The Lyman Smith Family Fortunes

The fascinating history of three generations of Syracuse’s Lyman Smith Family, the “Smith” in one of the world’s most famous typewriters, the Smith-Corona.  It’s a tale that stretches over numerous family properties, from urban mansions, to hunting camps and including what once was the tallest building west of the Mississippi. Remarks will be accompanied by unique historic photographs of three generations of Smith Family their interesting properties and how some wound up in the hands of a Latin band leader in Los Angeles and an order of nuns in central New York.

This event is free and open to the public.