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Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
Rochester is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute.
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Rochester from Mount Hope Cemetery
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.

Rochester, New York, USA

The Folding Pocket Kodak
Loads in Daylight
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.
Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898

Rochester, New York, USA

Curtice Brothers Blue Label Soups
Curtice Bothers Co., Rochester, N.Y.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898

Rochester, New York, USA

Sen-Sen
Throat Ease
Breath Perfume
Sen-Sen Co., Rochester, N.Y.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898

Rochester, New York, USA

Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Herald, Rochester, N.Y., Friday, December 3, 1926.
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History and News of Rochester, New York, USA
Add History/News1812 - June 1 - Snow whitened the ground in Rochester NY
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June 1, 1812
1836 - Greatest Flour Manufactory
Rochester, New York, is said to be the greatest flour manufactory in the world. There are 21 mills, which require 20,000 bushels of wheat daily to... Read MORE...
1846 - DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT ROCHESTER.
A fire broke out at Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday morning in the billiard room of Geo. W. Hall, adjoining the office of the Democrat, and in a short... Read MORE...
1847 - VIOLENT THUNDER STORM - THREE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
This city was visited soon after midnight, Tuesday morning, with a thunder storm of unusual violence.
Several of the shocks were so heavy as to... Read MORE...
1848 - Arose from the Dead
At Rochester, New York, on Thursday, a man was taken from the canal who was thought to be drowned. The coroner was sent for, who proceeded to call a... Read MORE...
1851 - Musings
Certain ingenious and enterprising physicians in Rochester, New York, have discovered that the succubes, or female spirits, that have caused the... Read MORE...
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1852 - July 5 – Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" in Rochester, New York.
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July 5, 1852
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1854 - Rochester
Rochester, a city, capital of Monroe county, New York, is situated on both sides of Genesee river. 7 miles from its entrance into Lake Ontario, 230... Read MORE...
1858 - Breakfast Divorce
A suit for divorce is pending in Rochester, New York, which originated in a dispute between Mr. B. and his wife as to whether they should have... Read MORE...
1869 - A Mrs. Knight, of Rochester, N.Y., a few days ago, procured a boat and went to the rescue of a man who was struggling in the water about three hundred yards from the shore.
She grasped him by the hair of the head and managed with one hand to paddle the boat ashore. Mrs. Knight is a woman of a slight frame, and the man... Read MORE...
1871 - November 18 - American suffragette Susan B Anthony arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY
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November 18, 1871
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1895 - Rochester
Rochester, a city, capital of Monroe co, N.Y., and a port of entry, is situated on both sides of the Genesee River, 7 miles above its mouth in Lake... Read MORE...
February 28, 1900 - A massive storm spreads record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals ranged up to 43 inches at Rochester NY.
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February 28, 1900
1901 - ROCHESTER'S HORROR. TOTAL DEATHS IN THE ORPHAN ASYLUM DISASTER NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT.
TWENTY-SIX OF THEM CHILDREN.
FRIGHTFUL SCENE WHEN THE FIREMEN ARRIVED - WINDOWS FULL OF SHRIEKING LITTLE ONES - DEATH ROLL.
Rochester, N. Y.,... Read MORE...
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Old Photos of Rochester (N.Y.) - 1903-1915
Old Photos of Rochester (N.Y.) - 1903-1915 (www.youtube.com) 1904 - COSTLY FIRE.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 6 - Fire started in the picture frame gallery of H. E. Hugus at noon, and the loss is estimated at $100,000. Wilkes-Barre Times
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July 6, 1904
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1906
Rochester, a city, capital of Monroe co., N.Y., is situated on both sides of the Genesee River, 7 miles above its mouth in Lake Ontario (where is... Read MORE...
1932 - March 14 – George Eastman, founder of Kodak, commits suicide.
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March 14, 1932
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