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Monday, July 9, 2012

March 1946, St. Luke's Monthly Newsletter - Basketball Team take "The Mohawk" to Chicago

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The Parish boys' basketball team was called "Legion of Mary."  They became top in the Buffalo CYC league, and so got a train ...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

Clara's "Snapfolio" - Part 2

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The pictorial offerings in the c.1946 CAMZ  "Snapfolio"  continue to raise intriguing questions. Like here: why are Gertrude and...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Clara's "Snapfolio" - Part I

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This little book of snapshots was a complete surprise.  It came to light from deep within a carton and settled in the palm of my hand, givi...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Update to "Larkin Soap Company, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Buffalo Stuyvesant"

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Paul Zadner wrote that his mother, Cecelia, worked for the Larkin Soap Company.  He said that it was a "catalog sales operation."

October 1945, St. Luke's Monthly Newsletter - Debate Contest Rules

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At Eugene's funeral, his brother John gave the eulogy.  I recall John's voice as he reminded those present that Eugene loved deb...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Larkin Soap Company, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Buffalo Stuyvesant

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John D. Larkin and Elbert Hubbard in the 19th century founded the Larkin Soap Company , a highly successful American enterprise that innova...
Monday, June 25, 2012

October 1945, St. Luke's Monthly Newsletter - Peace and the Parish; Mentors at the Stuyvesant

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JPZ must have taken these portrait photos, or coached boys and girls as they took them.  Was there a PYC darkroom in the church basement...