Photos

Old photographs, postcards and new pictures of Sodus Point. Each photo links to the page it belongs to.

Nowadays, the one remaining outer pier light is one of the most photographed spots in Sodus Point.Courtesy of Edith FarringtonThe Story of the Pier Lights →
1906 Passenger Train departing Sodus Point and going by the Bunk House.Courtesy of Edith FarringtonRailroad Y and Bunk House →
Old Postcards →
Courtesy of Bruce FarringtonBay Shore House →
Sodus Point Bait Shop (late 1970s) during 1st ESLO Derby.Courtesy of Bob Chase Jr.Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970s →
Coal Trestle / John J. Rammacher – 1941 →
Team Apache washed up on shore after sticking the wave.Courtesy of Tom Plantz1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus Point →
The Harris House Circa 1910 with its distinctive Windmill. Photo courtesy of John Powell from his book "Old Postcards & Photos of Sodus Point" page 167Courtesy of John PowellHarris House →
Smelt at the Point. 1962 Photo courtesy of Bob Chase, Jr, From left to right: Oscar Fuerst, Bob Chase Sr., John DeVey and Bill Koush.Courtesy of Bob Chase, JrSmelting – 1950s and 1960s →
British Invasion of Sodus Point Reenactment (1994) →
Courtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.Looking over the Bay →
Photo from the Collection of Naomi Sill TaylorE A Button General Store – 1907 →

Photo sets

The 2024 Solar Eclipse

Photos · 2024

Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919

Photos · 1919

Camping Near Charles Point Circa 1914

Photos · 1914

Old Postcards

Photos

Trolley in the Snow

Photos

The Day an Airplane Crashed Into Sodus Bay

Photos · 1951

Coal Trestle / John J. Rammacher – 1941

Photos · 1941

Coal Trestle Reconstruction – 1927

Photos · 1927

Then and now

Every photo, newest first

Four offshore racing powerboats speeding in a line, throwing white spray, with a waterfront town behind — 1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus Point

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat with a red collar and white cravat — First Meeting in our Town

Man in a white cap picking red apples from a heavily laden tree into a bucket — Migrant Workers

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Dulles Sees U.S. Foreign Policy Akin To Sailing' — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles

Iceboat with a single white sail gliding across the frozen bay past a row of lakeside cottages — Ice boat in the 1940s.Winter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Jim Iannone

Parsons Malthouse, a large multi-story building with tall chimneys, seen past the masts and deck of a sailing ship — Parsons Malthouse in the late 1800s as seen from the deck of a sailing vessel. From Remembering Wayne…Malt House

Two-story brick U.S. Custom House with arched doorways and boarded windows, Sodus Point, N.Y. — Custom HouseCourtesy of Frank Grosz If

Sailboats moored in rows at a marina, masts against a cloudy sky, wooded hills across the water — Katlynn Marine

Cartoon of a sailor in a purple coat looking through a spyglass from the bow of a wooden ship — Sodus Point Sailors 1854 – 1914

Evelyn's Five Star Rangers: five musicians in cowboy hats and western shirts with guitar, bass, clarinet and piano — The above photo is Evelyn's Five Star Rangers which was a Rochester band that played several times at…Bayshore Amusement Park

Newspaper advertisement for the Bayshore Amusement Park offering roller skating and dancing, with drawings of skaters — The above ad is from the May 27 1954 Lyons NY RepublicanBayshore Amusement ParkCourtesy of Greg Switzer

Painting of two women in dresses and hats in a rowboat among yellow lotus flowers, one with a green parasol — Lotus Flowers in Sodus Bay

Close-up of a pale yellow lotus flower with a yellow seed pod at its center — Lotus Flowers in Sodus BayCourtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sodus Bay lotus bed: a broad mat of floating leaves near the shore, houses and trees beyond the water — The above photo shows the Sodus Bay Lotus bed. From approximately 1846 until the 1960s, Sodus Bay was…Lotus Flowers in Sodus BayCourtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Newspaper photo of a row of sail-rigged iceboats with people standing beside them on the ice, circa 1900 — Winter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Bill Huff Jr.

May DoVille's ice cream stand, a small white stand with signs for home-made ice cream cones and cigarettes — May DoVille’s Ice Cream Stand at Sodus Point. Today, this is used as Hot’s Point’s ice cream window.…Mrs. DoVille’s Ice Cream ConesCourtesy of Kelly Grey

Uncle Max as a young man, in work shirt and trousers, leaning against a white barn door — Uncle Max as a young man working at Alasa Farm.The Horse That Drank BeerCourtesy of Frank Grosz

Rusted remains of a steam-powered winch with large toothed gears and drum heads, lying in grass by the bay — The above photo shows the remains of a 1902 Steam Powered winch believed to have been used for…Iron Ore Dock

Old hand-colored map detail showing the railroad, Lake Shore station and the Ore Dock jutting into the bay — Iron Ore Dock

Railroad track along the iron ore dock, a man standing on it, with sailboats and waterfront buildings across the bay — Iron Ore Dock

Aerial view of wooded islands including Eagle Island, with a long sandbar and open lake beyond — History of Eagle IslandPhoto by Lynn Airel Photography, Geneva N.

