Ayres, Sidney E. (sold)
Sidney E. Ayres (July 11, 1900 - January 26, 1960) was an American newspaper publisher. Born in Penn Yan, New York, Ayres was a graduate of Cornell University. He took over publishing the Penn Yan Chronicle-Express in 1928 following the death of his father. Ayres also served as a director and president of the New York State Press Association, and was also a member of the Western New York Press Association and the National Editorial Association.
A newly-identified state of a charming pictorial map of the Finger Lakes.
This is a newly-identified second state c. 1955 Sidney E. Ayres pictorial map of the Finger Lakes region of New York. Vignettes highlighting historical events and important figures who lived, worked, or were educated in the area, populate the map and surround the Finger Lakes. Beginning with Hiawatha's creation of the Iroquois Confederacy, the region's history leaps off the page. Special attention is paid to the colonial and revolutionary eras. Regional innovations, including the invention of the adding machine, the Pullman sleeper, the cast-iron plow, and 'talking' pictures (movies with sound) are heralded. Important historical figures with a connection to the area, such as Harriet Tubman, President Millard Fillmore, and Stephen A. Douglas, appear alongside Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church, and Brigham Young. They both came from this part of the world. Joseph Smith may have even translated the 'Golden Plates' here in 1829. The 1848 Declaration of Sentiments was penned here by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton during the first women's rights convention. Small texts line the left and right sides and provide short histories of some of the important events illustrated on the map. (more details)