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Seminole Way in Brighton and the era of racial covenants
[Intersection of Seminole Way and Sylvan Road] As seen in (Un) Writing an old wrong in...
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Fearing her horoscope, Leslie trudges to the top of Cobb’s Hill. There, Talker communes with spirits.
[David Kramer at Cobb’s Hill with Eugene Kramer’s ear trumpet Eugene by used to jam...
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Leif Erickson and Columbus Discover Rochester
[Christopher Columbus, 99 Exchange Blvd, Rochester Civic Center, Hall of Justice. Description:...
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James Fenimore Cooper and the Genesee Porcupine
[James Fenimore Cooper, 1822. Except where indicated images provided by Michael Nighan] By Michael...
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The Lake Steamer “Rochester”: A Witness to Tragedy
[Bessie Edgerton launches the Rochester (1910). Images provided by Michael Nighan] By Michael J....
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Helen’s Monument
[Helen Pitts Douglass] By Michael J. Nighan Helen Pitts Douglass was dying. At 66 years of age,...
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Marian Anderson at the Eastman Theatre: The Transformation Begins
[Eastman Theater, Photo: David Kramer 12/4/20 from At least 17 recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize...
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The Trial of John B. Robertson: Rochester’s Banker to the Living and the Dead
[1857 gold dollar. As a banker, Robertson would have handled many of these. Except where...
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What’s (Not) in Your Wallet?
[left: For those tired of waiting for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to put Harriet Tubman...
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Washington Irving Crosses the Genesee
[View of Rochester’s Market Bridge. Images provided by Michael Nighan] by Michael J. Nighan...
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Remembering Armistice Day, 11/11/1918, at the Brighton Memorial Library and Buckland Park
[11/9/21 Brighton Memorial Library. (left) David Kramer with the 11/11/1918 edition of the...
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Happy 80th birthday, Spanish-American War Eagle, even if your wars were not just.
[Photo: Jim Barclay. Commissioned and owned by David Kramer] Tuesday the 26th marks the 80th...
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Will the world end on Friday? Only Audrey knows, and she’s not telling.
[Cobb’s Hill, October 16th, 2021, Audrey Boyce with the Magic 8 Ball. Photo: a Millerite] On...
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Remembering 9/11 at Monroe Community College, Highland Park and the War Memorial
[9/11/21 American flag at the Twentieth Annual Remembrance Ceremony at the Brighton campus of...
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Hawthorne and the Pandemic Visit the Instantaneous City
[Hawthorne portrait by Henry Inman (1835); Peabody Essex Museum. Except where indicated, all...
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Now is the time to rename the Major Charles Carroll Plaza the Captain Charles Price Plaza
[View of the Major Charles Carroll Plaza from the west side of the Genesee River. Photo: David...
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Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2021...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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For our 7th, Bill Pruitt offers “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TALKER ’22”
[Talker of the Town is on the screen. Photo: David Kramer, see Happy Birthday Mom, we miss you so]...
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