Oneida County: An Illustrated History is the result of a collaborative effort by local historians, authors, and organizations dedicated to the preservation and promotion of our region’s unique heritage.
The section contributors deserve the lion’s share of the credit for bringing together a compelling narrative. All five—Joseph P. Bottini, Joan Klossner, Lou Parrotta, Janice Reilly, and Dennis Webster—
are accomplished authors, each with several titles already to their credit. Special thanks are extended to Mary Bottini, as well, for her suggestions and assistance.
Virtually all of the selected photographs come from the Oneida County Historical Society archives.
Accessing these photos was facilitated by Carl Saporito’s multiyear effort to digitize the entire collection. Society volunteer Robert Steffenson deserves credit for completing the scanning process; organizing the digital files occupied the time of several summer interns from the Upstate Institute Field School at Colgate University. Other photographs came from the collections of Mary Centro and Janice Reilly.
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Student foot races were a part of
Utica’s public schools “Field Days”
at the end of the school year in
June 1915.
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