History · Blasdell

Blasdell’s history is
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The public archives hold just one old photo of Blasdell. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Blasdell NY Sep 18 1907, 1907 · Wikimedia Commons

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The community grew as a railroad town around the Erie Railroad. Blasdell was incorporated in 1898 as a village.

Wrestler Ilio DiPaolo was a longtime resident, before his death in 1995. In 1965 he opened an Italian restaurant on South Park Avenue. It is now run by his family.

Blasdell is one of two municipalities in Erie County to have a registered Conservative as its executive, the other being Newstead.

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1907Blasdell NY Sep 18 1907Commons

1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.

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1900s1 item

CommonsBlasdell NY Sep 18 19071907

1910s–
1990s

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