades Moved to Liverpool - much closer to school http://www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
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Saving Money He and his wife saved a lot of money, living on $25.00 a week, putting the rest away, later he would use that savings to start his car business (1:19) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
1929, finishing fifth grade, the great depression hit, Father lost his home, started traveling, left Liverpool, looking for work (1:17) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Labor, Depressions
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Labor, Depressions
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Garage was too small to support three families, asked father if he could take the used cars and move them up the road, it was no problem Bought two lots on route 11, built a small building, Father repaid the $1000 he had loaned him, both businesses were doing well (1:59)
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
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Kindergarten, went down to old fire barn at the corner of Tulip and Brow, Classmates David Schamu, father was a dentist. Suzanne Lacy, lived in Gleason Home, there was a masonry fence around that house in those days Johnny Correll, came from Germany, couldn’t speak English, owned a corner of Moyers Corner, sold it off for a shopping center Robert Ellis, told him there wasn’t any Santa Robert O’Malley, liked to pick on him Was the girl from the Ward baking company family, she lived in what...
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Schools, Outhouses, Fire engines, David Schamu, Suzanne Lacy, Johnny...
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Schools, Outhouses, Fire engines, David Schamu, Suzanne Lacy, Johnny...
Willow Work Earning money to buy a radio - Presbyterian minister taught radio class (3:04) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Frederick George Martin Hurst
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Frederick George Martin Hurst
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Layout of Gleason Mansion when it was the Village hall: Liverpool Library and Village offices on the first floor with the police department in the back, police court where Chamber of Commerce is located and the Legion on the upper floor. (:56)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Gleason Mansion
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Gleason Mansion
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1860 Collapsible Drinking Cup (:34) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Drinking vessels
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Drinking vessels
Liverpool Saloons - bottles (:25) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Saloons
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Saloons
Crandall served with Mayor Tillitson and then James Moore before leaving his position - problems seemed to cycle over the course of the years with no real solutions and he found himself growing short-tempered, having to explain things over and over again, so he decided it was time to move on - at Board meetings someone would bring an antique magazine with her and he would end up reading it during the meeting. (1:49)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Floyd W. Tillotson, James L. Moore
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Floyd W. Tillotson, James L. Moore
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The willow came from Lyons, NY and the salt workers made baskets in the winter when there wasn't any work - took willows to their homes and stripped them. After stripping, they had ladder-racks and had to dry them - they had places by their homes to dry the willow. Oliver Day carted the willow. (2:32) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Lyons N.Y., Oliver Day, Salt...
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Lyons N.Y., Oliver Day, Salt...
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French settlers traded goods for beaver skins - very valuable commodity in Europe - many battles over trapping grounds and trading rights - religion was also an important part of life in France - the Jesuits were eager to come to New France and convert the Native Americans to the Catholic faith - in France, the divine right of kings, strict class system - rigid class structure - women had no political power - Native Americans lived very differently - complex political system of Chiefdoms,...
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., Religion
Topics: Ste. Marie de Gannentaha, Jesuits, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, Liverpool N.Y., Religion
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Liverpool beginnings; Depression; Fire escape on school, putting bread wrapper on fanny and sliding down fire escape to wax it. (1:13) www.lpl.org
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools
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He went away to school after high school - was happy to get away from the farm - Culver Military Academy in Indiana - they had horses - loved to ride - had nice riding trail in Onondaga Lake Park - could ride from farm all the way to the Parkway without using any roads - had a stable behind the Cobblestone. (1:36)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools, Onondaga Lake Park, Onondaga Lake Parkway, Horses,...
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools, Onondaga Lake Park, Onondaga Lake Parkway, Horses,...
