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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Rafts at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1887)
Rafts at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1887)
Rivers, Exhibition buildings, People, Baby carriages
View from Hickory Street to the river and south side fairgrounds in 1887. The Carver House hotel is at right. Ladies in period dress with prams. Note the high-wheeler at right.
Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1880)
Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1880)
Rafts, People
The Warren eddy from the foot of Poplar Street in the early 1880s. Lumber rafts made up in the Conewango Creek are being assembled into Allegheny rafts of 3-section width. Note that the raft with a shanty is two-thirds complete.
Rogers Mills Train (1917)
Rogers Mills Train (1917)
Railroad locomotives, Railroads, People
The Rogers Mills train bringing logs to the mill at Rogertown in 1917. In the foreground are the tracks of the Pennsylvania (ex Philadelphia & Erie Railroad).
Samuelson Family Reunion (circa 1901)
Samuelson Family Reunion (circa 1901)
Reunions, Families, People
Samuelson family reunion about 1901 at Irvinedale Park.
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Grocers, People
Employees of Smith and Horton Company Ltd. wholesale grocers, ca 1920.
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Grocers, People
Employees of Smith and Horton Company Ltd. wholesale grocers, ca 1920.
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Grocers, People
Employees of Smith and Horton Company Ltd. wholesale grocers, ca 1920.
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Smith and Horton Company Employees (circa 1920)
Grocers, People
Employees of Smith and Horton Company Ltd. wholesale grocers, ca 1920.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1909)
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1909)
Monuments, War, People
Soldiers and Sailors monument when new in 1909.
Spanish American War Scene at the Armory (1898)
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.
Suspension Bridge Construction (1871)
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.
Thomas Clemons House at Fourth Avenue (circa 1886)
Thomas Clemons House at Fourth Avenue (circa 1886)
Dwellings, People, Buildings
315 Fourth Avenue (High Street) about 1886. Thomas Clemons house, built in 1836 and 1860. Donald P. Falconer on fence at left; Robert C. Falconer on fence at right near tree; left to right behind fence - Madge Patton (St. Marys), Mrs. N.S. Falconer (seated on steps), Mr. N.S. Falconer (seated), Frank Clemons (standing near fence), Ellen M. Clemons (standing between windows, and J. Alice Clemons (seated between windows).
View of Warren, PA from Millrace 'Frog pond' (1910)
View of Warren, PA from Millrace 'Frog pond' (1910)
millrace, Schools, Churches, People
View in 1910 across the millrace at 'the frogpond' north to the intersection of Market Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Right of center the two spires of Warren High School are visible and to their left, farther up Market Street, the steeple of the Bethlehem Covenant Church.
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Car 50 (1906)
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Car 50 (1906)
Street railroads, People, Automobiles, Carts and wagons
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway baggage car #50 on Main Street in Russell, 1906. Joe Chase is walking east across the street and beyond him are both a wagon team and an early highwheeled auto.
Warren Emergency Hospital Original Building (circa 1905)
Warren Emergency Hospital Original Building (circa 1905)
People, Hospitals
Original main building of the Warren Emergency Hospital on the south side ca 1905.
Warren-Jamestown Street Railway Co Passenger and Baggage Car at Liberty Street (circa 1906)
Warren-Jamestown Street Railway Co Passenger and Baggage Car at Liberty Street (circa 1906)
Department stores, Street railroads, People
Smith's department store, later Levinson department store and then Janick's department store, now part of Northwest Savings Bank office complex. Warren-Jamestown Street Railway passenger car--trolley--and baggage car at the terminal, foot of Liberty Street, about 1906. Dunham's Pharmacy was in the Allen Block, now (2006) the site of headquarters of Northwest Savings Bank. This is the intersection of Liberty Street and Second Avenue.
Warren Post Office in the Struthers Building (1905)
Warren Post Office in the Struthers Building (1905)
Buildings, People, Post offices, Postmasters
Liberty Street entrance to Warren Post Office in the Struthers building, March 1, 1905. Left to right: Mason R. Emery, Frederick Gutzler, William Cameron, Thomas W. Weakley, Sam Prescott, George Pierce, and John Albrecht. The interior space is now (2004) occupied by Ring-Around-A-Rosy flower and gift shop.
Warren Savings Bank Fire (1889)
Warren Savings Bank Fire (1889)
Bank, Fires, People
A February 1889 fire destroyed the Warren Savings Bank at The Point, and behind it the old Watson-Davis brick block. In 1891 the new bank (now, 2004, National City Bank) was constructed on the site of both buildings.
Warren Suspension Bridge Looking North (circa 1905)
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.
Water and Market Streets Looking East (circa 1910)
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