Rochester Historical

We are a museum, archive & library located in the Rundel Memorial Building in Rochester, NY. Visit our exhibits and use our library & archive for research.

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Thank you for ROCing our Day yesterday! We appreciate your support. #givingtuesday #roctheday https://t.co/pVX7cgAKvC

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Are you ROCing? Today is the day! 24 hrs. of supporting Rochester’s History. Thank you! https://t.co/bQDJuRgzrj #givingtuesday #roctheday https://t.co/OvgAEtzrdV

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As you start to make your plans for the week ahead, add #givingtuesday on November 27th. This all day event supports our community. Please keep RHS in mind as you make your choices! ROC… https://t.co/fthPA6SJel

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As promised, here is a page from the Rochester Gas and Electric Home Service Department’s “The Bride’s Guide”. Wish it had a year on it. Are you cooking your turkey like this or cheating… https://t.co/6QvU5RgALJ

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Here is the pie crust recipe. Keep us posted. https://t.co/aO4Em1Lmr3

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Does anyone make their pies from scratch? Here is a recipe from 1923! Let me know if anyone tries it. https://t.co/7eLJ9BpaAl

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We have a researcher today looking into 4 founders of Rochester for a book. A wave from behind the stacks of information is all that will be shared at this time! Definitely a lot of… https://t.co/WlthD1V59l

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Have you voted today? Have you used one of these? https://t.co/NLlX5mXwzz

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Are you planning for #GivingTuesday? Please consider RHS! https://t.co/c5VfbkjeHw support/Rochester-Historical-Society. This is a perfect time to donate! Thank you. https://t.co/j6ZXDGDBhk

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This cute post card was sent 10/30/1909 from Buffalo Miller (Buffalo, NY) to a Miss Francis Angevine and Mr. Gray. Anyone send out Halloween cards to acquaintances? https://t.co/dxvnBrkn68

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I posted this tin photo several years ago. Tin photos or ferrotype photos were popular in the 1860s and 1870s. Someone had a great sense of humor - makes me smile every time I see it -… https://t.co/S66ZjZaPnI

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Remember I mentioned in September that a fireman has been in doing research for his book? Well, he has been looking at these frames with ribbons in them as well as photos, books, articles… https://t.co/Z0UAGx2ozL

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We have this Columbus Day commemorative button in our collection. The button/ribbon collection is fun to look through! Certainly interesting to see how they promoted events and businesses… https://t.co/TWBbKyVPRa

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Carolyn Maruggi, bestest volunteer ever, is working on padded hangers for some of our lovely dresses. This is a glimpse into one of the things we do to maintain the collections. https://t.co/AZdYe4M9BC

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This summer our Librarian/Archivist had an opportunity to print blocks from our collection on a Washington Printing Press. We have four woodcuts from Norman Kent. The one pictured here is… https://t.co/M5CvQt9H0I

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We had a fireman in yesterday doing research for a book he’s writing. This is one of the photos he was looking at in our collection. A little blurry in spots but a great photo! https://t.co/4EPxpNMKqD

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Here is the poster for the Rochester Labor Day parade from 1995! Have a safe, long weekend. https://t.co/lJadfW1Lb1

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Stephanie Harris (Rochester) and Gail Evans (Vancouver, British Colombia) were in today. These lifelong friends were in doing some research for Gail’s book. https://t.co/J89Ogys35u

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Genesee Country Village & Museum is offering our members (up to 4 people) free admission on one day until October 14th. You just need your name and address to take advantage of this… https://t.co/zWm0HP1MSd

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After looking through the archives room, I happened to stumble upon this map of Flanders, Belgium belonging to Major Frederick Couchman from Rochester. On July 31, 1917, the battle of… https://t.co/UnOtribnfE