You’ve been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

Wait, is this it? New York Daily Herald, April 19, 1875, p. 17. Newspapers dot com to the rescue.

Hey, library, museum & historical society friends! Goodwill has a collection development policy in visual form. I know y'all are inundated with offers/stuff you cannot use; what's stopping you from designing your own version of this? 📚📜🗃️

What the numbers & color coding mean.

The first few times I saw this AI prompt appear when composing a message in Gmail, I thought, "Why would I want to write in Polish?"

Gates Circe redesign public meeting, July 22, 5:30 PM, Buffalo Seminary, 205 Bidwell Pkwy. www.buffalony.gov/1789/Gates-C... #Buffalo

Pop-up sale today, 10-4, 205 Grant St., former game store. Store fixtures & shelves, cafe chairs & other furniture, jewelry, boots, housewares, some vintage stuff incl. a gorgeous Detroit Star stove, ca. 1938. Make an offer!

This is what reference librarians do for everyone, not just students. From Cecelia Kiylakfe on LinkedIn, where you'll find the alt-text. 🗃️📚 www.linkedin.com/posts/cecili...

I have not forgotten you, Christine. #Buffalo #BlackHistory 🗃️ preservationbuffaloniagara.org/wp-content/u...

Ubiquitous photography, everyone and everything being photographed all the time, is a relatively modern phenomenon, little more than a generation old. It has warped our expectations of the past. I wrote about that here. 🗃️ buffaloresearch.com/oldpictures/

Back in 1865, there was a Buffalo Strawberry. I wonder what it was like. Horticultural Advertiser, March 1865.

Aaaaaaand we caught a second skunk in the Hav-a-heart! It has been relocated to Scajaquada Creek.

This right here is a marketing opportunity for Buffalo's cultural orgs. How many of you have more members than the chamber of commerce? Which is what the BNP is. Buffalo News, June 16, 2026. @buffaloakg.bsky.social #Buffalo

The supposed woodchuck in the garden turned out to be a skunk. You can make out its white stripe. The other half relocated it to Scajaquada Creek without getting sprayed. #Buffalo

OMG YOU GUYS! Library peeps, look at the game my lawyer came up with! She represents artists, musicians & cultural orgs such as libraries & museums. 📚

Here is a notice advertising 700 house lots for sale in what we now call the Fruit Belt. Source: The Buffalo Whig and Journal, Sept. 2, 1835, p.3 #Buffalo

On this day in 1835, the City of Buffalo approved the names of streets that form what we now call the Fruit Belt. Source: Buffalo Patriot and Commercial Advertiser, June 10, 1835, p.3 #Buffalo

And here's where it was taken, looking north on an abandoned railroad bridge over Scajaquada Creek that Google doesn't know about. #Buffalo

Who can guess where this was taken in Buffalo?

His name is pronounced Less Drought. I am not making this up. #Buffalo

Seriously, though, look how my induction range is mapped. I had to make little labels for under the knobs. This is bad design.

Dog & cat pictures are great, but have you ever seen people's favorite writing implements? Post your pen & pencil photos! Here are mine.

Let's hear it, museum, library & archive workers. I'm calling mine the Cutter Numbers. 📚📜

Searching at the eBay homepage just gets results from what is currently for sale. There's a better tool on the Selling page which searches recent sales. But only on the mobile app, this feature does not show up in the desktop browser version. 🗃️📚📜

Here's the current Buffalo code on numbering. Every 20 feet gets a new number, which is irrational compared to the 1891 unit of 10 feet, when a zero added to a house number told you how far it was from the beginning of the street. A good wayfinding device. #Buffalo ecode360.com/13581679

This building numbering system may still be in place. Buffalo Courier, Feb. 11, 1891, p. 5. Your house number was not randomly chosen. #Buffalo

The convention of odd-numbered buildings on the east and north sides of Buffalo streets and even-numbered buildings on the west and south sides of streets was established in 1831. Buffalo Patriot, Apr. 12, 1831, p.3. #Buffalo

My cranky request for Buffalo restaurants & cafes: check all of your tables once a week. Fix the wobbly ones. Putting out a jar of shims like this is thoughtful, but your customers shouldn't have to DIY to keep from spilling drinks on a bouncy table.

This chair is on the curb in front of 456 Norwood. Appears to be in good condition. Come & get it.