In the 1830s; when a feeder branch of the Erie Canal linked up with the Cheumung River; Corning first became connected to the rest of the world. By the 1880s; Corning had become a railroad town with trains going in all directions. Industrial growth in the 1890s led to the rise of businesses and factories; such as Corning Glass Works. Because Corning produced so much glass; it became known as the crystal city and grew into a tourist destination. A town with many accomplishments; Corning was once home to a minor-league baseball team and is the birthplace of Margaret Sanger; a birth control activist who founded the American Birth Control League; which became Planned Parenthood. From the 1890s until the 1960s; the growth of the communitys businesses; parks; churches; and recreation were captured in postcards; many never published before.
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