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

Crowd in jackets lined up outside the Sodus Point Bait Shop beneath Texaco and Kendall signs — Sodus Point Bait Shop (late 1970s) during 1st ESLO Derby.Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970sCourtesy of Bob Chase Jr.

Newspaper photo of customers at the window of a small McDonald's McSnack stand — McSnack – 1989Courtesy of Kelly Grey

Yellow and orange snowmobiles lined up in the snow, riders in snowsuits and helmets standing beside them — Winter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.

Elevated view across the bay: a boathouse on pilings, barges and a crane, houses along the far shore — Looking over the BayCourtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.

Gill net hung to dry on a wooden frame by a dock, a round Gulf gas station sign behind — Gill net drying in the sun.Fish PiratesCourtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.

Oscar Fuerst, Bob Chase Sr., John DeVey and Bill Koush with dip nets around a truck tailgate heaped with smelt — Smelt at the Point. 1962 Photo courtesy of Bob Chase, Jr, From left to right: Oscar Fuerst, Bob…Smelting – 1950s and 1960sCourtesy of Bob Chase, Jr

Rowboats tied in front of 'Walsh's Boat Livery' and the two-story 'Walsh House', reflected in water — Whiskey JimCourtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.

Postcard 'Old Saw Mill, Sodus Bay, N.Y.': weathered open-sided wooden mill building in tall grass — Area MillsCourtesy of Dick Ransley

Man and boy on top of the coal trestle, looking down at railcars heaped with coal beneath a hoisting machine — Coal Trestle PhotosCourtesy of Dick Ransley

Flooded village street with a horse and wagon wading through and buildings along both sides — FloodingCourtesy of Dick Ransley

Man in a cap crouching with a small child on the sidewalk outside a store with a Coca-Cola sign — Rexall Drug Store – 1965

Dozens of small sailboats and motorboats on the bay near a shoreline clubhouse — Sailboat Racing – 1958Courtesy of Dick Ransley

DoVille's ice cream stand with a 'Home Made Cones' sign, a man and a woman in white aprons out front — DoVille’s Ice Cream Stand – late 1940sCourtesy of Dick Ransley

Rusty red one-cent electric shocker machine from the Rexall Drug Store, with a dial and two metal grips — The original Rexall Drug Shocker! Photo courtesy of Rusty Schryer who owns it!Rexall Drug Store – 1965Courtesy of Rusty Schryer

Boy standing on the hood of a green station wagon beside a man, Steuerwald's diner and pizza signs behind — Steuerwalds Silver Dollar – 1960Courtesy of Dick Ransley

Roadside eateries with signs for a coffee shop, 'Steuerwalds Hot Dog King', pizza, hots and a restaurant — Steuerwalds Silver Dollar – 1960Courtesy of Dick Ransley

Two women behind the counter of the Rexall Drug Store, shelves of medicines and supplies behind them — Rexall Drug Store – 1965

Man in a white shirt behind a store counter stacked with candy, shelves of medicine bottles behind him — Rexall Drug Store – 1965

Man in a white jacket and bow tie in a drugstore aisle under a 'Prescriptions' sign, postcard rack at right — Rexall Drug Store – 1965Courtesy of Dick Ransley

Knobby carved wooden head wearing a white captain's hat and a pipe, displayed by Sealtest ice cream signs — Rexall Drug Store – 1965Courtesy of Dick Ransley

Rexall drug store front with window displays, two people at the door and a white station wagon parked outside — Rexall Drug Store – 1965Courtesy of Dick Ransley

Varnished wooden runabout with a green hull bottom speeding across the water, two people aboard — ProhibitionCourtesy of Syd Marsden

Varnished wooden runabout with two people aboard cruising on open water, a small American flag at the stern — Prohibition

Handwritten postcard of the 'Old Stone Lighthouse on Lake Ontario at Sodus Point', with people on the beach — Second Pier – 1906

Camp staff in white blouses and neckerchiefs posed in rows on grass, captioned 'Camp Beech-wood Staff 1969' — Camp Beechwood

Two-story house on a hillside with people on the lawn and an old touring car on the dirt drive — The year is 1924. The French Heirs to the King of France have decided to sell the large…Sodus Bay Heights & the King of France

Auto insurance card for the Sodus Point Board of Fire Commissioners covering a 1940 Pontiac station wagon — First Ambulance – 1940Courtesy of Stuart Balch and Mike Jones Sr.

