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I live in this and it’s so much different the begging that big building is still running to this day 😊

Some people forget that the Pittsburgh Shawmut & Northern once ran in Olean, NY Etc.

This is awesome. Didnt know this film existed. I live at the refinery and have come across the Bradford, Eldred Cuba narrow gauge line out back and up ct rt 5 . Thanks for sharing!

Wow. I thought I was gonna have to wait til I got to the Great Beyond before I'd ever get to vision something like this. Ty

Thank you ! Priceless video. I used to live on Old State Road in Allegany and this train would have gone by right in front of my house.

I was there even got to shake his hand!!!

These 2 second bursts are eye damaging

Wow! This film is priceless ! Having lived in Allegany, I know the Olean to Bolivar route route well by car, and have looked for maps showing were there tracks were laid. I'm always looking for pictures of the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern RR, and now I find this ! I love the area and thanks so much for sharing. Too bad you can't jump on a passenger train and go from Allegany to Wellsville, like you used to be able to.

My home town The old (716) unfortunately there’s not much left of the city. But some of my fondest memories are from right here.

This is a treasure. Thank you for putting it on TH-cam for all to view and enjoy. I have vivid memories of this day. My parents, brother, and I walked over after Mass at St Mary's.

im going to cry

Saw the Castle Restaurant, where my mom used to work. Sad that it's gone. :(

So enjoyed seeing the memories from Olean n.y. and hearing the appropriate music for the time playing. Thank you for saving these memories for those of us who care!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

That's amazing.

Why do many of the Olean Historical Society videos repeat the 1st half of the video without sound in the 2nd half of the video??

In a week I would be 9 years old, on this day such a great man visited our town. I was probably in the classroom at the school just a block away, depending on the time. He is in front of the YMCA. I used to go there to swim. The music was nostalgic for me. I miss Olean. I got to see the dime store, where we used to get sodas at the counter. I saw Grants, where they had the best hot dogs in town. After I was in High School, we used to stand out front to talk after school. I met my first boyfriend there during all of us hanging out. So many nice people. I remember the faces of the nice people who worked in those stores. Olean was a very friendly town to grow up in. I appreciate the view of downtown. Bobby was ahead of his time. How sad such a great man had a tragic ending. His brother was one of the greatest Presidents.

You can't hear a thing that's being said & that music is dreadful...what's the point of posting it?

There were more people there then than there are now: 1920 20,506 39.1% 1930 21,790 6.3% 1940 21,506 −1.3% 1950 22,884 6.4% 1960 21,868 −4.4% 1970 19,169 −12.3% 1980 18,207 −5.0% 1990 16,946 −6.9% 2000 15,347 −9.4% 2010 14,452 −5.8% Est. 2019 13,437 [2] −7.0%

Wonderful memories!!!

Fantastic look-back at my hometown, Olean NY. Thanks to Olean Historical Society for uploading.

This was our play ground growing up

....an absolute treasure! Thank you, Olean Historical Society!

Play this at 0.75 and it will play at normal speed.

It was better then, than today

Fantastic. I enjoyed seeing proof of the cable cars I had heard about from that time. Amazing that they could be taken all the way to Buffalo. I wish we could still do that.

Truly amazing upload, thanks^^

Love Is Found^^

i was there

My great grand parents lived in Olean, NY most of their lives. Probably saw them in there but wouldn't be able to recognize them, lol. Nonetheless still a treasure to see!

I just discovered this. I love seeing the area. It's fascinating to see the activity they had.

Wow!! Thanks for posting! As a kid growing up in Friendship in the 50's and 60's, I was always hearing about the Shawmut from my parents.

Back then....no one seemed to give a crud & even acted amused having a camera pointed at them. Now, U can’t even hold your cell phone the wrong way or you get dirty looks.

Thanks for publishing this. I wonder WHO in Olean would have had money in the 1920s to have afforded such a luxury as a movie camera! I'm glad someone did. Even though there's a lot of "uneven" footage, you can still recognize downtown. I particularly enjoyed seeing the corner of Laurens and Union (looking northward, you can see the black smoke which probably came from the trains stopping at the train station); the drive over the Allegheny River and up the hill a bit towards Pennsylvania; east over the Olean Creek bridge, the stadium to the right (which looks an awful lot like the new stadium in its same place) and some interesting buildings to the left (north) which would be where War Vets Park is; and south on Union Street near where Reids Food Barn is as you pass St. Mary's, etc. Streetcars/trolleys abound, just as my grandpa (born in Olean in1924) said they did. What a treat. I wonder if there's any more footage?

oh my gosh, what a great gift you have given us. Thank you a million!

Yep, I was there too. I was about 50 ft away from him when he was making his speech right outside of the Municipal Building. Had a difficult time trying to squeeze around everybody so I could see him but I managed to get to the ropes. I could finally see him but I didn't get to shake hands with him. The immediate area was roped off and all the grown-ups just pushed me aside to shake Kennedy's hand when he came down to the ropes. I was 11 yrs old then. Kinda hard to hold your ground with grown-ups at that age.

That would be 1964. what a great share. I didn't know RFK came to Olean. Must be when he ran for U.S. Senate.

Thanks for sharing your story with us. Although as you mentioned the history is gone, you give it life by telling your story. Much appreciated.

Olean, like most other things has been destroyed.

always home

2:24---Young man picking his seat before the movie---Have that child checked for pin-worms! 4:01----Failure to yield to oncoming traffic~! Citizen's Arrest~! 6:01----Loitering without a necktie! Citizen's Arrest~! 7:28----Litterbugs! You kids pick up that litter~! Citizen's Arrest~! 7:33 ---Did you see them liddle bastards walk off & defy the surveillance cam? 15:51---Failure to yield to oncoming traffic~! Citizen's Arrest~! 16:16---Amber Alert! Possible Child abduction? 17:48---Still Loitering without a necktie! Citizen's Arrest~! 21:18---Illegal U-Turn! Citizen's Arrest~! Sheesh!The Twenties was such a lawless time~! That footage is pretty neat~! Even though I have not been there, it's a blast taking a virtual ride through the 1920's! I feel like I would have been at home in those times, but I suppose a better way of putting it; is that, I am a misfit then & now...ha ha..

It was 1964, I was there and shock hands with him. It was an epic experience in front of the Olean Municipal Building.

Thank you for sharing this video, its pretty hard to find original stuff from the Erie.

Thanks for uploading! Love the scene at Whitehouse where they cross the PRR railroad and the Allegany Refinery. It had to close after the PS&N was abandoned.

This could be a great window to the past but the photography and editing is shockingly bad!

Thanks for posting this!

OUTSTANDING.....! Thank You

cool

Thanks! I lived in Coudersport during the Adelphia years and traveled to Olean frequently. I recognize some of the buildings and area.

thank you so much for this, i never knew footage like this existed, I just found this the day after I took a day of of work to hike around the old PSN roadbed, imagine if the people working for this railroad would know that 65 years after they pulled the rails a 28 year old would be tracing its steps trying to turn back time