Thank you Mr. Bates for showing us our town.

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William Albert "Bert" Bates
William Albert "Bert" Bates on the other side of the camera. 1876-1950 This photo was taken by his wife, Helen, and sent in to us by his great niece, Sara Randall Mullins, in 2015... View Full Record
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The Bates Studio, Mansfield, Pa.
The Bates Studio, Mansfield, Pa. North Main corner of Sherwood across from Baptist Church. 2 copies... View Full Record
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Sheep on Main Street
Sheep on North Main Street in front of the Adams Block and Ross House. The location presently includes the Forrest building on the corner of N. Main and Sherwood Streets as well as Tri-County Electric. The Ross House is still there and used by ReMax... View Full Record
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Cows on Main Street
Cows on Main Street, unused card. Location:Intersection in center of town. Why were they in town like this? Guessing, being driven to market or to the fair for display. The bare branches of the tree in the background indicate it is not summer, and no... View Full Record
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Main Street, Mansfield, Pa
North Main Street, Mansfield, Pa. [Bates Handwriting], people on the street, sepia, used. This is in front of Shepard's Clothing, later Garrison's, presently Bearly Enough and Bethany's Jewelry. Notice how the men all wore suits and gather in groups... View Full Record
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1915 Parade on Main Street
1915 Parade on North Main Street taken from the roof of probably the Pitts Building, location of Coles Pharmacy. Some of the posters are for temperance. This was before the fairly short-lived and disastrous constitutional amendment that prohibited al... View Full Record
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Laying the Cornerstone of Carnegie Library 24 OCT 1911
Laying the Cornerstone of Carnegie Library 24 OCT 1911 Built of vanilla brick, this building was sponsored by Andrew Carnegie, matching funds provided by the townspeople. It remains in use to the present day on the corner of N. Main and W. Elmira St... View Full Record
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North Main Street - Shepard-Bailey Building on corner
North Main Street - Shepard-Bailey Building on corner of North Main and Wellsboro Streets was built on the location of the Hotel Allen (Formerly Soldiers Orphans School) which burned in 1903. Mort Shepard and Tom Bailey were the owners. The first res... View Full Record
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Pitts Buildings, South Main Street, Mansfield
Pitts Buildings, South Main Street, Mansfield. The building on the corner was built in the 1870s and the second one, adjacent to it, in the 1880s. Pitts Brothers store was replace by Pitts and Judge and then by T. W. Judge until 2002. It is now Stroh... View Full Record
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Pitts House on South Main Street
Pitts House on South Main Street was built by merchant Daniel Pitts and his wife Eliza Jane "Jennie" Bodine. The present owner/ resident is Mayor Tom Wierbowski... View Full Record
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Memorial Day Lawn Party, South Main Street
Memorial Day Lawn Party, South Main Street 30 MAY 1907I believe this is the Pitts House where Tom Wierbowski lives now. The Urells lived there in 1914 divided back, unused Also reprint in Chester Album No. 01... View Full Record
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Flood 08 July 1915, Railroad Tracks
Flood 08 July 1915, Railroad Tracks. This is near the Mansfield Novelty Company,... View Full Record
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Flood 08 July 1915, boat by Mansfield Novelty
Flood 08 July 1915, boat by Mansfield Novelty. While many of the postcard photos of the Mansfield Novelty, are of fires, this one shows it awash in flood water. The novelty was in the north west corner of town, roughly where Arnot Building Supply is... View Full Record
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Smythe Park - Flooded
Smythe Park - Flooded - Children using wood for rafts and poling around the park. Real Photo. Dated March 1913. Mr. Bates' 3, 5, and 8 looked remarckably alike so it is sometimes difficult to be perfectly certain, ... View Full Record
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Opera House on East Wellsboro Street
Opera House on East Wellsboro Street. It was typical of Bates to include children in his street phoots. These may well be his two nieces.... View Full Record
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Ice Break Up at Canoe Camp, Tioga River
Ice Break Up at Canoe Camp, Tioga River. Spring thaw brought large chunks of ice exploding from the Tioga River up on the roadway of what is now Old Business 15.... View Full Record
