School No. 57, Sears Street School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: Located at 231 Sears Street, this school was built in 1897. A separate addition was constructed in 1914. The original building was closed and demolished in 1942.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 58
subject: Postcards--New York (State)--Buffalo.
subject: Photographic postcards.
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
subject: Public schools-- New York (state)-- Buffalo-- History
subject: Public Schools
description: Black and white photographic postcard of the Rother Street School, No. 58 in the Buffalo Public Schools district.
publisher: Buffalo and & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of Digital)
rights: Digital image copyright 2025 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
format: image/jpeg
language: ENG
type: Still Image

School No. 58, Rother Street School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: This is the first School 58, built in 1897 at 316 Rother Street. A new building was built nearby in 1914. The "Old Building" on Rother closed in 1950 and has since been torn down.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 59, Glenwood Avenue School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: This three story brick Renaissance Revival Style school was built in 1897 at 761 Glenwood Avenue. It closed in 1976 during desegregation and has since been demolished.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 6, South Division Street School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: Located at 248 South Division Street, this 1868 building was used as a primary grade school until 1954. The school has since been demolished.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 60, Ontario Street School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: Opened in 1897 at 238 Ontario Street, this school became Riverside Academy in 1976 during desegregation. In 2002, the school closed. In 2014, it was renovated as an affordable housing complex. The building was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 61, Kensington School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: Built in 1904, this school is located at 453 Leroy Street near Grider. A large addition was added in 1915. As of 2018, it is still in use as Public School 61, the Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 62
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: School 62 was built in 1906, the newest building included in the survey. Located at 396 Urban Street, it closed in 1980 as part of the desegregation plan. The building still exists, as of 2018.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 7, South Bailey Avenue School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: The first image shows the school located at 649 Bailey Avenue near Clinton Street. Built in 1891, it operated as School 7 until 1922 and was an annex to various other schools until 1950. The "Old Building" in the second photo was built in 1845 and was located at South Division and Ellicott Streets. Neither building remains today.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 8, Utica Street School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: School 8 moved into this building at Masten Avenue and East Utica Street in 1884 after the previous location at Franklin and Church became a more commercial district. It was designed by the architect Robert A. Bethune (husband of Louise Bethune). This building was destroyed by fire in 1918 and replaced the following year.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

School No. 9, Bailey Avenue School
subject: Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
subject: Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
subject: Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
description: Built in the 1880s, this school was located at 2060 Bailey Ave. It was not the first building to house School 9; the original Vine Street location was used as the School for the Colored beginning in 1839. The Bailey Ave building closed in 1980 during school desegregation. It has been replaced by a Buffalo Fire Department Station.
creator: Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
source: Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1908-03
contributor: Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/tiff
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Scottish War Savings Committee. Palmerston Place-Edinburgh
description: Poster Number: 610
creator: Forde
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: G. & McK. (Printer)
date: 1917
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Second Concert in Convention Hall
subject: Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
description: The Guido Chorus was a male choral group of business and professional men, founded by Seth Clark in 1904 and active to 1965. The group was one of many popular singing societies in Buffalo's music history.
creator: Guido Chorus, Buffalo
source: Buffalo Theater and Music Program Collection
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
date: 1905-03-03
contributor: Spencer, Janet, 1874-1948
contributor: Le Breton, Prescott
contributor: Clark, Seth (Organist)
rights: Digital image copyright 2019 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Second United States Official war picture. America's Answer
description: Poster Number: 475
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: J. H. Tooker Lithograph Co. : New York (Printer)
date: [1917-1918]
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Securing the Homeland: Western New York's Anti-terrorism Measures
subject: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
subject: Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
description: Following the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on America, assessments were made on Western New York’s vulnerability as a target. Its location on the border with Canada, the power grid, chemical companies located in Niagara Falls, and its position on the Great Lakes, all placed Western New York among the nation’s top fifty vulnerable regions. Efforts quickly got underway to prepare for a worst-case scenario, including heightened training for emergency responders and those involved with intelligence gathering. A new center for homeland security in Buffalo was also created. The following collection of reports by former WIVB-TV senior correspondent Rich Newberg documents the stepped-up efforts to protect the citizens of Western New York through cooperative efforts among many municipalities and agencies across the Niagara Frontier. 1 WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg presents an exclusive report on plans for a local Homeland Security Department in the soon-to-be-built Public Safety Campus on Buffalo’s East Side. The 250,000 thousand square foot campus will house Central Police and Emergency Services, and state of the art forensic lab facilities. There are also plans for Erie County to join forces with the state for the nation’s largest wireless government communications system. The new system would allow police, fire and emergency medical services personnel to talk to each other. Hard lessons were learned when New York City firefighters and police officers could not communicate with each other during the Twin Towers attacks. 2 1:01:12 - 1:03:26 The Erie County Medical Center conducts a drill for a radiation exposure emergency. Mobile units are training to respond to a terrorist attack. Concern here is for a potential dirty bomb or bio chemical attack that could affect the health of eighty to a hundred thousand people. Fifty-thousand tons of antidotes are now in place and could be deployed by air or ground. More protective gear is also on its way to Buffalo. Plans are…
creator: Newberg, Rich
source: Rich Newberg Reports Collection
publisher: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
date: Post 9/11/2001
contributor: Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Artist)
rights: Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital collections of the B&ECPL.
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: 2001-

See him through
description: Poster Number: 597
creator: Rice, Burton
source: World War I Posters Collection
date: 1918
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

See the world and get paid for doing it
description: Poster Number: 262
creator: Z., Alfred
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: [H. G. B. Ltd.] (Printer)
date: [1919]
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

See the world with the Royal Air Force. Apply: Inspector of Recruiting. 4 Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2. Or any R.A.F. Unit or Depôt.
description: Poster Number: 1447
creator: Norman Keene
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: [Great Britain. Royal Air Force]
publisher: [J. W. Ltd.] (Printer)
date: 1920
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Senat. Extrait du Proces-Verbal de la Séance du Vendredi 24 Decembre 1915
description: Poster Number: 862
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: J. Clement : Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (Printer)
date: 1915
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)

Serbia's Flag Day Sept. 22nd
description: Poster Number: 780
source: World War I Posters Collection
publisher: Johnson Riddle & Co. Ltd. : London (Printer)
date: [1914-1918]
contributor: Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
rights: Digital image copyright 2017 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
relation: Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still image
coverage: Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)