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Buffalo In Old Post Cards

The year date under the left lower corner of the post card, when present, is the post mark cancellation date, giving an approximation of the age of the post card.

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Franklin Street Showing Cheltenham Hotel	Gates Circle	Gates Circle	Gayety Theatre
General Hospital	Genesee Building	The Genesee, West Genesee St.	Genesee Building
Genesee Hotel	Genesee Hotel	Genesee Street	German Insurance Building, Lafayette Square

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Marie Bellezza Biehl		22-Dec-2012 22:55
Buffalo's architect is the finest.What happened saddens me. My grandchildren totally missed out on the "good old days" in Buffalo; hopefully things will begin to change.

Thomas C. Kelly		07-Apr-2012 05:07
Fascinating collection of post cards representing my home town. I remember shopping at the Washington Street Market next to St. Michael's church with my grandmother. We'd walk thru the arcade to Main Street & cross Main to Flint & Kent Store. My grandmother's favorite store. My brother was usher at Hippodrome Theatre in the early 1940s. My mother arrived in Buffalo with her parents and siblings from Philadelphia on the Black Diamond train in the early 1920s. You show one post card of the Lehigh Valley train station. She told me it was a gorgeous white marble structure and relatively new when their train arrived. At Christmastime the displays in Adam Meldrum & Andersons, J.N. Adams, and William Hengerer's windows were beautiful. I remember hearing a brand new recording of Bing Crosby singing White Christmas as we shopped in one of the stores. I was about 7 years old with my mother and we stood silent for a few moments to hear all the words to that song. At the age of 15, my mother entered a Charleston contest at the opening of Shea's Buffalo Theatre in 1926 and almost won, placing second. My father worked at Ford Motor on Furhmann Blvd. as an auto mechanic. Lived in an upper rear flat at 2470 Bailey Avenue. School and church was St. Gerard's. My grandmother told me on a hot summer day I slipped away, took all my clothes off and climbed into a horse trough at the corner of Bailey & E. Delavan. Had traffic backed up at intersection. As my grandmother was running to see where I was, a truck driver plucked me out of the horse trough and said: "Is this your kid, lady?" I was around three years old. Some of the bakery and dairy trucks still used horses in the late 1930s and early 1940s. They are all dead now. I'm the only one left at the age of 77. What memories of growing up in Buffalo! Thomas

Guest		12-Jan-2012 18:53
If this isn't walking down memory lane for me..Absolutely enjoyed looking at all of the pictures..Thank you for this site..Nina Campagna

markbow		25-Feb-2011 23:12
this gallery is incredible!

Jesse		14-Feb-2010 19:04
This is an excellent resource. Thank you for hosting it.

Guest		28-Oct-2008 21:59
I have several old postcards from Buffalo. One that is very unique is that of an image of a Buffalo with a backdrop of Buffalo landmarks. There is a saying ontop of the postcard, with something like, Buffalo, the Industrial City and some other phrases. Don't have the card in front of me. It is from about 1910/1915. All in black & white and in excellent condition. I wonder if it has any worth.

patsy		10-Oct-2008 20:20
thank you for these pictures. there are so many things I forgot about Buffalo. A lot of them were before I was born but so many remind me of my childhood.

Father Bill Endres		01-Oct-2008 01:50
Thanx for the memories. I haven't even begun to review all the pages. Being a rail buff the scenes of Central Terminal and other rail related facilities were of special interest(oh yeah, so were the churches!!)My dad's family grew up in the Bailey/Delevan St. Gerard Catholic parish...

dot		29-Sep-2008 03:25
Great trip-loved seeing more of Buffalo Hx after moving here "during the Blizzard of 77... . Love our heritage- and the people in all these building always keep you warm with their big hearts! yeaa BUFFALO- no earthquakes, tornados or hurricanes!! and lots of warm neighborhoods!

Judy		25-Sep-2008 22:09
Took a lot of time to post all of those great post cards. Loved all of the old pictures and sites from old Buffalo.

tomr-photos		13-Aug-2008 01:27
I've never been to Buffalo but I really enjoyed viewing the postcards of the way things were so many years ago. Thanks for posting these.

Guest		03-Dec-2007 02:27
Thanks for sharing a great collection. Its sad to think of what urban "renewal" did to destroy so much of upstate New York's architectural heritage in '60s and 70s.

Jim Cassatt		09-Nov-2007 01:18
Fantastic. These pictures bring back old memories, especially memories of what a magnificent city Buffalo used to be. Thanks so much for sharing; you made my day.

Ben Strasser		29-Oct-2007 01:42
Outstanding. I can still remember some of these places. Truely the "Queen City of the Great Lakes".

Guest		19-Oct-2007 00:50
Fantastic scans. People forget Buffalo's glory days.

Bob		06-Sep-2007 02:49
These are great, where did you get all of this postcards?? Keep up the good work, and continue to bring us some great memories

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