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Christmas Decorations at intersection
Christmas Decorations at intersection. The horses knew to go around the tree in the middle of the street. Owens Building and Shepard-Bailey Building at left. Pitts Building at right. Looking up East Wellsboro Street toward the normal school. Same c... View Full Record
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Brick Paving the streets
Brick Paving the streets, notice also the sluice pipes witing to be installed, I am not entirely sure where this is, although I have some guesses. Scanned at 600 dpi, but unsharp mask was accidentally checked, so resolution is lost.... View Full Record
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Crowd at Erie Depot
Crowd at Erie Depot in Mansfield. This building is now a storage building for Arnot Building Supply.... View Full Record
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Mansfield Steam Laundry Fire
Mansfield Advertiser, 10 May 1899, p.3, col.4 [7/20] There is general rejoicing among his host of friends over the return to Mansfield to reside of Mr. Frank A. Clark, formerly of this boro, but for a number of years of New York City. Mr. Clark ha... View Full Record
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Two girls on overloaded donkey on N. Main Street
Two girls on overloaded donkey on N. Main Street... View Full Record
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Academy Street, Edward Ross House
Academy Street, Edward Ross House. This is now used as a fraternity house. It stands across from the president's house. Real photo... View Full Record
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Ruins of Mansfield's Opera House, May 19, 1913
Ruins of Mansfield's Opera House, May 19, 1913. The main part of the building was replaced by the Davis Garage that later was used as the Fire Station and Borough Building. The garage section on the left was used by the fire department until they bui... View Full Record
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Smythe Park, Mansfield, Pa.
Smythe Park, Mansfield, Pa., MSNS Students on bleachers, names handwritten on back... View Full Record
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Smythe Park, Mansfield, Pa.
Smythe Park, Mansfield, Pa., unused, shows path, ladies pavilion, pop stand... View Full Record
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Smythe Park, auto, people
Smythe Park, auto, people, unused. May be Bates' car since he had one of earliest in town. Children gathered to be photographed with the auto.... View Full Record
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Baseball Game at Smythe park, Mansfield PA
Baseball Game at Smythe park, Mansfield PA used, divided back 12 to 3 in favor of Arnot ... View Full Record
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Tony Castellane and Plane before fatal accident
Smythe Park, September 1911. - Tony Castellane and his Aeroship before the fatal accident. Booked as an act at the Mansfield Fair, stunt pilot Tony delayed his flight for several days because of irregular wind conditions. When he finally went up, he... View Full Record
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Smythe Park with Pop Stand
Smythe Park with Pop Stand. The park had an abundance of trees for many years. After the 1972 flood, many were lost. The Mansfield Shade Tree Commission is working at reestablishing trees on the park. Real Photo ... View Full Record
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Entrance to Fair Grounds
Entrance to Fair Grounds, Smythe Park. The Mansfield Fair was a major event and an attraction for miles around. Excursion trains seen in background just outside the park, brought thousands of visitors from Corning and elsewhere in Pennsylvania and Ne... View Full Record
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Mansfield Fair. Mansfield, PA
Mansfield Fair. Mansfield, PA Crowd by excursion train and Smythe Park gate house used, postmarked 1910... View Full Record
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Cattle at the Mansfield Fair in Smythe Park
Cattle at the Mansfield Fair in Smythe Park Stock Judging Real Photo, Digital only... View Full Record
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Ticket Line and Entrance to Smythe Park - Mansfield Fair
Ticket Line and Entrance to Smythe Park - Mansfield Fair Digital image only... View Full Record
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"Oakwood," Mansfield Pa.
"Oakwood," Mansfield Pa. Oakwood was a recreational area near Canoe Camp created by a dam in the Tioga River. People camped and had picnics there, even had permanent cabins. A flood in the 1930s washed out the dam and destroyed this local vacation sp... View Full Record
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"Oakwood," Mansfield Pa.