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Kathy Melvin is the only one in Liverpool that owns a pond - near Hiawatha Trail - Milo Folley wanted to develop Sunrise Harbor where homeowners could have docks right in front of their homes. He dredged the harbor and then went to the County for permission to cut a channel through for lake access. They refused to grant him the rights, so the Harbor, which is really a pond, was never developed. Crandall and Kathy Melvin bought the land. (2:50)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Kathleen Melvin, Milo Foley
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Kathleen Melvin, Milo Foley
He is making an egg basket Sometimes he would work a couple of hours before going to school - and after school, but never on Sunday. He would make basket bottoms - when he made what they needed, the rest of the day was his - his father and brother finished the baskets and Wyker's handled the baskets. Started when he was seven years old - learning how to make bottoms and baskets. He is the last basket-maker alive (2:14) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Basket making, Willow industry
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Basket making, Willow industry
One guy in town had a car - would drive it up Tulip street - in the winter, they would grab onto the car and stop him - he couldn't get up the hill - they helped him too - (:27) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles, Winter
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles, Winter
Howard Hurd was an inventor in Liverpool - got a St. Lawrence boat called "The Betsy" - was big 10 inch mast (hollow) - he was out sailing one day with Ken's brother BoJo and the boat went through the ice - Howard lost his toolbox - (:50) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Onondaga Lake
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Onondaga Lake
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Quote 25 Final Assault on Hitler's Retreat (1:19) Germans tried to burn the retreat, but made of concrete Furniture smashed and burned, equipment destroyed Found a telephone in an alcove Telephone donated to Onondaga Historical Association www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Army, Hitler, Germany
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Army, Hitler, Germany
Quote 9 R&R after Sicily (2:24) Maintain Equipment More training – didn’t want to let down guard R&R in devastated cities or open fields – not much to do 55 gallon drum to wash up www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Army, World War II
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Army, World War II
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Fathers Inventions Father invented a way to burn a hole to engine oil to heat gas station He also put a second transmission in his truck, two gearshifts, watts of power (:59) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Grant Burdick, Gas stations
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Grant Burdick, Gas stations
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Took savings and started buying and selling cars, made $50.00 on a car sale, mother thought it was highway robbery (:53) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Automobiles
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Veterans of Civil War in Liverpool Charlie Edwards and a Mr. Black (:47) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Civil War veterans, Howard H. Hurst
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Civil War veterans, Howard H. Hurst
Fifth grade, moved up to "big" school - (:11)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Schools
First experience with vandalism - at the high school they were called to the auditorium - told the second floor boys bathroom was closed - two sink stoppers were missing - no one would be permitted to go to the bathroom until they were returned - they were returned. (1:17) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Youngest - siblings - mother Laura Dow, father, James Lewis Wentworth, born on a canal boat grandfather helped dig the Erie Canal and was probably the first freight canal boat, the "Erie Chief" (1:05) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Laura Dow, James Lewis Wentworth, Canals, Boats
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Laura Dow, James Lewis Wentworth, Canals, Boats
The truant officer never bothered them - he provided ink for the school and they caught him picking dogwood berries - diluting the ink - he left them alone so they wouldn't reveal his secret - (:46) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Schools
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The Trailer Park Business Man comes to gas station wanting to find a trailer park, so they started a trailer park and it bailed them out, others came (1:47) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Trailers
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Trailers
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Work became more demanding, 12 hour days, building Thompson submachine guns Shipped them to England, were expecting paratroopers invading from Germany, shoot them in the air (1:55) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Labor, Weapons
Topics: Glenn Burdick, World War II, Liverpool N.Y., Labor, Weapons
Fires Heid's Store burning Steven's offices burn Liverpool Fire Dept couldn't handle it, Wolfe Street responded with horse-drawn fire apparatus. (0:59) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Fires, Firemen, Heid's, Howard H. Hurst, Frederick George Martin Hurst
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Fires, Firemen, Heid's, Howard H. Hurst, Frederick George Martin Hurst
Swimming in Onondaga Lake (1:56) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Onondaga Lake, Swimming, Kenneth P. Hurst, Frederick George Martin...
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Onondaga Lake, Swimming, Kenneth P. Hurst, Frederick George Martin...
