On display

by Alice E. Gerard
Grand Island Dispatch, April 11, 2008

This replica of the flag that was flown at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo was one of the gifts that Ruth Englert, first vice president of the Grand Island Historical Society, received during the
Cover from Pan American Program	100th anniversary of the exposition in 2001. Also on display at the April 3 Historical Society meeting in River Lea were a hatchet from the Indian Village, a deck of cards featuring all exposition buildings, and a jigsaw puzzle – all of which are actual souvenirs of the exposition. A slide presentation of historian Roy Nagle’s collection was also presented. Nagle, a reporter for the Buffalo Daily Courier and, later, the Courier-Express, maintained a large photograph and memorabilia collection, most of which dealt with Buffalo’s past. For his efforts, Nagle received the Red Jacket Award from the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society in 1957, among many other awards and honors.