1987 Ropex souvenir card honoring the Rochester Red Wings
April 11, 1997 Rochester, NY
Opening of Frontier Field, home of the Rochester Red Wings. The Red Wings previously played their games at Silver Stadium (aka Red Wing Stadium) from 1929-1996
C.T. Art Colortone - Curteich & co Chicago postcard c.1938
Robert Panara (1920-2014) was an educator, the first deaf faculty member of the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Panama was honored by the USPS with a commemorative stamp, the 16th in the Distinguished Americans series in 2017.
Panara was an influential professor and pioneer in the field of deaf studies and was one of the founders of the National Theatre of the Deaf. Panara was also an avid fan of the Rochester Red Wings.
The Rochester Red Wings and the Rochester Post Office honored Panara with a commemorative postmark on July 23, 2017
Screen save from a WHAM 13ABC news broadcast of the free postcard distributed at the Post Office table setup at Frontier Field.
John Panara, said Frontier Field was like his dad's second home.
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