Artifacts at the Historical Society

Below is a brief listing of some of our artifacts we have at the Society.  Some of the paper artifacts are quite large in volume so our listings do not necessarily indicate its size
Non-Paper Artifacts
Paper Artifacts

  • 1920's Flapper Dress worn in play for Sesquicentennial FL
  • Bed springs and wooden slats made or sold in FL
  • Real to Real recordings~(25) from FL Skating rink -poor condition needs restored
  • Boy Scout back pack
  • FL Fire Dept 100th Yr tee shirt
  • Concrete Marker found in Lakeside Assembly Area reads Walter Simmons COB.NYHA Any knowledge about artifact would be appreciated
  • Tintype photos and CD photo of FL Main St ~1898
  • CD's and DVD's interview by DR. Chip Howard
  • Collection of variety of artifacts from Steel's store in FL and other paper articles
  • Wooded Rice sign, and other older signs -possibly Pre-school signs
  • DVD interview of Jim Ringo by Greg Peterson 1997
  • Painted cupboard,glass shelves
  • 2 Girl Scout uniforms 
  • 3 plaster paintings from Steele store that used to be across from old Tastee Freeze
  • Past and present Fire Chiefs 2009
  • Procter Chev key chain, Ace's Service Station advertising,Sesquicentennial pins, other advertising
  • Photos that used to hang in Ship and Shore
  • Photo mounted on plastic board FL downtown ~1898
  • DVD of Story of Clymer in pictures from town historian
  • Model of water wheel later constructed at Gazebo Park and other booklets and pamphlets of advertising of businesses in and around our area most 50-60's Era
  • Black and Blue wool bathing suit 
  • Army Jacket Uniform,White Navy top,dk blue Navy top,hats , pants wool blankets, 
  • Variety of old advertising from area, Peak and Peak
  • Video class of 1945 reunion 1992
  • Old FL Hardware yardstick -old
  • Baseball cps of Camp Findley,Jack Saddle Shop

  • Dr. Paul Mueller's WW2 artifacts belt, bayonet, curved knife,
    nose timer ?
  • Multiple areal photo's of FL
  • John Russell Stickney veterans WW1 items he brought home from France where he fought the Germans.  more than 20-30 items he accumulated while in service and at home that parents collected. metals ,pictures,coins booklets,maps posters
  • Brass Powder Hara?
  • Virginia M. TenHagen  memorabilia.
  • 1929 Painting by Ethel Stilwell
  • Multiple tintypes,tins of various descriptions, videos about WW2, Great Scenic American RR,Walter Cronkite videos, boxes of video's,old quilts
  • One Chair from Ship and shore, Organ and Bench and speakers from FL Roller Rink,Maude Skinner's hand held school bell, old FL School House Pump Swing -now banned, 13 pewter figurines depicting old crafts and careers 
  • Home made Baby cradle used by Lee Wright Family
  • Banister made by Carson Findley for daughters house (Evans Farm) on rt 426 House raised in 2002
  • Rusty lanterns found in FL one says port on Starboard, millstone,saw blade buggy wheel
  • Lg gavel presented to Robert Fergus 1966-1986
  • 2 - 13'.5" fishing poles used on FL,old bottles W/ FL label, and other bottles.
  • Roller Rink Jacket,48 star flag, bearing that was used in gristmill l/ lumber mill.  bearing between the two grinding wheels., portion of saw wheel found digging ground possibly from  Swartz saw mill to make waterwheel 1999
  • Ozella's Nuttall's organ and Leslee speaker-Same one in Roller Rink
  • 2 painting by Anne Gould of downtown FL , Home of Paul and Halcyon's home  10420 Main St and cross stitch of bird 1996
  • Gaff Hook for Big Muskies in FL once owned by Hubert (Pete) Heerlein  and photo's from 40's 
  • Indian costumes used in play?
  • 2 signs Bird'snest Cafe and Main Street Cafe
  • Tee Shirt 1999 FL Meth Church play -names of cast and crew
  • Lapel pin for Corry Hosp opening 2012
  • Lisc plate Fire Dept ,FL NY
  • JJ Finns Microscope ~1908-1942 retired at 80 yrs old
  • Overland Service-metal sign L F Swartz

