Portraits of Elmira

Here’s the first “Portraits of Elmira” post done by Estefania Trujillo, AmeriCorps volunteer with Cornell Cooperative Extension.  It’s an interview in the library with one of our patrons: https://portraitsofelmira.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/elmirans-talk-back-ed-patten/

Throwback Thursday! Ring in the new year with Elmira’s town crier from 1850-1870

Ring in the new year with Elmira’s town crier from 1850-1870, Tom Tallada (Pictured here with his bell). His wedding is described in the library’s “History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, NY” on page 252. It reads: The Continue reading Throwback Thursday! Ring in the new year with Elmira’s town crier from 1850-1870