HISTORICAL PHOTOS

These photographs are part of a collection housed at the George F. Johnson Memorial Library. Most of the actual photos measure about 12x16 inches, and contain more detail than can be seen in these scans. They are available for viewing at the library by appointment.

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1. Sulky racing at the track just behind U-E High School. The grandstand roof in the picture was destroyed by fire around 1950.

2. View in 1915 of a sporty model horse & sulky in front of the newly built U-E High School.

3. The Casino Building at Casino Park (Enjoie Park), located just west of the current UE High School. The Casino building, an open air pavilion, was one of Endicott's main landmarks for many years. During the 1920's and 1930's the park and Casino were the center of recreational activities in Endicott. It provided an area for roller skating, dancing, and parties. Even some of the classes at Triple Cities College were held in the building until they found more suitable quarters in 1946. The Casino Building was destroyed by fire in 1948. The stream in the park rose in the pond/swamp/marsh located between Jennie F. Snapp School and the Colonial Hall building on Lincoln Avenue. The electric interurban trolley line brought summer visitors to the park from the growing valley.

4. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt & George F. Johnson.

5. The old Union Bridge across the Susquehanna River in 1900. Prior to this a ferry provided Vestal with the only access to the old Village of Union. In 1935 this structure was dynamited by the NYS Highway Dept. The present bridge was built in 1935 by the American Bridge Company and was located slightly to the east of the old bridge. The sign above the road at the bridge entrance reads "$5 Dollars Fine for Riding or Driving Faster Than a Walk on This Bridge."
Joshua________, John K. Stovell, Frank________,

6. The Endicott-Johnson Corporation sales building located between the Erie Railroad tracks and North Street on the west side of Oak Hill Avenue. The worker's cafeteria was located in this building. Many local townspeople also ate here, attracted by the high quality food and low prices.

7. Shoe magnates and partners Henry B. Endicott & George F. Johnson.

8. View about 1916 of the Brown Block in the old Village of Union. It was previously called the Warner Block (Job M. and Lavinia Warner) and around 1980 became known as the Alexander Block. It currently houses the Corner Drug Store.

9. View of the Mattoon Building at 14 Washington Avenue, built in 1906. Endicott rented the store area and opened the village's first public library on March 16, 1915. It was called the Endicott Free Library.

10. View in 1902 of the Bundy Company building at left and the west plant of IBM at the right.

11. View in 1902-1903 looking north on Washington Avenue. The main Endicott-Johnson plant at the north end opened directly onto the Avenue.

12. This peaceful rural farm scene of cows on Theodore C. Peck's farm is the present site of Union-Endicott High School.

13. View in 1908 of the old Village of Union fire fighting equipment. This site later became the Elvin Theater at 117 West Main Street in the old Village of Union. This is the present site of the Union branch of Marine Midland Bank.

14. National Guard and mounted police at the old U-E High School stadium in 1919. The Endicott-Johnson clubhouse is in the upper right of the picture. The building above the bandstand is 1311 Riverview Drive (just east of the American Legion Post 82 building).

15. Portrait of Henry B. Endicott, George F.'s partner in the Endicott-Johnson Corporation.

16. Rare photo of George F. Johnson at a ball park (temporarily unavailable).

17. Sulky races during the summers were a favorite pastime at the track during the 1920's. Photo was taken immediately south of the U-E High School at the current site of the high school athletic field.

18. This large horse barn contained the stables for the harness racers at the Enjoie track in the 1920's. Harness racing was a favorite sport in Endicott in the early days. The track was originally built by Theodore C. Peck on his own farm, the present site of U-E High School.

19. Endicott's second public market (on North Street). The first market was located farther west on Oak Hill Avenue and between North Street and the Erie Railroad tracks. The last public market was on the east side of McKinley Avenue and just north of IBM. It closed about 1978. In recent years the tradition of a public market has been revived on Washington Avenue.

20. Photo in 1900 of George Fullmer delivering the mail by horse and wagon on his RFD #1 route in the old Village of Union.