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Lake under a darkened sky during the eclipse, a golden glow along the horizon, the shoreline in silhouette
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Darkening sky over a calm lake and pebble beach, with a glow on the horizon and buildings along the shore
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Pier lighthouse silhouetted, its red light glowing under dark clouds and a band of golden sky
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Hazy sun over a broad lawn with scattered trees sloping to the bay, a row of daffodils in front
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Map of New York regions with a band labeled 'Path of Total Solar Eclipse' crossing from Niagara to the northeast
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Total solar eclipse: the dark moon ringed by a glowing corona, with a bright flare at one edge
The 2024 Solar Eclipse
Newspaper column 'Sodus Points Paragraphs' reporting the death of Elisha Buys, who had sailed the lakes
Sodus Point Sailors 1854 – 1914
Stuart Balch, in front, with other men in emblem caps and dark jackets aboard a boat on choppy water
Stuart Balch is the man in the front. His grandson David Huber found this picture while cleaning out…Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes
Plaque photo of a group of hikers beside a massive tree trunk, large shelf fungi at its base
Macyville Trail Plaque
Genesee Land Trust sign, 'Welcome to Macyville Woods Nature Preserve', with a trail map, among autumn leaves
Macyville Trail Plaque
Museum room with a wall mural of a schooner, lighthouse and lake map, beside a ship's wheel and exhibits
Artwork by James Zeger October 2023Sodus Bay Lighthouse Underground Railroad Mural
Team Apache's red and white racing powerboat, number 96, washed up on a stony shore in the surf
Team Apache washed up on shore after sticking the wave.1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus PointCourtesy of Tom Plantz
Yellow racing powerboat lettered 'Popeyes' with a cartoon character and a Diet Coke logo, on an orange trailer
1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus PointCourtesy of Jennifer Qu
Racing powerboat 'Agitator', numbered P40, tied at a crowded dock with other race boats
1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus PointCourtesy of Jennifer Qu
Mounted state troopers in campaign hats on horseback among a crowd on a village street
1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus PointCourtesy of Jennifer Qu
Racing powerboats tied up at a dock, crew in jumpsuits standing on the decks, one boat marked 'P-2'
1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus PointCourtesy of Jennifer Qu
Typed 1929 letter from Revolutionary War pension files summarizing the service of Darius Howard
Asher Warner
Typed pension-office letter stating Asher Warner was killed at the Battle of Sodus Point, signed Earl D. Church
Asher Warner
Typed letter to Willis E. Howard summarizing Darius Howard's Revolutionary War pension file, naming Asher Warner's widow
Asher Warner
Printout of the Newark-Union Gazette, October 4, 1919, listing members enrolled in the Sodus Point Automobile Club
Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919Courtesy of Nancy Karasinski
Colored bird's-eye map of Sodus, Sodus Point, the bay, Margaretta Grove and Wallington, linked by rail lines
Trolley Map – Early 1900s
Bird's-eye panoramic map titled 'Rochester and Suburbs', showing towns, farms and the lakeshore served by electric railway
Trolley Map – Early 1900s
Roadside marker: 'Sodus Point Lighthouse has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976'
Lighthouse National Register of Historic Places Plaque
Sepia photo of a canvas tent, a woman in white reading in a chair, a man and child nearby
Camping Near Charles Point Circa 1914
German situation map headed 'Lage: 03.07.1944', marking army positions around Cherbourg and Caen
Diary of Walter Meyer – Sodus Point POW Part 1
Panel section headed '...created from sand flowing from the west' with an aerial photo of the beach and pier
Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Panel photo of orange slatted sand fencing in angled sections along a sandy beach, with an explanatory caption
Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Panel section headed 'In 2020, the beach was restored', with an aerial photo of the beach and dunes
Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Panel section titled 'Nature-based and designed for people' with photos of the beach, sand fencing and beach grass
Section 4 – 2020 the beach is restoredSodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Panel detail: a pointed old crib timber lying in snow, with text explaining rock-filled timber cribs
Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Panel section 'In 1834, a new beach begins...' with an aerial photo of the beach showing shorelines by year
Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Sodus Point Beach interpretive panel, 'Sodus Beach is a Created Natural Treasure', on a lawn above the lake
Sodus Point Beach Interpretive Panel. Photo by Bruce Farrington 2021Sodus Beach Interpretive PanelPhoto by Bruce Farrington
Sodus Bay Historical Society logo with the title 'History Alive On-Line presentation of Sodus Bay, The Beautiful'
Sodus Bay, The Beautiful
Newspaper column headed 'Twenty Years Ago', listing local news items about Sodus Point and nearby towns
Rexall Drug Store – 1965
The Malt House, a brick building lettered 'The Genesee Brewing Co.' beside tall silos, seen from the trestle
The Malt House as it appeared from the top of the coal trestle. Photo from Ken MayMalt HousePhoto by Bill Huff Jr.
Water skiers forming pyramids while towed across the bay, a large building on the far shore
Winter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Greg Switzder
Jacob Dunning, standing, with two seated men in matching banded caps, wool jackets and tall boots, about 1865
Above photograph of Jacob Dunning (man standing) circa 1865. Jacob is one of the local sailors listed below.…Sodus Point Sailors 1854 – 1914Courtesy of Allison Reed
Newspaper photo of the Driftwood Lounge and its pizza sign half buried in snowdrifts after the Storm of '93
Photo from the March 18, 1993 Wayne County StarSodus Pt. Fish & Crab House
Front and back of a hand-colored postcard, 'Sodus Bay and Lake Ontario', a curving beach, with a handwritten note
Old Postcards
Postcard of the Sodus Point bathing beach with striped umbrellas and sunbathers, a pier lighthouse in the distance
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard 'Station, Sodus Center, N.Y.': steam locomotive and cars beside a wooden depot, windmill behind
Old Postcards
Postcard 'Lake Bluff Showing Lake and Bay, Sodus Bay, N.Y.': a clay bluff above a beach, woods and bay behind
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard of 'Chimney Bluffs, Sodus Bay, N.Y.', eroded clay spires above the lake
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard of the boat landing at Lake Bluff: a row of boathouses beneath a wooded bluff
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard of the steamer Sunbeam at Lake Bluff Dock below wooded hills in autumn colors
Old Postcards
Postcard 'Yacht Club, Sodus Point, N.Y.': sailboats moored beside a clubhouse with a red roof and screened porch
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard of a long wooden footbridge to a pier, labeled 'Sodus Bay Yacht Club'
Old Postcards
Hand-colored postcard 'The Beacon, Big Sodus Bay, Sodus Point, N.Y.': plank pier leading to a small light
Old Postcards