This photo of Charles Dietel in the Hardware Store was taken 100 years ago, when he carried wood burning stoves. His father, John Dietel, built the Hardware Store in 1875. John died in 1920 and Charles inherited the business.
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This photo of Charles Dietel in the Hardware Store was taken 100 years ago, when he carried wood burning stoves. His father, John Dietel, built the Hardware Store in 1875. John died in 1920 and Charles inherited the business.
Fair Haven has always had a wide variety of spectacular sunsets. Though our oldest photographs may be black, white and shades of gray, I try to remember that life long ago was just as colorful as it is today.
This is the bridge over Sterling Creek on Old State Road just west of Center Road. Edna Williams took the first photo in 1913 from the northeast corner of the bridge, looking southwest.
The railroad track crossed Main Street just east of Giuseppe’s Pizza, heading north. The passenger depot was just north of Giuseppe’s.
This aerial postcard of Fair Haven was contributed by Ted Stojkovski. In this view the hotel next to Roy Maynard’s garage is gone. It was torn down in 1953. The Bayside Market across the street at the corner of Fancher Avenue is not there yet and the previous store is gone, having burned March 17, 1955. The new store opened August 2 of the same year and it appears that the new construction has not yet started. Only some of the trees have spring leaves. This photo was probably taken in April of 1955.
Just before midnight on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1955 Harold Wallace smelled smoke. He and his family were living above the store he owned on Main Street at the corner of Fancher Avenue. Today this is the location of new store he built after the fire.
These two photos were taken from the top of the railroad trestle looking northeast toward Sabin Point. Little Sodus Bay is in the foreground and Lake Ontario is at the top left. The first photo was probably take about 1905, well after the cottages had been built during the 1890s. The second photo was probably taken upon the announcement that the State Park would be removing all of these structures, about 1932.
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