Rudy Benfey: Grew from 54 houses - retained its character - made it a nice place to live. Peg Bandy: So glad we bought a house out here - enjoyed time out here. Thomas Gaines: Fond memories. (:53) www.lpl.org
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Rudy Benfey, Peg Bandy, Thomas Gaines
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Rudy Benfey, Peg Bandy, Thomas Gaines
Martin Hetnar made the first bassinette and showed him how to make them - he made the most beautiful chairs. When the kids were out of school, their taught them how to make fancyware. His grandson helps, but not making baskets. (4:15) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Weavers, Willow industry, Martin Hetnar
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Weavers, Willow industry, Martin Hetnar
He doesn't know how it does it so well - when he was small, he doesn't recall singing or story-telling in the willow shop to pass time- they kept pretty busy - his father was a good looking man. He sang "In the Garden" in a show once - sings the song. (3:29) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Singing, Willow industry
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Singing, Willow industry
When making the basket, he doesn't even know what he's doing - just does it. Had a normal life as a kid - would slide down hills and play ball for fun. In school there were forty to sixty students in each grade - one teacher per grade - he was an honor student for eight grades straight. Describes the rim of the bottom of the basket - If you got a licking with a willow, you didn't want another one. (5:02) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Baskets, Weavers, Schools
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Baskets, Weavers, Schools
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Ice boating started in Holland - laid out canals according to the wind - during the winter they couldn't do anything until someone came up with the idea of putting runners on the boats - then as ice boats evolved, they became simpler - Johnnie Rogers, a boat designer from Liverpool stole the ideas - Ken got his boat, "The Princess" in Homer - the plans are down in the Museum - lines are very similar to "The Icicle" - Wiegand's boat was a Johnnie Rogers design - (1:27)...
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Canals, John Rogers
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Ice boats, Canals, John Rogers
Charlie Cole - up on First Street - used to build canal boats - his son, young Charlie built an ice boat - smaller and cheaper - had a race - up to Hiawatha Point and then to Pleasant Beach - Christmas trees as markers - all the boats lost wind and had to be pushed around the course - Charlie's boat was so small and light he had no trouble and won the race. (1:15) www.lpl.org
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Canals, Boats, Ice boats, Onondaga Lake, Charles Cole
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Canals, Boats, Ice boats, Onondaga Lake, Charles Cole
Her two granddaughters - Michelle and Melony (:20)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y.
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y.
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Description of Restaurant - first floor store, bar and dining room - second floor living quarters and meeting room - third floor banquet hall - dances held there and sleigh ride parties (1:36) www.lpl.org
Topics: Helen Heid Platner, Liverpool N.Y., Heid's, Restaurants, Stores & shops
Topics: Helen Heid Platner, Liverpool N.Y., Heid's, Restaurants, Stores & shops
Quote 18 Casualties (:42) A lot of soldiers had close calls; it was just fate. First casualty when landed at Sicily 3 men standing together, a shell landed, killing the one in the middle, leaving the other two unharmed. A matter of your name "coming up" www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Army, Sicily, Battles
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., World War II, Army, Sicily, Battles
Sally Drago: Bayberry Women's Association, Fashion Shows were held at Tudor's on Morgan Road Phil Curry: Mosquitoes were bad so mosquito patrol formed. Dick Bandy: Mosquito problem - took turns running a hand-held fogger, eventually got motorized fogger. Agnes Benfey: You get to know each other so well & their children. Holiday decorating contest. Snow sculpting contests, garage sales. Citizen of the year award. Rudy Benfey: Preschool in a neighborís basement. (3:30) www.lpl.org
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Sally Drago, Phil Curry, Dick Bandy,...
Topics: Bayberry, Neighborhoods, Housing developments, Liverpool N.Y., Sally Drago, Phil Curry, Dick Bandy,...
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Willow Splitters - various types used by differing basket-makers - hammers - tapping down the willow to tighten the weave - the spacing varies from basket to basket - shears were used to cut the butts of the willows - willows used in basket-making were not trees - they were willow bushes - they were cut right to the ground - (3:14) Part of the compilation DVD: Exploring Liverpool’s Past, Volume 1 www.lpl.org
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Willow,...
Topics: Basket making, Willow industry, Willow weaving, Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool N.Y., Willow,...
Why businesses are on First Street - due to canal (1:35) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Canals, Howard H. Hurst, Frederick George Martin Hurst
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Canals, Howard H. Hurst, Frederick George Martin Hurst
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North Syracuse Got a job weeding carrots, 10¢ an hour (:49) www.lpl.org
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Farms
Topics: Glenn Burdick, Liverpool N.Y., Farms
Not permitted to do prestigious newscasts and be recognized as the Public Relations director because she was a woman and because her aunt was an associate professor there. (1:00)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Universities & colleges, Journalism
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Universities & colleges, Journalism
His father was a hero - credited with turning Liverpool around - but many deserved credit - Joe Griffin was Chair of the Onondaga County Planning Commission - (:37)
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Joseph A. Griffin, Crandall Melvin, Sr.
