It convinced me, at that time, that this was a profession that I would want to pursue. It wasn’t the money– I would have paid for the opportunity to be an announcer.” WHAM was founded by Kodak’s founder George Eastman, and was later sold to Stromberg-Carlson, a dominant and ...
Morrison’s, Main Street downtown, Broadway/Fillmore, and North Tonawanda. 1960. (Buffalo Stories archives) Hengerer’s, Kobacher’s, Neisner’s, Sattler’s and the Sample sold men’s and women’s fashions. Neisner’s. Main Street Downtown, Broadway near Fillmore, and Bailey Avenue. 196...
Thousands of people who at an early day went overland to Utah, Oregon and California drew their supply of meat from the buffalo. Where this life preserver was found, it was known that, by following their paths, near by water would be found. The principal article of fuel found on the ...
It was discouraging to both the members of the church and the presiding elders of the Methodist Church locally, as Asbury was considered to be the most beautiful church edifice in Buffalo if the property were to be sold due to lack of payment. The pastor, Dr. Leak, traveled across the ci...
The house at 685 Main Street was sold in February 1893 to the “Business Mens Investment Association.” The house was rented out to Dr. L. E. DeCouriander and became the Buffalo Sanitorium/Invalids’ Hotel. The former house site is now the location of Town Ballroom. The Great Wells ...
Roast beef sandwiches aren’t unusual either, but once again, Buffalo does its thing to make a food its own.This isn’t Chicago-style Italian roast beef and it certainly isn’t that thin, slippery stuff that Arby’s passes off as meat. In Buffalo, a beef on weck features hand-carved ...
Edward Jr sold WEBR in 1942 to the Courier-Express. In 1928, Mrs. Kate Butler gifted the University of Buffalo with the tower clock in Hayes Hall and the four bells accompanying it. Mrs. Butler was a member of the Council of the University of Buffalo. The bells and the clock were ...
special bread created in Buffalo many years ago. The secret is that the traditional kummelweck roll has a sprinkling of kosher salt and caraway seeds atop it. This unique soft, but slightly chewy roll, with it’s salty surface creates the perfect complement to a shaved, smoked beef meat ...
William Frederick Cody was born on a farm just outside Le Claire, Iowa, on February 26, 1846. When William was seven years old, his parents, Isaac and Mary Ann Cody, sold their farm and moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Codys arrived in a Kansas that was in the throes of a ...
An Illinois man is suing Buffalo Wild Wings, arguing that the "boneless wings" are "not wings at all" and are made from slices of deep-fried chicken breast meat, which is more similar to chicken nuggets than wings. (Read more about that here.) In a world where people are always lookin...