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

Pebble beach curving to a wooded bluff on the blue lake, bare shrub branches in the foreground — Freedom Hill

Greig Street storefronts with ice cream and Coney sausage signs, a flag above and people on the walk — Greig Street 1913

The former Harris House, a long two-story building with double porches and outside stairs, above a snowy lawn — Today the former Harris House is apartments but still bears a close resemblance to its former days. Photo…Harris HousePhoto by Edith Farrington

Harris House about 1910: large two-story frame building with a long front porch and a tall windmill beside it — The Harris House Circa 1910 with its distinctive Windmill. Photo courtesy of John Powell from his book "Old…Harris HouseCourtesy of John Powell

Large group of schoolchildren in rows before a clapboard building, a woman in a long dark dress at each end — Community Center (former Schoolhouse)Courtesy of Jeffrey Corbin

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Tests show raid yielded flour, cocaine', marked 1980 by hand — DolphinCourtesy of Art Putnam

Man seated on the bow of George Helfer's white boat 'Driftwood', numbered 8A13, at a dock — George Helfer's boat "Driftwood" is pictured above. The young man in the photo is believed to be Bill…Boat Mail Delivery on Sodus BayCourtesy of Art Putnam

Floodwater in front of Schaible's Tavern, a two-story building signed 'Tap Room Dining Dancing' — Sodus Point HotelCourtesy of Stuart Balch and Mark Jones Sr.

Book page with an engraved portrait of Luther Redfield, describing his militia company's march to Sodus in June 1813 — Battle of Sodus Point – War of 1812

Screenshot of a genealogy record for Pvt. Benjamin Clark from New York Civil War muster registers — Civil WarCourtesy of Barbara Bissell Erway

Poplar Grove National Cemetery: rows of small white headstones on a lawn beneath a tall U.S. flag and pines — Poplar Grove National Cemetery.Civil WarCourtesy of Barbara Bissell Erway

Civil War muster roll card for Benjamin Clark of Sodus, a sailor, killed in action at the Wilderness, May 1864 — Benjamin Clark's muster card.Civil WarCourtesy of Barbara Bissell Erway

Typed page, 'Page 1 continued', describing the fire, the Balch family's losses and a truck kept at the malt house — After the Fire Hall was burned, the newly purchased fire trucks were kept at the Genesee Malt House…Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Typed article about the Sodus Point Fire Hall burning on Christmas Eve, 12/24/1953 — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Long, low wooden camp buildings across a grassy field with tall trees behind, the print marked 'Nov 66' — Camp BeechwoodCourtesy of Susan Ketterer Coco

Large canvas tent on a wooden platform with cots inside, under trees; print dated 'Nov 66' — Camp Beechwood

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Ex-Newark Pitcher Performs Skiing Feat', about Frank Monje's 115-mile ski run — The Man Who Waterskied Across the Lake

Shirtless Frank Monje holds a wooden water ski aboard a boat beside a pier, friends nearby — Frank Monje and friends the morning he crossed the lake.The Man Who Waterskied Across the LakeCourtesy of Vicki Bolleman Fischer

Frank riding a wooden board across the bay with a black dog, Surf, holding the tow rope amid spray — Frank and "Surf" waterskiing on the bay.The Man Who Waterskied Across the LakeCourtesy of Vicki Bolleman Fisher

Augustus L. Hoffman adjusting a tall case clock, with a banjo-style wall clock hanging beside him — Augustus L. Hoffman (1856 – 1945) was a retail Jeweler and Watchman who owned a Jewelry shop in…Viking Spear Head

Four men standing outside the S.B. Gavitt bank storefront, labeled 'Banking House of Saxon B. Gavitt' — Photo of Saxon B. Gavitt outside his bank.Viking Spear HeadCourtesy of Lyons National Bank

James Curran editor of the Sault Daily Star. Photo courtesy of SooToday.comViking Spear HeadCourtesy of SooToday

Portrait of Dr. Charles Trick Currelly in round wire glasses, a tweed jacket and patterned tie — Dr. Charles Trick Currelly was the first curator and director of the Royal Ontario Museum from 1907 -…Viking Spear HeadCourtesy of Wikipedia

Man at the open door of a white car lettered 'Raymer's Boat Livery, Sodus Point, NY' — Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970sCourtesy of Adam Helix