Topics: Crandall Melvin Jr., Liverpool N.Y., Joseph A. Griffin, Crandall Melvin, Sr.
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Her husband graduated from Syracuse Univ. and University of Pennsylvania dental school - Robert E. Platner II - father was physician in Liverpool, Dr. Roy Platner - lived on Third Street - went back to school and became an anesthesiologist at Crouse Hospital - her husband opened his dental practice in Syracuse - they were looking at a house in Liverpool - The Kingsleys liked their house, so they exchanged houses - Robert moved his practice to Liverpool and retired in 1980. (2:39) www.lpl.org
Topics: Helen Heid Platner, Liverpool N.Y., Robert E. Platner II, Dr. Roy Platner
Topics: Helen Heid Platner, Liverpool N.Y., Robert E. Platner II, Dr. Roy Platner
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Recruited to be Historian by Ione Masters in 1974 Gleason Mansion Layout Office of Historian state-mandated Predecessors - CS Group?, Joyce Allen Growth of Historian's Office (2:13) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Gleason Mansion, Ione Masters, Joyce Allen
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life, Gleason Mansion, Ione Masters, Joyce Allen
Salt Industry Transition from wood to coal fired salt blocks Solar Salt Fields Civil War won by Onondaga Salt (1:44) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Salt industry, Solar salt, Civil War
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., Salt industry, Solar salt, Civil War
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Some of the people she worked with: E.R. "Curly" Vadenboncoeur, Hal Bali from Philippines - interred in prisoner of war camp for a couple years, terrible conditions, worked at WSYR for a couple years and then returned to Philippines. (2:51)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Broadcasting, Radio stations, E.R. "Curly" Vadeboncoeur,...
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Broadcasting, Radio stations, E.R. "Curly" Vadeboncoeur,...
Came to Syracuse in April of 1945 - first saw Liverpool in winter - had been a terrible winter with deep snow - loved the village - met her husband, Ollie Masters (3:00)
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Winter, Oliver J. Masters
Topics: Ione Masters, Liverpool N.Y., Winter, Oliver J. Masters
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Quote 4 Basic Training/Signal Corps School (1:36) Learned Morse Code, but didn’t use it much Voice much easier, more expressive Assigned to 9th Field Artillery Battalion Further training in Virginia www.lpl.org
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Army, Army Signal Corps, World War II
Topics: Robert Albro, Liverpool N.Y., Army, Army Signal Corps, World War II
Married in 1947 Bought house in Liverpool in 1949 (:28) www.lpl.org
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life
Topics: Betty Gurnett, Liverpool N.Y., City & town life
Ken Hurst: Village was their playground. Watched sewers and water system put it, followed diggers. Watched trolley cars. Kids in gangs, Upper enders, Sand Lotters, Rubber Bullers? Parks: Horseshoe pits Martin's Pond - swimming hole Stevens Pond William's memories of Martin's Pond. Throwing apples at a bull. (3:55) www.lpl.org
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Trolleys, Gangs, Martin's Pond, Parks, Kenneth P. Hurst, William J....
Topics: Hurst Family, Liverpool N.Y., Trolleys, Gangs, Martin's Pond, Parks, Kenneth P. Hurst, William J....
A broker convinced a guy from New York that he would sell his boat if he would let him bring it up to Central New York - he had no intention of selling the boat - often had two or three of them - one was an 85 foot boat called "The Corinthia" - he hired Ken to work on the boat - Collins Paint Co hired the boat every other week to go to Taughannock Falls for a steak bake - they hired extra help - on boy as a deck hand - he didn't know anything, but ended up being the Captain of a Tug...
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Boats, World War II
Topics: Ken Wentworth, Liverpool N.Y., Boats, World War II
Describes "knock down" - it was a hundred years old when he got it - has to be heavy - if he stops working on the basket, it will dry up. Mother kept a garden and stripped willows - never worked outside the home - never made any baskets. Did her marketing at Heid's. (3:52) www.lpl.org
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Stores & shops, Heid's,...
Topics: Joseph F. "Frank" Selinski, Liverpool N.Y., Willow industry, Stores & shops, Heid's,...
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The Liverpool Public Library has served the community of Liverpool, New York since 1893. The Library produces a local history video series called Liverpool Legends. These videos feature long-time residents of Liverpool, New York and the surrounding area. Discover, learn and grow with the stories and recollections of the events that have shaped our community.
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