  • Metal piece found in spillway reads FL NY grange
  • Masonic Registers 1896-1932  Olive Lodge 575 ACACIA 96 O.E.S
  • Variety of legal correspondence with Mrs Gallop about pension due her , from Civil War ,House of Rep etc~1908
  • Verna Gabriel's scrapbooks ~1940's-1970's /2 vol 1870's-1905
  • Copy of deeds from lots 165,167,65,67 from 1900's
  • History of Chautauqua 1894   History of Chaut. Co and its peopleVol1-3 History of Allegheny Co Pa 1889  German for Beginners 1928  Vignettes i  Chaut. Co Politics and several others old books not so historical
  • Old misc photos Chaut. Assembly 1907, and other postcards etc. of FL and phone book 1908
  • 88 issues of  Snewser Newsletter - newsletter sent to men in WW11 about news at home ,misc snapshots embroidery hoop
  • 3 FL Breeze 1888,1899,1905
  • Bible 1851, Lg book Picturesque America 1874 lg Photo album
  • FL Fireman's 100th yr tee shirt
  • Lg Book  War of Nations 1914, The Victory Era   WW@ printed 1994
  • Jamestown P Journal's 1917,1942,1942
  • 1940 felt pennant FL Swim Club
  • Young's History Chaut. Co 1876
  • Multiple pictures of Carl Perkins enlargement of big island extension with heavy equipment transported on water
  • 17pages of FL Newspaper articles of controversy of lake levels and weed control ~1954-1956  ,Lakeside Assembly program 1899
  • Variety of calenders from 1987 up to 2000's and later with historic pictures , hist of Easter Seals 
  • ~1985 political folder of Mina
  • L F Swartz Lumber and Supply Co Minutes, Bylaws, ~1922
  • Variety of newspaper clipping, advertisements, music sheets ,possibly school materials, business cards of FL, newspaper headlines from a variety of dates from 1888-1974
  • Booklets Ford Times, Westfield 75 yrs, Will Rogers ~1848-1946
  • 1907 sheet music  large lot of 1950's-1960's era local advertising, many obituaries, N.Y.S .advertising and booklets
  • Assessment roll 1983, water safety booklet ,peak and peak poster, ~20 Assessors maps -hand written names
  • FL High School Diploma, Commencement exercises program and 3 page speech
  •  4 Civil War Letters ~1862 James J Stevens
  • Copies of complete Military Papers of 1865 determining the disability and pension for disability for Private James D Findley the (great grandson of Alexander  Findley) who lost is arm from gunshot wounds received in battle sometime (before? ) Petersburg Va. which would be Cold Harbor Includes his discharge papers.
  • James Ottaway Family Genealogy and history
  • Photo's of car racers
  • Newspaper article Erie Times "Some other Jones" 1948
  • Photo's, Biography of Julian Buesink, Program booklets,news clippings of racing
  • Tapestry's 2003-2008
  • Photos (2) of FL Water Ski Club and other snapshots
  • History of Corporal John Shields
  • History of Mina 7 pages 1921,Lasting memories of Camp Findley
  • Variety of information about Wm Peterson, letters,family photo's, and estate information and historical information about becoming US citizen ~1852, WCTU cottage information
  • Photo's of Muskie from FL
  •  Large Variety of memorabilia,pictures and family history about Carol Nuttall
  • Willard Findley Family Bible, Printed in newspaper form in England 1821 Bound in London 1821 and brought to America in 1827 for Jessie Willard Findley born in England(at Fenton Museum per Joe Nelson
  • Findley 1st reunion  photo 1897 on back Alexander Findley II Pres of 1st reunion  1897  (Knowles and Chapman genealogy )?
  • Marriage Certificate 1851 Rufus Haskell and Mary M Findley.
  • History of Sherman's Community Church 2008 variety of local snapshots and pamphlets
  • Spiral bound book Two Brothers in Penn. Triangle 1974
  • Deck of Cards used to identify airplanes during and after WW2 spotters on the homeland

