Photography Collection

USS Los Angeles over the Auburn Theological Seminary

Black and white photograph of the US Navy dirigible Los Angeles over the Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn NY in 1930. The USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparations. It was delivered to the United States Navy in October 1924 and after being used mainly for experimental work, particularly in the development of the American parasite fighter program, was decommissioned in 1932.

Five Points Neighborhood, c. 1939

Black and white print showing the corner of Lewis Street and Franklin Street at the Five Points intersection. View is looking across the street towards a large white building housing J.L. Cutillo Shoe Repair and F.T. Lewis Drug store. Five Points was the name given to the area where Lewis Street, Franklin Street, and Grant Avenue converged. Shops and restaurants surrounded the area and everything that one could need was within walking distance for the nearby residential areas. The area was drastically changed when Grant Avenue was constructed.

Genesee Street, c.1930

Black and white photograph looking across Genesee Street at the flatiron building on the corner of Genesee and Market Streets. There is a trolley car in front of the flatiron building. Written in pencil on the back "May 15 1930 when last trolley car from Syracuse to Auburn___?"

Alice Gertrude Case, c. 1923

Black and white photograph of Alice Gertrude Case. She is standing near a fireplace, wearing an evening dress and long strands of pearls. Gertrude began working at the Case Research Lab after high school as a glass blower, and she married Theodore Case in 1918. This photograph was taken at Osborne Hall where Gertrude and Ted were actors in a play put on by the Auburn Amateur Dramatic Club. The play was titled "Milestones" and was performed in 1923.

Cayuga County Political Equality Club

Black and white photograph of a meeting of the Cayuga County Political Equality Club. Eight women are gathered in a section of a room filled with women's rights posters. A banner printed with "Cayuga County Political Equality Club" hangs on the wall to the right. A desk sits in the back of the room and more small tables and chairs are scattered around. In 1891, Emily Howland helped found The Cayuga County Political Equality Club, an offshoot of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Both men and women could join the club and work to collect signatures on petitions for suffrage.