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West Main St -- From Kenyon House to Laurence Home


West Main St from the Kenyon House to the Laurence home which later became the McNitt home. You can actually see the Gardner House sign at the far right of the image.

From left to right I read the notes above the buildings as

Mrs. Laurence Residence

Chronicle Office

Hardware Store

Drug Store

Potter Bros Store - View a Potter Brothers ad in the April 16, 1913 edition of the Morris Chronicle by clicking on the link below the photos.

Chester Thurlow Backus

A Morris resident who served the town, the county, and the state through election to various offices as described in The Oneonta Star graphic shown below.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95145225/chester-thurlow-backus

Village Reservoir


The village of Morris Reservoir provided flood protection and a steady drinking water supply. Take a few minutes to read the description of the reservoir and water system funded by Dr. Lewis Rutherfurd Morris in the attached page of The Morris Chronicle from April 22, 1914.


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Main St, Looking West


A rainy day in the late 50s or 1960.
Click on files below to zoom in on image.

Advertising Rulers


Naylor Ruler front - undated
These rulers are not to scale. The Sloan ruler is a 12 inch ruler but the others are 6 inch.


Naylor Ruler back


Morris Rotary Celebrates 60th Year. The other side of this ruler is blank.

A Token from the Morris Inn


The token is 7/8 inch across and made of metal, perhaps brass.

GOOD FOR 5 IN TRADE.

5 What? 5 beers, 5 drinks, 5 dollars?

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