Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

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An archive of over 300 digital images from the library's Historic Warren Photograph Collection.
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South View of Warren Eddy (circa 1887)
Rivers, Buildings, Streets
View in about 1887 from the south side to Pennsylvania Avenue from Laurel Street (at right) west.
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Spanish American War Scene at the Armory (1898)
Crowds, War, People
Crowd assembled on the 400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue on October 18, 1898, at the armory, to welcome back members of Company I from the Spanish-American War.
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Starling Waters House on Second Avenue (circa 1890)
Dwellings, Buildings
Starling Waters house on the north side of Second Avenue between East and Market Streets, circa 1890. William Greaves photo.
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Starling Waters House on Second Avenue (circa 1890)
Dwellings, Streets
Starling Waters house on the north side of Second Avenue between East and Market Streets circa 1890.
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Sternwheeler (circa 1890)
Stern wheelers, Boats
Excursion sternwheeler built by Mr. Clark at his machine shop at the upper end of The Island in the 1880s. Photo circa 1890.
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Struthers Library Interior (circa 1915)
Libraries, Interiors
Library room in the Struthers building circa 1915. View to the west of the stacks section and circulation desk. This room was restored in 1984, 100 years after it opened for public use.
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Struthers Library Interior (circa 1915)
Libraries, Interiors
Library room in the Struthers Library building, circa 1915. The Warren Public Library occupied this space from its opening in 1884 until 1916. View towards the west wall.
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Suspension Bridge (1873)
Bridges, Winter view
Warren's suspension bridge in 1873 showing original tollbooth. The bridge was constructed in 1871.
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Suspension Bridge (circa 1875)
Suspension bridge
View north across the suspension bridge in 1875. At far left is the newly-enlarged Carver House hotel at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Just right of the bridge, on the riverbank, is the original city lock-up. (Note that this image begins to repeat at right, showing the Carver House facade complete.)
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Suspension Bridge (circa 1890)
Suspension bridges, bridges, Churches, Hotels
A view of Warren's 1871 suspension bridge from the south side in the late 1890s. At far left of the 400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue is the new Episcopal Church, built in 1897, and at the far right is the Carver House hotel.
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Suspension Bridge Construction (1871)
Bridges, Suspension bridges, People
View to the south side in 1871 during construction of abutments and towers of the suspension bridge.
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Suspension Bridge, Lockup and Tollbooth (circa 1875)
Suspension bridges, bridges, Toll bridges, Winter view
The 1871 Warren suspension bridge in 1875. At left is the frame city lockup. The brick building on the bridge approach is the tollbooth (the second, replacing a Victorian gothic original in 1873).
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Swinging Bridge at Third Avenue (1877)
Bridges, Suspension bridges, Schools
The swinging footbridge at Third Avenue about 1900. It was replaced in 1904 with an iron auto bridge. At left rear is the original (1877) Jefferson Street School.
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Tanner Block (circa 1875)
Buildings
The Tanner block at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Hickory Street ca 1875. Razed in 1888.
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Tanner Hill Looking East (circa 1878)
Dwellings, Oil well drilling rigs, Streams
View ca 1878 looking east over Warren from Tanner Hill. The brick David Beaty mansion, surrounded by his large acreage dotted with oil wells, appears just right of center in the middle distance across Conewango Creek.
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Tanner Hill View of Market Street (1863)
Aerial views, Churches, Streets
An 1863 view of Warren from Tanner Hill, looking down Market Street. The two brick buildings at center are the first county office building and courthouse. To the right are the steeples of the Baptist and Universalist Churches on Liberty Street. (The Baptist Church stood on the present, 2004, site of the post office parking lot.)
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Tanner-Scofield House (circa 1885)
Dwellings
The Tanner-Scofield house, east side of Liberty Street between Second and Third Avenues (in 2004 the site of the former Montgomery Ward building). Built in 1833, it was razed in 1928. Photo 1895 (?)
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Tanner Store at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1816)
General stores, Buildings
Archibald Tanner's 1816 general store building on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, just west of the Exchange Block and next to the suspension bridge. It stood until 1909 when the Soldiers and Sailors monument was constructed nearby. Note it served as a Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company and housed Lott's cut flower store. This photo dates to 1908.
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Tannery at Glade Run (circa 1910)
Bridges, Leather industry
View northwest from the south end of the Glade bridge towards the tannery at Glade Run, now (2004) the site of the United Refining Company. Photo by Charles Chase, circa 1910.
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Tearing down the Suspension Bridge (1918)
Suspension Bridges, Monuments, Bridges
Tearing down the 1871 suspension bridge on completion of new concrete bridge at Hickory Street, 1918. The Soldiers and Sailors monument was erected in 1909.
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