"Oakwood," Canoe Camp - Richmond Township Pa. This beautiful, clear scene is one of Bates' best quality photos. The printing is sharp and clean.... View Full Record
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"Oakwood," Mansfield Pa. The Dam
"Oakwood," Mansfield Pa. The Dam that created the recreational area. This was in the part of Canoe Camp between Mansfield and Route 660. Card is unused, undivided... View Full Record
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"Oakwood," near Mansfield Pa.
"Oakwood," near Mansfield Pa. This crowd scene was probably not printed by Bates although he was the photographer. The blue sky, white border style was popular in the late 1920s.... View Full Record
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Oakwood
Oakwood. In addition to permanent structures, tents were also used. ... View Full Record
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Oakwood
Oakwood.This is one of several bridges at Oakwood. In some photos quite large crowds stood on them. They really don't look very sturdy. ... View Full Record
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Oakwood
Oakwood. When you've seen enough Bates photos, you can recognize his handwriting even when they are not signed. Bert's wife, Helen, also worked with the postcard photos and may have labeled some of them.... View Full Record
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Porch at Oakwood
Porch at Oakwood. Another group of picnicers.... View Full Record
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Bridge at Oakwood
Bridge at Oakwood. That's more people on a primitive bridge than I would like to be incuded on.... View Full Record
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Model School. Looks newly built in this photo
The Model School or Training School. It looks newly built in this photo. This vanilla brick building on the Mansfield State Normal School campus was a training school for the future teachers. It also provided education for Mansfield's elementary age... View Full Record
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Mansfield Boro School Play 1908
Mansfield Boro School Play 1908. I believe this stage was in the old Opera House that burned in 1913.... View Full Record
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Mansfield Junior High School Class of 1925
Mansfield Junior High School Class of 1925 Mary Treat is front row left. The junior high was held in Alumni Hall until the new building was erected. This class photo was taken on the porch of North Hall or South Hall. Our copy did not come with a li... View Full Record
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Mansfield Junior High School 1925 Basketball team
Mansfield Junior High School 1925 Basketball team Harold Baynes identified. Notice the variety of shirts and lettering. They are not all of one pattern.... View Full Record
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Boro School, later to become high school
Built in the 1880s, this was the Boro School until 1912 when it became the High School. Elementary students were then transferred up to the Yellow brick school on the Normal School campus, now called Belknap which was built in 1911. This building was... View Full Record
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Allen's Business College
Allen's Business College. This one-of-a-kind internal shot of the Allen's Business College is rare indeed. Before there was a high school in Mansfield some people went to the Normal School which specialized in teacher training. Others went to a busin... View Full Record
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1913 Mansfield High School Athletes
1913 Mansfield High School Athletes on steps of school Front: Warren L. Miller, Fred Bryant, Wade Goodall, Henry Fowler, Ace Coveney, Fred Bedenk, Willys Oliver, Back: Edd Bailey, Ellsworth Obourn, Bill Bunn, Allen Rockwell, Roscoe Goodall, Welch... View Full Record
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1914 Softball Game by High School
1914 Softball Game by High School. Built in the 1880s, the brick school was originally for elementary grades. It became the high school in 1912. It stood where the present high school music room is located. It was razed ca 1938. The baseball field is... View Full Record
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1914 Softball Game by High School
1914 Softball Game by High School. Built in the 1880s, the brick school was originally for elementary grades. It became the high school in 1912. It stood where the present high school music room is located. It was razed ca 1938. Scanned at 600 dpi,b... View Full Record
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Football at Smythe Park
Football at Smythe Park, grandstand and bleachers in the background. High school or Normal school? ... View Full Record
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1919 Mansfield High School Football Team
1919 Mansfield High School Football Team, names and game scores on back. Marion "Spots" Decker, for whom the MU gymansium is named, is in second row second from right.... View Full Record
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1926 Mansfield High School Faculty
1926 Mansfield High School Faculty. Prof. Longstreet was principal. Warren L. Miller, on left, was a young teacher as was Helen Stepler on the left whom many remember under a later name as Helen Strait. 1926 Yearbook... View Full Record
