Auburn journal archives11/29/2023 Be sure to check out the old-school lunch/water buckets. You’ve got the older boys looking mischievous at the right while numerous younger kids look like they will burst out laughing at any moment. The fun is taking a closer look at the photo and the kids. The teacher, looking very professorial, is enjoying a drink of that cool Long Valley water. We see kids from the school enjoying their lunch around the school well. This photo from the Placer County Museums is full of personalities who once inhabited Long Valley, with a population of around 60. When the soldiers that survived return, everything will change as we transition from one era to another, the roaring 20’s! World War I is raging in Europe, and many of the hometown boys are off fighting. I do think we can see a couple of auto’s further down the road. Interesting to note that people still used horses and wagons in 1916, as the first three vehicles we see are buggies. It looks like the water wagon may have passed by recently, keeping that nicely graded roadbed from becoming dust. Not a lot of traffic on what appears to be a summer day, as the trees a fully leafed out. Better enjoy that beer, as prohibition will begin in just a couple of years, 1919. There is a bar just further down, which, according to the sign out front, sold beer for 5 cents, and beyond the bar is the Peerless Cleaners and Dyers. Railroad Street in 1916 was the Lincoln Highway, bringing people and autos from the rest of the country as far as New York. The horse and buggy were doomed and best to transition while the transcontinental highway passed in front. To the left, we see a Livery, Feed, and Auto Service, which was a logical choice for the livery as the new automobile made its appearance. Please note: Heritage Quest is available at home and in-library.We were looking down Railroad Street from the Freeman Hotel, Auburn. Our collections include access to the popular genealogy site Heritage Quest. Views expressed in historical items in the collection do not reflect the views of Seymour Library. Some materials in the historical record may contain offensive language and/or negative stereotypes. The materials in the collections reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of the times in which they were created. Seymour Library’s History Discovery Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible materials that document the record of the past. The Mahoney Case features a wide variety of Tubman-based materials. The collection includes biographies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, pictures, and copies of personal letters to and about Harriet Tubman. The Mahoney Case carries a large collection of materials, including books and newspaper articles, featuring the history of the Auburn Correctional Facility. In 1985, John Miskell, a retiree of the Auburn Correctional Facility, said that this collection was “one of the finest which can be found anywhere.” ( Auburn Citizen, August 4) Harriet Tubman Special Collection: The Mahoney CaseĮllen Jean Mahoney, a longtime library employee, gathered together a multitude of resources, including magazines, newspaper articles, and letters, on the Auburn Prison/Correctional Facility and Harriet Tubman. She bequeathed these materials to the library upon her death in 1984. In 1985, the library set aside a special cabinet named in her honor to house this collection. Our digital archive currently houses our scrapbook collection. Our new microfilm machine, now located within the History Discovery Center, is easy to use and allows visitors to print or save articles of interest. We also offer guidance in using the free online newspaper archive:. Our newspaper collection includes bound editions of the Advertiser Journal (1914 – 1931), Daily Advertiser (1903 – 1915), and the Auburn Citizen (1918 – 1963), newspapers on microfilm (1819 – present), and our new newspaper digital archive. Many of these images are available online at History Pin. Our image collection contains stereoscopic views of the city of Auburn and surrounding areas, photographs of local people and places, and vintage postcards. Our collection contains maps, pamphlets, and other documents for discovering state and local history and genealogy.
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