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Newspaper clipping: Art Putnam, left, and Ed Krenzer by the Lyman Islander, a boat once used to deliver mail
Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus Bay
Newspaper photo of a man handing mail to a woman beside a boat, captioned about Art Putnam's mail boat
Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus Bay
Newspaper map of Sodus Bay with a dotted line tracing Art Putnam's mail boat route past the islands
Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus Bay
Man in sunglasses steering a motorboat across the bay, its wake trailing toward cottages on shore
Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus BayPhoto by Bill Huff, Jr.
Detail of the 1858 Gillette map of Wayne County, showing the lakeshore, roads, a cemetery and landowner names
Map of Wayne County (Gillette, 1858)Dr. William Darby Cooke
Small two-story clapboard farmhouse with a side porch and two chimneys, among bare trees and fields
Dr. William Darby CookePhoto by Charles Lenhart
White two-story farmhouse with a center chimney, seen through bare trees across a lawn
Dr. William Darby Cooke
White one-and-a-half-story house with a wide front window, framed by tall bare trees on a lawn
Dr. William Darby Cooke
Large tree fallen across the roof of a white clapboard building, crushing one end
Summer Storms – 2013
Large uprooted tree lying across a lawn, its root mass torn up, after a storm
Summer Storms – 2013
Yard strewn with downed tree limbs and branches, a person clearing debris near a garage
Summer Storms – 2013
Narrow funnel cloud dropping from a dark storm cloud above a bank of white clouds
Summer Storms – 2013
Thin funnel cloud dropping from a dark storm cloud over open lake water, white clouds along the horizon
Whoa!Summer Storms – 2013
Red pickup truck with a large broken tree limb resting across its cab after a storm
Not my truck!Summer Storms – 2013
Large fallen tree limb lying across the hood and windshield of a dark car in a driveway, an RV behind
Summer Storms – 2013
Large fallen tree limb lying over a green ATV between two wooden sheds, pink plastic flamingos nearby
Summer Storms – 2013
Pontoon boat with a tan canopy moored at a wooden dock among cabin cruisers in a marina, under gray skies
Summer Storms – 2013
Dark stone-lined tunnel with a dim light at the far end and boards along the floor
Is this the Sodus Point Slave Tunnel?
Group of men on a paved driveway looking where one points, beside a small yellow wheeled survey cart
The Sodus Point Tunnel Revealed?
Man pushing a wheeled ground-scanning cart labeled 'SmartCart' across a lawn as four people watch
The Sodus Point Tunnel Revealed?
Man pushing a wheeled ground-penetrating radar cart across a lawn as another person kneels taking notes
The Sodus Point Tunnel Revealed?
Cardboard box on a car seat holding old stoneware jugs, a green glass bottle and a metal canister
The Sodus Point Tunnel Revealed?
Narrow arched tunnel lined with rough stones, a light glowing far down its length
The Sodus Point Tunnel Revealed?
Hand-colored postcard, '1825 First Lighthouse at Sodus Point, N.Y. (destroyed 1871)', a red tower on a grassy bluff
In 1868 an inspection of the lighthouse showed many infirmities and other problems like leaky roofing and poor…Sodus Bay Lighthouse
Motorman and Conductor hat badges stamped 'R. & S. B. Ry.', labeled Rochester & Sodus Bay Railway 1900–1929
The picture above shows actual Motorman and Conductor badges worn on the hats on the Rochester & Sodus…Trolley
Orange electric trolley car number 161 on a gravel-bedded track, a man standing at the controls
The picture above shows a trolley Motorman and conductor.Trolley
Rows of reversible trolley seats with red backs, blue cushions and chrome armrests along the aisle
The picture above shows the trolley seats. By pulling the top of the seat forward, it reversed the…Trolley
Orange electric trolley car on a track beneath overhead wires, with open farm fields beyond
Trolley
Trolley operator's controls below the front window, with a funnel-shaped windshield defroster in the center
The picture above shows the trolley controls which were located at both ends of the trolley. Note the…Trolley
Sodus Point Lakers baseball team posed in three rows on a field, most uniforms lettered 'Lakers', some 'Chiefs'
Sodus Point Lakers
Sodus Point Chiefs/Lakers baseball team posed in three rows in uniform, with bats and gloves
The Sodus Point Chiefs/Lakers Baseball Team.Happy DaysCourtesy of George Arney
Sepia photo of men, women and children relaxing on a lawn under trees in front of small wooden cottages
Deborah L. Hopkins 9-5-2012Santiago de Sodus Point
Postcard of a rustic two-story bungalow built of twigs and logs, handwritten 'Hopkins Bungalo Sodus Pt'
Santiago de Sodus PointCourtesy of Old Postcards
Framed display: painted portrait of Robert Trent Jones, Sr. above a text panel about the Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Plaques
Weathered concrete trolley pole standing among leafy trees, a wire hanging from its side
Trolley
Black-and-white photo of an electric trolley car stopped under trees beside a utility pole, a storefront behind
Trolley
Coal Trestle plaque: a slanted interpretive panel on a dark timber trestle-style stand overlooking the bay
Coal Trestle Plaque
Interpretive panel titled 'The Sodus Point Coal Trestle' on a dark timber stand, the bay behind
Coal Trestle Plaque
Lakestones House: large reddish stone house with white-sided gables and chimneys, above a sloping lawn and garden
Lakestones House
Close-up of the 1896 Signature Quilt: names embroidered in red circles on white, with small stitched figures and flowers
1896 Signature Quilt
1896 signature quilt: white cloth with red-embroidered names circling blank rings, plus flowers, birds and a cat
1896 Signature Quilt
1896 Signature Quilt: white quilt with rows of red-stitched circles around an embroidered church at center
1896 Signature Quilt
Detail of the 1896 signature quilt: red embroidered names in circles around a stitched church
1896 Signature Quilt
Bicentennial Peace Garden interpretive panel on the War of 1812, with a map and silhouettes, beside a flower bed
Located at 8440 Bay Street, Sodus Point, New York on the south side of the road in the…1812 Peace Garden Interpretive Panel
Two-story brick farmhouse among bare trees, behind a split-rail fence
Jacob Buys
Large white clapboard house under repair, with siding stripped and plywood patches along one wall
The Sodus Point Tunnel
Business card for the Harris Hotel, James Harris, proprietor, Sodus Point, N.Y.
Harris House
Two men in suits and ties clasping hands while seated among a crowd
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