Ferry Street (left) intersection at Bailey Avenue, 1938. Photo taken from the gas station on the south corner.


The same perspective December 2002


Looking south along Bailey Avenue; Ferry Street begins at the right. Visible in this photo are the overhead
trolley wires, a city bus ("Clevenland Hill"), H.S. Nelson Used Cars, notice that parking is 10 cents,
billboard about the circus that will be in town April 18 - 23. At the gas station (right), the sign advertises
gas for 11 cents a gallon ($1.31 per gallon in 2001 dollars).


The same perspective December 2002

 

 

Back to WNY Heritage Press Home Page