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Boys boxing in the front yard of the Cary Seminary classroom building, on the corner of Pearl and Drake, circa 1880s. From an antique albumen photograph. The seminary was funded in 1840 by Alfred Cary and opened for classes in 1844. It eventually became outdated (no plumbing system or central heating) and was demolished in 1926, and the Pearl Street school was built on its site.
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| Detail of the people in the Cary Seminary boxing photo. The Queensbury Rules requiring boxing gloves were published in 1867, but were not universally adopted for some decades afterward. Heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan boxed bareknuckles into the 1890's. These Oakfield boys had more sense.
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| Cary Seminary looking southeast from Drake Street. From a postcard mailed 23 July 1915. Photograph by Farley Porter Jr. of Elba. Note the stairs at the Pearl Street entrance have been removed. This building was used as Oakfield High School from 1905-1926. I wonder what happened to the white cornerstone?
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Commencement exercises for the Cary Seminary, dated June 21 1882.
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| Main Street looking southeast, from a postcard dated Jan 26, 1910. Published by C.A. Spear. The building marked with an X is Spear's Grocery and General Merchandise. In 1926, it became Peterson's Drug Store. To its right are the Arnold House Hotel and the Odd Fellows Hall (the latter is today's post office and history museum).
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| Main Street looking southwest, from a postcard dated Aug 10, 1912. The taller building to the left of the prominent telephone pole is the Rathbone Hardware store, later to become Thompson's IGA grocery store. It was located on the corner of Main and Maple Avenue. The building burned to the ground in 1985. Also, the building at the right is no longer standing, either demolished or burned.
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A winter view of the Methodist Church at Webber and Main, from a postcard sent Dec 23, 1907. Published by Briggs Pharmacy.
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| The Spear Grocery Store and the Cooper Bakery, from a postcard dated 1912. This building, at the corner of Forest and Main, later became Peterson's Drug Store, and remains a pharmacy today. The building to the right is the Arnold House hotel, which was demolished by Peterson's in 1965 to make room for a parking lot. C.A. Spear was a local grocer, merchandiser and insurance agent who lived on Webber Avenue. He published many of the postcards in the Old Oakfield gallery. Look at them watermelons!
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| Invoice for oil cans purchased in 1890 from Harris Chapin Company on Main Street. This company patented a leak proof kerosene can which was a top seller in its day. Remember in the 1890's there was no electricity in Oakfield, lighting was from oil lamps.
The company later relocated to Batavia and today manufactures compressed air sprayers and hand sprayers. Its webpage is at: http://www.chapinmfg.com/history.htm
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An invoice from the Warren and Griffin meat market, dated Nov 2, 1882.
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| Three envelopes mailed in the 1880's from Oakfield merchants, containing bills for their services. Alfred Caple was the village tailor, Chamberlin and Woodrich were dry goods proprietors, and Harris Chapin was an oil can manufacturer.
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| A matchbook from the Arnold House Hotel and restaurant, circa 1950. The building was demolished in 1965.
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A matchbook from the Royal Restaurant at 31 Main Street, circa 1965. The building has since been converted to law offices.
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| Pint milk bottle, Elland dairy, circa 1960.
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| Light cream cap , Elland dairy, circa 1960.
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Skim milk cap, Elland Dairy, circa 1960.
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| Milk bottle cap from the Oakfield Farms Dairy, circa 1960. The Elland Dairy was acquired by Oakfield Farms Dairy in 1968.
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| The business card of a coal salesman, circa 1940. Coal was the primary heating fuel in the days before the proliferation of oil and natural gas furnaces and heat pumps.
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Badge worn by employees and visitors of the US Gypsum Company.
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| I am guessing this is a fifth grade photo, taken in 1935, of the class of 1942. That looks like a young Al Hilchey, second row, fourth from left. The gals outnumber the guys two to one! From an unused postcard, picture taken outside the Pearl Street school.
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| Episcopal church wedding book celebrating the marriage of Harlow Albert Parker to Grace Emily Farnsworh on 23 Feb 1909.
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The marriage certificate for the Parker-Farnsworth wedding, signed by the Rector of St. Michael's Church, Curtis Carlos Gove.
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| Signatures of the witnesses at the Parker-Farnsworth wedding of 23 Feb 1909.
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