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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Warren Snowstorm and Flood (1936)
Floods, Buildings, Blizzards, Streets
The 1936 Warren snowstorm and flood street scene.
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Warren Snowstorm and Flood (1936)
Floods, Buildings, Blizzards, Streets
The 1936 Warren snowstorm and flood. The Hultberg block, built 1903.
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Warren Snowstorm and Flood (1936)
Floods, Blizzards, Streets, Buildings
The 1936 Warren snowstorm and flood. Liberty Street north from Second Avenue.
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Warren Snowstorm and Flood Night Scene (1936)
Floods, Blizzards, Buildings, Streets
The 1936 Warren snowstorm and flood, night scene.
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Warren State Hospital Original Buildings (circa 1885)
Hospitals, Carriage houses, Oil well drilling rigs
Original buildings of the Warren State Hospital in about 1885. The cornerstone for Center Building was laid in 1874 and construction ended in 1880. Other buildings shown include the powerhouse and the carriage house.
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Warren Suspension Bridge Looking North (circa 1905)
People, Dogs, Suspension bridges, Bridges
View north across the Warren suspension bridge about 1905. Buildings lost to fires include the Carver House hotel in 1956 at left, the center section of the east side of Hickory Street in 1933 (the site of New Process Company), and the Exchange Hotel at far right in 1986.
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Water and Market Streets Looking East (circa 1910)
People, Bicycles and tricycles, Buildings, Streets
Intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Water and Market Streets, looking east about 1910. Clara Eckardt stands between the cyclists. The Hultberg block is at rear, one section of which had been a wing on the Ludlow House hotel at Second and Market, site of Market Street School
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Water Street (circa 1880)
Buildings, Streets
View across Conewango Creek to Water Street between Third and Fourth Avenues from Beaty Field circa 1880. Third Avenue swinging bridge barely visible at far left.
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Water Street Looking East (1904)
Swinging bridges, Buildings, Schools
Looking east in 1904 from Water Street across the Third Avenue swinging footbridge. Piers are under construction for the new steel auto bridge. The large brick building right of the bridge, on Conewango Avenue, is the Jefferson Street School.
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Water Street, now Pennsylvania Avenue at Hickory Street (1862)
Buildings, streets
An 1862 view of Pennsylvania Avenue (then Water Street) at Hickory Street showing, left to right, the Carver House hotel, the Tanner block (brick) and, at far right, the first Mansion House.
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Water Street now Pennsylvania Avenue (circa 1860)
Buildings, Churches
North side of Water Street (Pennsylvania Avenue) in 1860 (?). Union School and First Methodist Church in background on Third Avenue.
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Water Works (1910)
Waterworks, Rivers, Buildings
The Island water works, circa 1910? This portion of The Island was later occupied by the Loranger manufacturing plant, now (2004) being adapted to multiple use by the city of Warren.
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Watson-Davis Block (1889)
Fires, Buildings, Banks
The Watson-Davis Block/Warren Savings Bank fire of 1889 in a view west on Second Avenue to The Point. This entire triangular block is now (2006) occupied the Northwest Savings Bank (1965) and the National City Bank (1891) buildings.
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Watson Hose Company (circa 1900)
Fire stations, Costumes, People
Watson Hose Company members at the Third Avenue fire house in Warren's city building at the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Hickory Street, ca 1900. A small Blair Corporation parking lot now (2004) occupies this space. The event and costumes are unexplained.
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Wendelboe store on Liberty Street (1890)
Stores and shops, People, Paint and wallpaper
The original Wendelboe store on the west side of Liberty Street between Second and Third Avenues circa 1890. Left to right: George Geracimos Sr., Necolai K. Wendelboe, Mayme Wendelboe, and an unidentified young man (possibly a Wendelboe employee.)
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West End School (circa 1900)
Schools, Buildings
The West End School, north side of Pennsylvania Avenue West, between Public Way and Morrison Street, ca 1900. Replaced by McClintock School, now the site of Warren County's Economic Opportunity Council program, across the avenue and farther west.
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Western Union Telegraph Office (circa 1885)
People, Buildings, Telegraph
Exchange Block (300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue West) about 1885. In front of Western Union Telegraph Office: 1. Jack Hawk, telegraph operator 2. Fred Cook 3. J.K. Simpson, Supt. Of Western Union 4. Charles Chase 5. Mike Silk 6. George King 7. John O'Donnell.
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Whitney Saw Mill (1910)
Mills, People, Horses, Carts and wagons
The Whitney sawmill at Hosmer Run, Pittsfield Township, in 1910 or 1911.
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William D. Brown House (1873)
Dwellings, Railroads
The William D. Brown house at the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Liberty Street was built in 1867. It is shown here in 1873, in a view across the tracks of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad. Today (2004) the home is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Citro.
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Woman's Group (circa 1905)
People, Women
Woman's group, probably Grace Methodist Church, ca 1905. Left to right, Row 1: Emma Sager, _____, _____ Underwood, ______ Sager, _____ Sager. Row 2: _____ Morrison, _____ Kidder, _____ (Kidder sister), Wilda Custer, _____ Burch. Row 3: Jeannette (?) Jacobs, ____ Fursh, Belle Putnam, Sarah McClelland.
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