In the mid 1980s I was living in a house with 3 apartments in East Rochester. Someone new moved into the apartment in the rear of the house. After about a month I started hearing CB talk on my TV. It took a few days to figure out it was coming from the rear apartment. …
Here are some random things that I scanned last week: The Green Thumb is a comb bound booklet from 1956. It is some gardening notes from Doc and Katy Abraham. They had a popular radio show that originated on WHAM from 1952 to 2002. They first started a newspaper column on gardening in 1947 and …
I sell things on eBay to pay for this blog and the Monroe Co. GenWeb. About half of the items are local Monroe County or Rochester history related. If you still need a Christmas gift for someone check out my current eBay listings. This weekend would be the last chance to get something delivered by …
I was going to scan a history of Rochester General Hospital called A Century of Service: Rochester General Hospital, 1847 – 1947. It was by Virginia Jeffrey Smith and dated 1947. I thought that first I should check the Internet Archive and see if anyone has already scanned it. Yes, it was there and it …