'Vintage' OLEAN
REMEMBER WHEN........
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MAIN INTERSECTION DOWNTOWN OLEAN - EARLY 1950'S
NOTE THE STREET LAMPS & OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING  
EAST SIDE OF 100 BLOCK DOWNTOWN OLEAN - LATE 1940'S
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OLEAN POST OFFICE INTERSECTION - LATE 1940'S
Olean Library next door - Now The Old Library Restaurant
BUSINESS MEN TOM GABRIEL & JEFF SIMMS
PETITION TO REMOVE PARKING METERS - 1975
PICKUPS DINER  -  DOWNTOWN OLEAN - 1950'S
GREAT FOOD - GOOD MEMORIES
OLEAN CITY BUS - 1950'S
Remember pulling the cord at your stop-off?
DOWNTOWN OLEAN AS SEEN FROM 'CLOUD 9' MT. HERMAN - 1960'S
1950'S
MAGNANO FAMILY- UNION BUS TERMINAL
BARRY ST. LATE 1940'S
DELIVERY OF FIRST NEW BUS FOR BLUE BIRD.
Pictured center - Joe & Louis Magnano - 1964
THE BUTCHELLO BUSINESSES IN OLEAN - 1960'S
BORDONARO 'WHITEFACE' BUILDING -  1970's
Downtown Olean - Current Location CVS Pharmacy
FORMER SOCONY OIL REFINERY - BUFFALO ST. 1940'S
Current site of County Building, Dresser Rand, Olean Area Federal Credit Union,
Country Fair, Constitution Ave. Also behind St. Francis Hospital to Allegany River
WHEN OLEAN WAS ALL ABOUT 'OIL'
SWARTZ FOOD STORE - S. UNION ST. - 1960'S
NORTON'S PHARMACY - FLOOD 1942
Corner of Wayne and N. Union St. Olean
OLEAN'S 1st RALLY IN THE VALLEY - 2003
Click picture to view sights & sounds video
'CLOUD 9' PICNIC & AMUSEMENT PARK
VIEW MORE PICTURES OF 'CLOUD 9 PARK'
BILL ALOI STANDING NEXT TO EARLY OIL
DRILLING RIG - KNAPP CREEK AREA
THE OLEAN HOUSE HOTEL BUILDING AND RETAIL BUSINESSES - 1970'S
DEMOLITION OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL - 2002
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL - 1970'S
THE REPAVING AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS OF NORTH UNION ST. - 1970'S
THIS EVENT SIGNALED THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE LONG ESTABLISHED DOWNTOWN RETAIL DISTRICT
LILLIBRIDGE TO HASKELL ROAD AREA - ANOTHER MEMORABLE AUTUMN IN THE OLEAN AREA
NED FENTON'S FENTIER VILLAGE -OVERLOOKING  SALAMANCA, NY - 1960'S
At present there is here a Red Garter Restaurant that originally was the Red Garter Playhouse
that was part of Ned Fenton Jr's Wild West Amusement Park named Fentier Village.
ST. MARYS ANNUAL CHURCH FESTIVAL - 2005
Click on picture to enjoy the Festival
ST. JOSEPHS CHURCH ANNUAL CHURCH FESTIVAL
- Click picture to enjoy Lebanese Maharjan 2007 -
- A SPECIAL THANKS -  
TO THOSE WHO HAVE PROVIDED THE MEMORABLE LINKS AND PICTURES FOR YOUR SITE
'VINTAGE OLEAN'
STEEL FOOT BRIDGE - THACHER GLASS PLANT - Early 1950's
The footbridge connected N. 3rs St. and Wayne St.
JOEY DEE AND THE STARLIGHTERS - 1975
Grand opening of the Cabaret Nightclub in Olean
OLEAN'S FIRST DISCO - 'JUBILATION' 1979
Louis Magnano, Bob Niewiadomski, Vincent Laderosa, Peter Picknilly
Some feature attractions - Chubby Checker  & 'Frank Sinatra Jr.
PAUL'S STEAKHOUSE - 1969
FEATURING 'THE FOUR FRESHMEN'
PAUL'S STEAKHOUSE - 1972
Jam Session - Charlie Ventura, Brud Bunker, Mac Sue

THE GREAT DRUM BATTLE
BUDDY RICH  vs.  ANIMAL
VIEW IT HERE

CHECK MORE            LINKS BELOW
ST. JOHN'S ITALIAN FESTIVAL 2001 - MUSICAL VOICE OF OLEAN'S - LOU RUSSO
PAULA SNYDER'S  OLEAN MAYORAL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - ELECTION EVE 2002
IRISH FEST - GARGOYLE PARK  2002
OLEAN'S FIRST INDIA FEST
- GARGOYLE PARK 2002 -
SALAMANCA FALLING LEAVES FESTIVAL - 2001
OLEAN'S HOTTEST WEEKEND - 2002