Dark station-wagon ambulance lettered 'S.P.F.D. Sodus Point', parked by snowbanks and bare trees — First Ambulance – 1940Courtesy of Stuart Balch and Mike Jones Sr.

Newspaper article headlined 'Three-Hour Blaze Ravages Sodus Pt. Apartment Building' — Bacorn Building Fire – February 1972

Book page titled '1972 Bacorn Building Fire' with two photos of the ice-coated, smoke-damaged building — Photos courtesy of the Sodus Point Volunteer Firemen 1910 – 2010 Commemorative Anniversary Book Page 71 The following…Bacorn Building Fire – February 1972

Six men behind a Ford pickup heaped with smelt and buckets, lettered 'Live Bait & Boat Livery' — Smelting – 1950s and 1960sCourtesy of Jim Russell

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Sodus Point Hotel, Landmark, Virtually Destroyed in Fire' — Sodus Point HotelCourtesy of Stuart Balch and Mark Jones Sr.

Newspaper clipping dated Dec. 27, 1954: two photos of firemen spraying the burning Sodus Point Hotel — Sodus Point HotelCourtesy of Stuart Balch and Mark Jones Sr.

1972 newspaper clipping headlined 'They're no quacks': Sodus Point firemen aboard their amphibious 'Duck' — Sodus Point Fire Dept. “Duck”

Hand-drawn map of Sodus Bay annotated in red with settlers, landmarks and dates, prepared by Joan K. Kelly 6/74 — 1974 Annotated Sodus Bay Map

Hand-drawn 'Plan of Troupville' map of streets and Troup Park between Lake Ontario and Great Sodus Bay, 1810 — Troupville – 1810Courtesy of Art Putnam

Atlas map of Sodus showing Great Sodus Bay, Sodus Point and the 'Proposed City of Sodus Bay' — The City of Sodus Bay

Mural titled 'Historic Sodus Point': a bird's-eye view of silos, a long trestle with a docked ship, and the bay — Historic Sodus Point Mural

Faded photo of children on a spinning airplane ride as two adults watch, a Ferris wheel behind — Sands Points Amusement ParkCourtesy of Laurie Hayden

Pennsylvania Decapod steam locomotive pouring smoke as it pushes coal cars toward the trestle, a freighter beyond — Pennsylvania Decapod pushing a string of coal cars onto the Sodus Point coal trestle. Early 1950's Ron Wright…Coal Trestle Photos

Lake freighter loading at the coal trestle under a long conveyor boom, small boats moored in the foreground — Coal Trestle PhotosCourtesy of Richard Palmer Bayswater Shipping

Diesel locomotive lettered 'Pennsylvania' hauling hopper cars across a trestle over a road, cars parked below — Coal Trestle PhotosCourtesy of Sandi Hamilton

Volkswagen Beetle perched atop a crumbling shingled wooden tower, with broken timbers around its base — The Story of the Pier Lights

Hand-colored postcard 'The Sentinels, Sodus Bay Harbor N.Y.': two pier lights on a long stone pier — Originally, the Sodus Bay pier had two pier lights known as "The Sentinels" (see above).The Story of the Pier Lights

Sepia photo captioned 'Yacht Wrinkle, Sodus Bay, N.Y.': a long canopied motor launch full of passengers, flag at stern — Wrinkle Yacht – 1913

Small gray-sided cottage with a tall whitewashed chimney among bare trees, a trellis on its front — Maxwell Settlement

Two people walking along a country road past overgrown, weathered buildings among bare trees — Maxwell Settlement

Newspaper photos: Leon Newport behind a row of caught fish, and Bertha Newport receiving a key to the city — Maxwell Settlement