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

Green street sign reading 'Christian Holler Rd' against evergreen branches and blue sky — Christian Holler

Green and purple northern lights over a calm lake, a red light glowing near a long pier — Sky over Sodus Bay

Person rowing a boat down a flooded street lined with bare trees, people standing at the water's edge — FloodingCourtesy of Wayne County Historical Society

Long wall of sandbags piled along a yard by a large tree, high water beyond, people and a pickup nearby — Flooding

Flooded street with a 'Road Closed' barricade standing in the water, houses and bare trees beyond — Flooding

Four men standing on boards inside a flooded wooden enclosure at the shoreline, the bay behind — Flooding

Four people filling sandbags from a sand pile beside a driveway, a pickup truck loaded with bags — Flooding

Floodwater covering the yard and garage entrance of a two-story house, a neighboring house at right — Flooding

Man in a tan jacket by a wall of sandbags along the flooded shore, a dog and overturned boat nearby — Flooding

Smiling man in a green field jacket kneeling in sand among filled sandbags — Flooding

Man in jeans and a jacket reclining in a wheelbarrow, holding a can, beside a white shed — Flooding

People shoveling a large pile of sand and filling sandbags in a yard, boats parked across the road — Flooding

Sepia snapshot of a brick structure standing in the water, a rowboat nearby and a distant shore — Flooding

Floodwater surrounding a two-story cottage, a rowboat floating by its front windows — Flooding

Rowboat floating in floodwater between two houses, a tree standing in the water and the lake beyond — Flooding

Man standing behind a rowboat floating in floodwater beside a white clapboard house — Flooding

Larry Briggs in waders standing in floodwater between houses, holding a spear with a fish on its end — Larry Briggs spear Fishing at the loop in 1953. Prior to 1957, the loop flooded very often in…FloodingCourtesy of Larry Briggs

Uncle Max holding a young goat in his arms beside a parked sedan — Uncle Max and another one of his many pets. This time a goat. Photo courtesy of Larry Briggs.…The Horse That Drank BeerCourtesy of Larry Briggs

John Bensley (Ben) Kerr, a man in a three-piece suit with a watch chain, seated in a studio chair — John Bensley (Ben) Kerr 1884-1929Prohibition

Martimas, a long, low motor launch with portholes and an enclosed cabin, moored at a seawall — Martimas …. photo from the Albert R. Stone Collection, Rochester Museum & Science CenterProhibition

Adrian 'Babe' Bolleman in a helmet and uniform, crouching with a gun beside wreckage; handwritten 'Grandpa 1946' — Adrian L. "Babe" Bolleman in China 1946. Silver Star and DSC recipient.Town of Sodus Deceased Veterans ListsCourtesy of Vicki Bolleman Fisher

Daniel Phillips in a long buttoned uniform coat and boots, standing with a hand on a carved chair — Another photo of Daniel Phillips. Both photos are courtesy of Dan Patchett who is Daniel Phillips' great-grandson.Civil WarCourtesy of Dan Patchett

Daniel Phillips in Union Army uniform holding a rifle before a painted camp backdrop with a U.S. flag — Civil War

Book page with a photo of the Home Comfort Cottage, a large porched frame building, above a paragraph of text — Photo and writeup courtesy of Rosa Fox and her book Great Sodus Bay Page 73Home Comfort CottageCourtesy of Rosa Fox

Metal plaque 'Robert Trent Jones, Sr.: It All Started Here at Sodus Bay Heights' beside the golf course — Also located at 7030 Bay View Drive, Sodus Point, NY east side of the street. It is right…Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Plaques

Men and women seated along a long wooden bar with beer bottles, smiling at the camera — Sodus Pt. Fish & Crab HouseCourtesy of Sandi Primmer After

Book page with two photos of the tall E.B. Parson's malt house and grain elevator on the waterfront, with captions — Photos and writeup courtesy of Rosa Fox from her book "Great Sodus Bay" Page 87Malt HouseCourtesy of Rosa Fox

Two smiling men in red and white tunic costumes with rope belts, arms around each other — Dolphin

Crowd outside a low building watching a person in a furry costume beside a motorboat — Dolphin

Jim Chittenden, as Santa Claus, flying in under a kite-style hang glider above the water at dusk — Jim Chittenden "Santa Claus" arriving by Kite.DolphinCourtesy of Mick Viniski

Crowd waiting outside the Dolphin at dusk for the Joe Cocker concert, an orange car parked in front — Crowd waiting outside to get in to the Joe Cocker Concert at the Dolphin.DolphinCourtesy of Mick Viniski

Mick as a young man, bearded, in a green hooded jacket, crouching beside a car by a garage door — Mick as a young man!DolphinCourtesy of Mick Viniski

Henry Viniski in a doorway below the hanging Dolphin sign at dusk, a car parked on the street — Henry Viniski and the Dolphin sign.DolphinCourtesy of Mick Viniski

Woman holding a baby, with two young children, beside crowded shelves inside the Rexall Drug Store — A picture of the Rexall Drug Store. The store was across the street from what is now the…Dannys SuperetteCourtesy of Daniel Underhill

Newspaper ad for Danny's Superette on Bay St., offering meats, groceries, cold beer, vegetables, ice cream and candy — Memorial Day ad, circa 1954.Dannys SuperetteCourtesy of Ned Ludd

Danny's Superette storefront with a Pepsi-Cola sign and a window card: 'We Sell That Helluva Good Cheese' — Dannys SuperettePhoto by Kathy DeMarco

Painting of men and women escaping through a dark swamp, a crouching figure in a hat leading the way — Underground Railroad in Local History

'Underground RR' marker naming a believed safe house of abolitionists Elizabeth and John Preston — Underground Railroad plaque

Illustration of a horse-powered ferry carrying a wagon, with a diagram of horses on a turntable driving paddlewheels — Horse Powered BoatCourtesy of Richard Palmer Oswego Commercial Times Saturday

Original coal trestle: long timber pier with a three-masted schooner alongside, marked 'Sodus Bay, N.Y.' — Original Coal Trestle.Coal TrestleCourtesy of Richard Palmer

Hand-colored postcard of the steamer Arundell turning in the bay, smoke pouring from its stack, handwritten note below — Arundell backwater turn 1907ArundellCourtesy of Richard Palmer

The steamer Arundell trailing black smoke past the end of a long wooden pier with a lighthouse — ArundellCourtesy of Richard Palmer

Steamer Arundell entering the channel past the pier lighthouse in choppy water, 1907 — Arundell coming in the channel 1907ArundellCourtesy of Richard Palmer

The steamer Arundell, smoke trailing from its stack, passing a pier lighthouse in choppy water — Arundell at Sodus Point 1907ArundellCourtesy of Richard Palmer

Oval portrait of Horatio Throop, a gray-haired man with a chin beard, dark coat and bow tie — Horatio Throop pictured in the photo above was not only a prominent ship builder in Pultneyville, but was…Vessels Built in our AreaCourtesy of Richard Palmer

Bay Shore 'Dancing Roller Skating' building behind a Krenzer Marine pickup, a graffiti-covered van and people — A rare photo of the Bayshore Amusement Park.Bayshore Amusement ParkCourtesy of Greg Switzer

Bearded man in a cap and suspenders by a small boat on a dock, labeled 'Henry DoVille Sr., boat builder' — Doville Ship BuildingCourtesy of Richard Palmer A

Sodus Point Water Ski Club members forming a three-tier human pyramid on a dock, holding tow ropes — The Sodus Point Water Ski Club.Happy DaysCourtesy of Greg Switzer