The Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY, United States
Michael Horowitz has spent 50 years documenting the rapidly disappearing places throughout the Northeast, using his lens to preserve them for our cultural memory. His book Cathedrals of Industry: Exploring the Factories and Infrastructure That Made America features the factories of Streit's Matzo and Joyva and the last silk flower workshop in New York City’s Garment District, but… Continue Reading Exploring Buffalo’s Industrial Past: Featuring 50 Years of Photographs
The Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY, United States
One of Buffalo’s least remembered yet most historically significant heroes was Major General Bennet C. Riley. He served in the U.S. Army for 40 years from the War of 1812 through the Mexican War and culminated with his serving as the last military governor of California during the famous “California Gold Rush”. In the early… Continue Reading Happy Hour History: The Life and Times of Bennet Riley