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Mansfield High School 1926 Graduation
Mansfield High School 1926 Graduation. The photo was taken beside the brick school that was built iin the 1880s and razed ca 1938.... View Full Record
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Interior of M. E. Church
Interior of Methodist Church on E. Wellsboro Street.... View Full Record
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Baptist Church interior, Mansfield PA
Baptist Church Interior, Mansfield PA, on North Main Street. ... View Full Record
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1912 John Bailey Baseball Team
1912 John Bailey Baseball Team... View Full Record
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MSNS Faculty by 1911 steps
MSNS Faculty by 1911 steps, postally unused, condition on back poor... View Full Record
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MSNS Faculty by terrace
MSNS Faculty by terrace, unused. Every year Mr. Bates photographed the Normal School faculty, each time in a different location. The variety gives us views all over campus. This is on the front lawn below the terrace on which Alumni Hall stood.... View Full Record
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MSNS Fraternity - Philathean
MSNS Fraternity - Philathean, 1908, used. Mansfield State Normal School had four fraternites, two for men and two for women, and thery were all called fraternities, not sororities. They were all abolished when Prof. Straughn became principal. Fratern... View Full Record
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This is our opera
This is our opera, used, divided back. This is a musical performace put on by the Normal School in 1908.... View Full Record
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Tearing Down the remaining portion of the 1874 North Hall.
Tearing Down the remaining portion of the 1874 North Hall. The original 1874 North Hall was added on to both by the well and by the north wing. The original 1874 section was demolished in 1908 and replaced by a new wing on the south. The old part was... View Full Record
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North Hall Construction of south section
North Hall Construction of south section following demolition of original 1874 North Hall. The hill behind North Hall is wooded now. The razed original building was replaced the present south wing. Unused, Undivided... View Full Record
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The Arcade, S.N.S., Mansfield, Pa.
The Arcade, S.N.S., Mansfield, Pa. , The arcades on the Normal School campus connected North Hall, the gymnasium that stood where Manser Hall now stands, and Alumni Hall. They were still at least paritally present into the 1960s. Card is postally unu... View Full Record
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Ghosts From Shakespeare, Halloween '09
Ghosts From Shakespeare, Halloween '09. In 1909 tableaus such as this were popular. Not all of the Shakespeare characters in this were written as "ghosts" but the term is loosely defined here. It's a good theme for Halloween.... View Full Record
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May Day at M.S.N.S., Processional
May Day at M.S.N.S., Processional. May first was celebrated as a spring ritual with maypoles and other events.... View Full Record
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May Day at M.S.N.S., Processional
May Day at M.S.N.S., Processional... View Full Record
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Tennis at MSNS- where Elliott Building now stands
Tennis at MSNS- where Elliott Building now stands... View Full Record
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North Hall Porch M.S.N.S.
North Hall Porch M.S.N.S. This has been enclosed but remains as part of the North Hall Library.... View Full Record
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Arcade at M.S.N.S.
Arcade at M.S.N.S. This shows the arcade from North Hall to the gym on the right and Alumni Hall on the left. Both the old gymnasium and the original Alumni Hall have been demolished. Manser Hall stands where the gymnasium was.... View Full Record
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Faculty at M.S.N.S.
Faculty at M.S.N.S. This was taken on the steps coming down from the old gymnasium.... View Full Record
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Dormitory Room at the Normal School
Dormitory Room at the Normal School. North Hall was the women's dormitory. This is a typical room in that building. With the renovation as a library all the small rooms were opened up to a central hall. Divided back, unused... View Full Record
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M.S.N.S. Students celebrate game with Dickinson Seminary at the intersection.
M.S.N.S. Students celebrate a game with Dickinson Seminary at the intersection. Unsed, undivided back, tears or perforations on right lower corner.... View Full Record
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Covington, Pa. 1908
Covington, Pa. 1908, used... View Full Record
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Millerton School, est. 1910
Millerton School, est. 1910, unused... View Full Record