Joan Lindquist
Behind the Scene at Brooklyn Square
Contributing Writer
Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist
When I was a girl growing up on Derby Street, just a stone’s throw south of Brooklyn Square, my playmate...
The Imperial Band
Contributing Writer
Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist
Among my earliest memories of listening to live music was sitting with my family on the porch of our home...
VE Day and Those Who Served
Contributing Writer
Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist
What is VE Day and do we still remember its significance? For those of us who recall that eventful day...
Easter Traditions in The Lost Neighborhood
With Easter Sunday only a few weeks in the past and Orthodox Easter yet to be celebrated on May 2, it brings to mind...
Loblaws on Brooklyn Square
Imagine showing up for work as the assistant manager of the Prendergast Avenue Loblaws one morning in 1948 only to have one of the...
Remembering Brooklyn Square: From Library to Lost Neighborhood
When the first Jim Roselle Read-A-Thon took place in the spring of 2016 at the Prendergast Library, the meaningful words of the late, well-known...
Remembering Brooklyn Square: Home for the Holidays
If some of you remember Perry Como, you know that he was a mainstay in the pioneer medium of TV in the 1950s and...
Remembering Brooklyn SquareMade with Pride in Brooklyn Square
We are all familiar with the label “Made in the U.S.A.” But did you ever think how many products found their beginnings in the...
Local Historian’s Books Accepted by the New York State Library
Joan V. Cusimano Lindquist, author/editor of THE LOST NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTION (2010), BROOKLYN SQUARE, THE LOST NEIGHBORHOOD, AND BEYOND (2013), and REMEMBERING BROOKLYN SQUARE: THE...
The Fenton Women II
In this, my fourth article about the Fentons of Jamestown, NY, my research has taken me far and wide, from Walnut Grove, the home...
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2021 Vintage Book and Paper Show Returns to Westfield August 7
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Chautauqua County Historical Society
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the annual Vintage Book and Paper Show &...