Snapshot of a pickup truck lettered 'Raymer's Boat Livery, Sodus Point NY, Bait & Tackle, Marine Supplies' — Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970sCourtesy of Adam Felix

Man in overalls and cap standing with a goat in the street in front of the Red & White store — Red and White Grocery- 1930sCourtesy of Jo Ellen Arney

Bay Shore House, a large two-story building with double verandas and a rooftop cupola, facing a muddy yard — Bay Shore HouseCourtesy of Bruce Farrington

Postcard of the New Bay Shore House, a long two-story hotel with cupolas and wraparound porches — Bay Shore HouseCourtesy of Bruce Farrington

Ice Harvesting on Sodus Bay (1835–1939)Courtesy of William Bullard

Green and yellow dolphinfish, or mahi-mahi, swimming in deep blue water — Dolphin

E. A. Button store, a glass-fronted shop with a woman in the doorway and a child seated on the porch — Photo from the Collection of Naomi Sill TaylorE A Button General Store – 1907

Advertisement for the Sodus Point Hotel and Boat Livery, with a photo of the hotel and old cars out front — An Ad for the Sodus Point Hotel from the Sodus Point, NY Year 'Round Vacation Wonderland (Page 2)…Sodus Point HotelCourtesy of Stuart Balch and Mark Jones Sr.

Newspaper clipping dated 5-23-56 of three smiling children and a railroad man in a cap at a locomotive cab window — A photo of Harold Pennycoff.Railroad RoundhouseCourtesy of Robert VanEe

Crane barge lifting a clamshell bucket beside a red tugboat on open water — Dredging (2018)Photo by Richard Palmer

Yellow pencil printed with cartoon characters and red letter M logos, lying on a dark speckled countertop — McSnack – 1989

Man in a cap, tinted glasses and leather jacket seated at a large office desk covered with papers — Newport familyCourtesy of Bob Jones

Faded photo of men and women seated along a long bar lined with liquor bottles — Dolphin

Pink-tinted snapshot of a crowded bar, a man in a white T-shirt with both hands on his head — Dolphin

Sheldon Furber at the Dolphin bar receiving a huge glass of beer from a woman in a headscarf — Sheldon Furber receives a massive glass of beer inside The Dolphin in 1958.Dolphin

Printed sailing-directions text headed 'Big Sodus Bay', describing the harbor and its channel between piers — 1857 Chart of Sodus BayCourtesy of Richard Palmer

1857 chart of Big Sodus Bay with soundings in feet, the harbor piers, beacon light and a ship building yard — 1857 Chart of Sodus BayCourtesy of Richard Palmer

Title page, 'The Harbours and Ports of Lake Ontario, in a Series of Charts', Edward M. Hodder, 1857 — 1857 Chart of Sodus BayCourtesy of Richard Palmer

The Pit Stop, a white convenience store with a Sunoco gas canopy and price sign at a road corner — Pit Stop as it appears today (2018).Gulf Stations – 1950sCourtesy of Edith Farrington

Tal Jones in glasses and a cardigan pumping gas between Gulf pumps, a dairy delivery truck behind — Bob Jone's father (Tal Jones) pumping gas circa 1962. Gas prices were approx. 30 cents a gallon.Gulf Stations – 1950sCourtesy of Bob Jones

The Gulf Station in the 1950s: white building with bays marked 'Gulflex' and 'Washing' under a tall Gulf sign — The Gulf Station in the 1950s.Gulf Stations – 1950sCourtesy of Bruce Farrington

Two-story clapboard building with a 'Helfer's Boat Livery Restaurant' sign above a long porch roof, beside the road — Helfer’s Boat Livery – 1930sCourtesy of Greg Switzer

Aerial view of waterfront buildings, docks and parking along a road, the roller skating rink at center — An aerial view of the Roller Skating Rink (center on the water) circa 1967/1968.Bayshore Amusement ParkCourtesy of Bob Chase Jr.

Weathered white clapboard building with a 'Helfer's Boat Livery Restaurant' sign and boarded windows — Helfer's Boat Livery and Restaurant taken in the 1930s. Photo courtesy Greg Switzer. This would have been located…Helfer’s Boat Livery – 1930sCourtesy of Greg Switzer