The Digital Public Library of America opened yesterday on the web. In their own words they say that “the Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written …
Title: WORLD WAR I and the FLU PANDEMIC of 1918 Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Greece Town Hall By: Robert Brown, PhD The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than World War I. It has been cited as the most divesting epidemic in modern history and the worst epidemic in American history …
Over on the GenWeb picture page, I added some pictures of Sullivan Trucks that were made in Rochester from 1910 to 1926. The company was started about 1881 by Kincaid Alanson Hughson who started a factory making horse-drawn carriages on East Avenue near what was then the Village of Brighton. In 1884 Thomas J. Sullivan …
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History in the making… On Tuesday Kodak announced that James V. Continenza has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Continenza brings to Kodak experience as a manager and director with diverse companies that have successfully emerged from corporate restructuring. On Wednesday it was announced that the University at Albany College …
I found that the Rochester Public Library has put online a directory of Italians living in Rochester in 1931. It is only about 120 pages with most of those being a list of people with their occupation and address. There is also some advertising at the front and back of the book. Most of the …
The next songs to go to the top of the record charts in 1963 was “He’s So Fine” The Chiffons. The song was written by Ronald Mack, an acquaintance of the Chiffons who became their manager.The background vocal of “doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang” makes this a instantly recognizable song. The group was originally named the Three …
The next song to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “Our Day Will Come” by Ruby & the Romantics. The song, written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard and featured a bossa nova style featuring a Hammond organ solo. The song was at the number one spot for just one week …
History in the making… Kodak made money in February. They showed a profit of $404 million but that is after including the sale of their digital patents for $525 million. Without the patent sale, Kodak would have had a loss of about $34 million for the month. Kodak has named Spicers Canada Limited a Gold …
If you want more reviews of RootsTech of waht happened at the conference, Randy Seaver has links to over 40 bloggers on this posting that he continues to update as more blog posts are released. Seeing as this was such a big conference, each blogger had a different experience that they write about.
Besides the regular presentations at the RootsTech conference there were other things to do while there last week. In part because there were over 6,700 attendees, there were some things that were sold out way before the conference. There were 16 free computer workshops over the three days where there were computer work stations to …