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The A.J. Tanner Cannery, from a postcard mailed December 3 1908. The company was acquired by George W. Haxton in the 1920s. The cannery was on the railroad tracks, near the intersection of Stevens St. and what now is called Haxton Lane.
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| The Roman Catholic Church when it was located at 32 South Pearl Street, from a postcard circa 1915. The church was built in 1910 and demolished about 1945. By 1928, church services had been relegated to the larger St. Cecelia's on Maple Avenue. This building is long gone, but it was located between the store on the corner of Stevens St. and South Pearl, and Tommy Coletti's store.
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| St. Michael's Episcopal Church, South Main St., from a postcard sent July 5 1940. It is not shown in this picture, but the school bell from the Cary Seminary was installed on the church roof in 1937.
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The Presbyterian Church on North Main, from a postcard mailed December 16 1908. Published by C.A. Spear.
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| The United Methodist Church on the corner of Main and Webber Avenue, then called the Methodist Episcopal Church, from a postcard dated December 23 1907. Postcard sold by Briggs Pharmacy and printed in Germany.
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| A playbill from the Oakfield Opera House, advertising Batavia magician Billy Russell, from Thanksgiving night 1918. The Opera House was located just north of the current M&T Bank, in the Smith block on North Main Street. Russell was a magician from upstate NY who invented the "milk can" trick for Harry Houdini.
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The water tower in Oakfield, circa 1910.
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| The Arnold House, circa 1910. The Arnold House, which succeeded the Olcott House as the only Oakfield hotel on Main Street, was known for its lodging and fine dining. It was purchased and demolished in 1965 by Peterson's Drug Store to accommodate a parking lot.
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| A Penn Central locomotive on the Pearl Street railroad tracks. Photo taken by Michael Tedesco on May 14, 1972.
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The U.S. Gypsum plant on Judge Road, circa 1914. From the US Gypsum Red Book, a small volume distributed to merchants and contractors to advertise US Gypsum products, mainly sheetrock. Studs and wallboard began to replace lath and plaster about this time.
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| A horse drawn cart hauling a tank of Patton's Sun Proof Paint, from a postcard mailed August 12 1908. House unidentified.
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| The High School on Webber Avenue, from a postcard mailed February 17 1915.
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The High School, from a postcard sent on February 23, 1926. The note on the back says "Hello Sis. Here is the school we are going to till the new school is built." The "new" school is the Pearl Street School, which opened later that year.
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| A matchbook cover from the Oakfield Hotel, (also known as the West Shore Hotel or Wilson Hotel) circa 1950.
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| The Rathbone block, circa 1907. Formerly the Woodruff-Rathbone Hardware store, and would become the Thompson IGA grocery of the 1950s-1960s. A lithograph from 1876 is shown elsewhere in the gallery. The building burned in the 1980s. Postcard published by the Oakfield Reporter.
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Maple Avenue looking west, from a postcard sent in 1908. The Queen Anne style house (second on the right) is 16 Maple Avenue, shown elsewhere in the gallery.
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| A souvenir vase, probably manufactured in Germany, showing the high school on Webber Avenue, circa 1910.
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| Promotional thermometer distributed by A.A. Grinnell, circa 1950. Grinnell's was located on the south end of the Pearl St. railroad tracks. The company was originally a grain, coal, wagon and produce supplier, but later became primarily a building supply store. The building burned down on June 14 1977.
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Map of a portion of the town of Oakfield in 1904. From the New Century Atlas of Genesee County, Philadelphia.
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