  • Variety of local advertising - Bradley's  Fleetwing, Lukas Appearel etc. Post Cards,Calendars,
  • Framed Family Records-George W. Findley & Edna A. Barry and children-Given by Dorthy Findley Davis
  • Copies from Erie Co Hist. Soc about Fort LeBoeuf, Ft Presque
    -12 pages of hist information + recommended reference material from Erie Co Hist. Soc.
  • 2 transcriptions from Patterson Library 1- Journal of Chaussegros de Lery   (translated-24 pages)   2- Expedition of Baron deLongueuil (22 pages)
  • Artifacts of Dr. Paul Mueller's work in Africa 1943 , some spoils of WW2,Glasses with progression of American Flag
  • 1901 Erie Daily Times
  • Shirley TenHagen collected photo's of family and business and a variety of collectables some quite interesting with half paved and half dirt for horses yet.
  • Variety of pictures of FL School ,classes,etc. 1930's  some 1950's,yr books ,War bonds,History of Mina 1921,clymer Independence Newspaper,John Shields artifacts WW2, Rebecca lodge artifacts, 1886 map of Pa-NY border,variety of telephone books,national Geographic  Atlas1958,1881 map of Sherman with names, M E Church of Mina 1871 Bible,Assessor's Field book 1952 ,Deed to Fax farm 1924,pic's of bridge proj. corner of Ottaway rd and Bailey Hill rd, WW1 The War in Photographs1934,
  •  Letter Biography of Frank J Greenman & Ethal Marie Greenman
  • Stock Certificate Lake Side Assembly 1890's?, Vol 1,2,3, Historic Annals of Southwestern NY 1940
  • Bumble Bee magazine published by FLHS, Wink Keith's store photo, Copy of Wilma Bauer Neckers 1922-45 notebook, copy of
    Verna Gabriel scrapbook
  • Alexander Findley Reunion notebook from Mary Findley Leach
  • Fla and FL Reunions in Fla scrapbook,1850 census,box of newsprint articles 1920's-1999
  • Box of Lakeside Assembly Programs 1895-1915
  • Photocopies of Daisey steamboat owned by Will Shum -son(Alexander Findley decendant) of Christ Shum builder of Daisey   Ted Saunders has original , old Bibles
  • Lg collection of scrapbooks about area and multiple pictures, 
  • Books of Solders from Revolutionary War from DAR Alex Findley listed
  • Post cards mailed 1907 FL scenes
  • Scrapbook 50's ,Medical Books from JJ Finn MD 1932  Anatomy and Med and Surg
  • Copy of obituary of Orlando O. Gallup 1899 and lg scrapbook
  • Book Parmenter Family of Greenfield township  North East Pa 
  • Lot of Clymer Spotlight yearbooks ~60's,90's
  • Booklet FL Volunteer Fire Dept 2012 ext research into history,Manuscript and 12 photo's (The Foulke Sisters)
  • copy of 1952 property owners ,advertising FL Farm Supply and Bradley's Fleet wing,Copy of photo Judge LL Ottaway
  • Hist of Mercer Co Vol 1,2Photo 1910 of one room school in Mina district #11 on Mina French Creek Rd
  • Lg lot of news articles late 1800's related to FL one is from FL Record, lg lot of FL artifacts,copy of deed1900's 2900 North Rd,Assessors Field Book50's,12 phots of FL interest, Roller rink,
  • Family photo"s Nuttalls, Coe's ,3 DVD'd of racing with Julian Busink,Hist of the Great Rebellion 1866  by Horace Greeley,lot of p cards early 1900's
  • 15 photo's Old U B Church dismantled 2009,49 letters Rosa Willing  1800's,variety of tapes Roller Rink,old school books 20's,
  • GAR - annual reunion ribbons early 1900, 1958 Chaut Co History
  • Old 1800's Books Atlas of Chaut co, Maps,  Pioneer homes , photo's of Smith family ,Atlas of world 1931,bibles, cars with commemorative stamps , book Patriot Soldiers of 1775-1783,Anniversary book of Post Office 1991-1993'
  • Spiral Scrapbook from Verna Gabriel with FL information