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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Assembled Townspeople (1898)
Assembled Townspeople (1898)
People, War, Railroad stations
Townspeople assembled on the 400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in 1898, ready to escort members of Company I to the Pennsylvania Railroad station for service in the Spanish-American War.
Col. David Gardner in a Parade (circa 1910)
Col. David Gardner in a Parade (circa 1910)
Parades and processions, People
Col. David Gardner, Marshall of Memorial Day Parade, in G.A.R. uniform. Building in rear is at southeast corner of Liberty Street and Third Avenue; built by Ebenezer Jackson and later called the Sill House. It has been home to numerous offices and businesses, notably the Newell Press and West Penn Oil Company. The photo probably dates to 1910-1915.
Courthouse with Homer Putnam (circa 1890)
Courthouse with Homer Putnam (circa 1890)
People, Politicians, Courthouse
Unidentified subject (political gathering? teachers' institute? county school directors?) ca 1890 at the courthouse. Homer M. Putnam stands at top left, Col. Lewis Finley Watson (white beard) is front row left, and Caleb C. Thompson is center in long black coat.
D.A.V. and P Railroad Passenger Depot (????)
D.A.V. and P Railroad Passenger Depot (????)
Railroad stations, Railroads, People, Buildings
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh passenger depot, at the northwest corner of Laurel Street and Fourth Avenue, demolished after passenger service ceased in 1937. Original station was at Beech Street and Fourth Avenue (1871), later occupied by New York Central Freight Depot. This earlier, enlarged depot remains as a privately-owned warehouse in 2004.
Dave Bairstow Beside the Conewango Creek (circa 1886)
Dave Bairstow Beside the Conewango Creek (circa 1886)
People, Streets, Photographic studios
Dave Bairstow, circa 1886 (born 1882 or 1883). The view is to the northeast across the Conewango Creek towards the Branch stone quarry above Jackson Street. The quarry is visible along the barn roof at center. David Bairstow (died 1968) was the second-generation owner of the Bairstow photographic studio in Warren.
Dr. Fernando Randall (1898)
Dr. Fernando Randall (1898)
People, Dwellings, Physicians
Dr. Fernando Randall, state geologist, at his home at 503 Fourth Avenue, Warren, 1898
Edwin W. Siegfried Store Interior, Johnson Exchange Block, Liberty Street and Second Avenue (1890)
Edwin W. Siegfried Store Interior, Johnson Exchange Block, Liberty Street and Second Avenue (1890)
People, Interiors, Stores and shops
Probably the Edwin W. Siegfried store in the Johnson Exchange building in the 1890s, southeast corner of Liberty Street and Second Avenue. The building burned on December 23, 1900. This store located at 225 Second Avenue. Buildings replacing the burned structure housed Metzger-Wright, Levinson Brothers, and Janick's department stores and are now (2004) the location of offices of Northwest Savings Bank.
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Bridges, Streets, People, Buildings
View west to the Fifth Avenue bridge from near Conewango Avenue in the 1890s. The store building and houses are on Water Street, and the courthouse tower appears over the frame building at left.
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fires, Banks, Streets, People
Steamer 'Rufus P. King' acquired by the borough of Warren in 1873 or 1874, and given to the scrap drive in WWII, shown in operation on the Liberty Street bridge during the Warren Savings Bank / Watson-Davis block fire of February 1889. View to the north to Warren (later New Struthers) Hotel, built by Thomas Struthers, 1880.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Streets, People, Floods
High water on Water Street (looking west from the foot of East Street) in the 1890s, possibly during the 1894 flood.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Banks, Streets, People
View looking west down Pennsylvania Avenue from Market Street. The pointed tower of the Warren Savings Bank appears in the distance, right of center. Probably the flood of 1894.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Floods, People, Buildings
View east on Clark Street on The Island in the flood of 1894.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Brewing industry, People, Streets
A view east at the intersection of Market Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Water Street during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, People, Streets
A view of Warren's west side during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 at millrace Bridge (1913)
Flood of 1913 at millrace Bridge (1913)
Floods, millrace, Bridges, People
Looking east on Pennsylvania Avenue from the millrace bridge during the flood of March 1913. None of the buildings in this view - including the large brick structure beyond the Conewango Creek Bridge - still stands.
Frank Barney Hack Driver (1911)
Frank Barney Hack Driver (1911)
Carriages and coaches, People, Horses
Hack driver Frank Barney poses with his rig at the entrance to the new Struthers Hotel in 1911. This building at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Liberty Street was replaced in 2004 with a four-story brick headquarters building for Northwest Savings Bank.
General Joseph Warren Park (1910)
General Joseph Warren Park (1910)
Monuments, People
Scene at the dedication of the monument in General Joseph Warren Park, junction of Pennsylvania Avenue and Third Avenue, in 1910. The monument was presented to the community by the Tidioute chapter of the DAR.
Grasshopper Oil Field (1903)
Grasshopper Oil Field (1903)
Petroleum workers, People
Lease in Grasshopper Oil Field on the flats, east side, 1903-04. Note Col. Windsor marked with an "x".
Grasshopper Oil Field (circa 1904)
Grasshopper Oil Field (circa 1904)
People, Oil barrels, Petroleum industry, Petroleum workers
Grasshopper oil field, east side flats, in 1904 or 1905.
Guy Irvine, Pioneer Lumberman (1868)
Guy Irvine, Pioneer Lumberman (1868)
People, Portraits
Guy Irvine: farmer, lumberman, mill owner, and character. Died August 24, 1868.