GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION ADDED TO TOWN ARCHIVES

Bob Griffin of Berne, New York has graciously shared his grandmother’s photos of South Bethlehem in the early 1900’s. Harriet Van Atten Griffin had many photos in her album including views of South Street homes, Callanan’s, swimming on Snyder’s Creek, family photos and three of Rupert Wiltsie in uniform “back from France” in 1919.  Bob himself grew up in the hamlet of South Bethlehem and shares his memories in his essay “Growing up in South Bethlehem in the Early 1950’s and 60’s.”

Harriet Van Atten Griffin, c. 1919

Friends of Harriet Griffin, c. 1919

South Street, c. 1919

South Street, August 2008

Palmer House, c. 1919

Palmer House, 2008

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