Ice boat with a single white sail gliding across frozen Sodus Bay, houses along the far shore — February 2006. Ice Boat on Sodus Bay. These boats can travel up to 70 mph!Winter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Bruce Farrington

Snapshot marked 'Sodus Point Yards' and '1940': curving tracks filled with rows of rail cars, steam at right — Railroad YardCourtesy of Henry Zerbe

Henry Zerbe next to his initials (HPZ) on the Sodus Point Railroad Roundhouse.Railroad RoundhousePhoto by Edith Farrington

Ruined roundhouse shell: a roofless brick wall with arched windows beside patched siding, facing a lawn — Sadly only a shell of the roundhouse exists today as seen in this photo from 2013.Railroad RoundhousePhoto by Edith Farrington

Two steam locomotives beside a railroad turntable pit, one trailing smoke, with a boxcar and coaling tower behind — Railroad RoundhouseCourtesy of John Powell

Wooden railroad roundhouse with a turntable and its small operator's cab in front — Railroad RoundhouseCourtesy of John Powell

Railroad bunk house, a long two-story building with brick-pattern siding and small porch entries, in faded color — Railroad Y and Bunk HouseCourtesy of Henry Zerbe

Top deck of the coal trestle, with tracks running between car-dumping machinery under a steel framework — Coal TrestlePhoto by Henry Zerbe

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Made a Big Haul' about a game protector seizing illegal fishing nets near Sodus Point — Fish Pirates

Excavator demolishing the two-story wooden Pennsylvania Rail Road bunk house beside the tracks, 1992 — The end of an era: September 1992. This picture shows the demolition of the Pennsylvania Rail Road bunk…Railroad Y and Bunk HouseCourtesy of Edith Farrington

Printed page with a hand-drawn map of Great Sodus Bay above a list headed 'Names of the Islands' — Islands in Sodus Bay

Simple drawing of a fish weir: rows of wooden stakes across a rocky stream channel with fish caught between — Native Americans in Sodus Bay

Mural of Native Americans in birchbark canoes, one spearing fish, beneath tall sandy bluffs — Native Americans in Sodus Bay

Old newspaper column headlined 'Fish Pirates at Work: Shooting and Spearing at a Great Rate in Adjacent Waters' — Fish Pirates

U.S. Army Engineer plan titled 'Sodus Point Shoreline', mapping shorelines from before 1829 to 1974 — The Building of Sodus Point

Map of the mouth of Great Sodus Bay with a note on the Corps of Engineers' proposed harbor improvement — Corps of Engineer proposal for building breakwaters for Sodus Point circa 1823The Building of Sodus Point

Postcard of Lake Bluff from Sodus Bay Heights: pink roses and a sloping lawn above the blue bay — ……….. Postcard of Lake Bluff from Sodus Bay heights. Published by Wm. Jubb Co., Inc., Syracuse N.Y.Sodus Bay Heights & the King of France

Hand-colored postcard 'South Shore, Sodus Bay, N.Y.': cottages and trees along the shoreline, reflected in calm water — ……….. Postcard of the South Shore of Sodus Bay, early 1900s. Published by W.C. Draper, Sodus Point, N.Y.Sodus Bay Heights & the King of France

Two large wooden pulley blocks with peeling white paint and iron hooks, a hand pointing at one — Underground Railroad in Sodus Point

Smiling man in a cap and gloves holding up a long, mottled ling beside a marshy shoreline — Dogfish – Ling (not particularly good looking is it?)Ling Eaters

Newspaper ad: 'Opening Friday Night, May 29, Danceland, Sodus Point, N.Y.', with George Elliott and His Commanders — An ad from May 28, 1936 announcing the return of Taxi Dancing to Sodus PointTaxi Dancing

Ticket for the steamers Sunbeam or Ideal, good for ten trips between Sodus Point, Lake Bluff and bay points — Steamship Era

Rusty cast-iron machine parts with a lever and an ornate slotted wheel, loose grain kernels on the floor — Hobos in Sodus Point

Tall gray wooden barn on a fieldstone foundation, with shrubs and a willow tree beside it — Hobos in Sodus Point

Mural panel 'Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse': a cobblestone school with cupola, a woman and children by a rail fence — Town of Sodus Mural

Town of Sodus mural panel of the Joy Schoolhouse, with children playing ball and jumping rope outside — Town of Sodus Mural

Town of Sodus Mural panel labeled 'Sodus Trolley Barn': a blue trolley beside a stone barn, people waiting nearby — Town of Sodus Mural