{"id":71486,"date":"2016-07-30T05:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T09:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71486"},"modified":"2016-07-29T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T23:24:07","slug":"postcards-showcasing-historic-cazenovia-for-sale-at-the-cazenovia-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71486","title":{"rendered":"Postcards Showcasing Historic Cazenovia for Sale at the Cazenovia Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=60176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-60176\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Caz-library-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Caz library\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Cazenovia Public Library invites you to step back in time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Every town has a story to tell. Photography can offer valuable glimpses into the past, capturing significant moments, forgotten places, and lifestyles long gone. Historic images help to develop our understanding of local history and to define our community identity.\u00a0This spring the Cazenovia Public Library created a unique collection of postcards featuring ten historic images; each photograph represents a chapter of Cazenovia\u2019s own unique story. This project explores the town\u2019s richly textured history through the buildings, places, and people that have proven integral to its development. These postcards are now available for sale at the Library circulation desk.<\/p>\n<p>The newly released postcard series features high-resolution photographs selected from Cazenovia Public Library\u2019s Archive Room. Located <!--more-->on the building\u2019s ground floor, the archives contain a wealth of information on the Cazenovia area. In addition to historic photographs, materials include family files, cemetery lists, land deeds, maps, books by local authors, diaries, letters, local history files, microfilm versions of Cazenovia newspapers, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The selected photographs are representations of mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century Cazenovia. The postcards are currently on display at the entrance to the Library\u2019s gallery. The complete collection includes \u201cWest Shore Station,\u201d \u201cThe Village Pier,\u201d \u201cLincklaen House, 1866,\u201d \u201cLegion Post 88 Band,\u201d \u201cCows on Main,\u201d Cazenovia House Kitchen,\u201d \u201cThe Sunken Canoe,\u201d \u201cCazenovia Canning Factory,\u201d \u201cWest on Albany St, c. 1890,\u201d and \u201cChittenango Falls.\u201d Individual postcards are available for $1.50. Purchase one of each or mix and match ten cards for $12.50. Visit<a href=\"http:\/\/cazenoviapubliclibrary.org\/postcards\">cazenoviapubliclibrary.org\/postcards<\/a> to learn about each image and for suggestions for further research.<\/p>\n<p>For more information call 655-9322 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org\/\">www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cazenovia Public Library invites you to step back in time&#8230; Every town has a story to tell. Photography can offer valuable glimpses into the past, capturing significant moments, forgotten places, and lifestyles long gone. 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