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victorian prideVictorian Pride - Forgotten Songs of Central New York


First in a series of historic hometown sheet music books. The 23 songs are specific to the towns, cities, and rivers of central New York. Either written in - or about Elmira, Binghamton, Canisteo, Ithaca, Chenango, Tioga, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica. This collection of Victorian parlor music is spiral bound for easy use at your own piano. Hear "Elmira Schottisch" from Victorian Pride. Songs include "Elmira Schottisch," "Cayuga Mazurka," "Little Barefoot Waltzes," "Life on the Susquehanna," "Vale of the Canisteo," "Oak Leaf Schottish," "Rochester Free Academy March," "Binghamton March," "Susquehanna Waltz," "Syracuse City March," "Tioga Schottish," Utica French Academy March," "Canisteo Polka," "Effie Carrol," "Margery," "Rochester New City March," "Chenango Polka," and more! 120 pages.
Price: $18.95 - Spiral bound Paperback book

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Victorian Pride - Forgotten Songs of Central New York music CD

Also available is a music CD of the same book with 17 full length songs beautifully mastered by the George Bailey Orchestra historyincluding the songs listed above in book. HEAR ELMIRA SCHOTTISCHE NOW
Price: $18.95 - music CD


janowski gardensJanowski Gardens Cookbook

The Janowski Family has been living and working in Chemung County, New York since coming to America from East Germany (Prussia) in 1872. This cookbook honors their emigration, assimilation into the United States, and their farm products. The family-operated business celebrates its 134th growing season with this historic cookbook. 112 new yorkpages.

Price: $18.95 Paperback book


great interstate fair elmiraThe Great Inter-State Fair Elmira, New York 1890

With the 21st century tools of digital wizardry, NYHR Press has created a facsimile of the original program from the exciting Great Inter-State Fair. The program contains pictorial views and detailed descriptions of Elmira, as it stood in 1890.
new york history reviewViews include Downtown Elmira and its churches, Eldridge, Brand, and Grove Parks, The Arnot Ogden Hospital, The Elmira Water Cure, Palace Bath Rooms, Residences and businesses - interior and exterior views, ...and the full listing of fair entries - horses, cattle, swine, poultry, sheep, domestics, machinery, etc.

This program serves as a contemporary anthropological document of life at the end of the 19th Century in Chemung County, New York. 116 pages.
Price: $18.95 - Paperback book

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BRAND NEW Victorian Pride - Forgotten Songs of Upstate New York

Songs include "Belles of Buffalo Polka," "Buffalo City Cadet Guard March," "Catskill Katamiaul," "Moonlight on the Catskills," "Chautaqua Lake Waltz," "Memories of Chautauqua," "Duchess of Albany Gavotte," "The Vale of Our Own new york historyGenesee," "Herkimer Quadrilles," "Jamestown - The Old Brick House," "Newburgh Centennial March," "Niagara - Clifton House," "Niagara Schottisch," "Oneida Polka," "Onondaga Polka," "Poughkeepsie Polka," "The Belle of Saratoga," "Seneca Schottishe," "Tonawanda Quickstep," and "Yonkers - Twilight."
Price $18.95 - Spiral bound Paperback book 116 pages