A forgotten trove of 1950s Kingston negatives by Edward Budney debuts in a new exhibit at Friends of Historic Kingston, May 2 to October 31.

Hercules Powder Co. employee Christmas party, Port Ewen, December 1950 Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Jeanette and Irving Avery, 60th Wedding Anniversary, 17 1/2 Murphy Street, January 1951 Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Hercules Powder Co. Word War II advertisement, Port Ewen, early 1940s Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Memorial Day parade at Broadway Theater, 601 Broadway, 1943. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
View of Rondout and Wurts Street Bridge from upper West Chestnut Street, early 1940s. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Apple Blossom Festival parade, Broadway near O’Neil Street, May 1950. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Broadway Theater, 601 Broadway, May 1950. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
View of Rondout Lighthouse and waterfront from Hasbrouck Park, May 1951. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
“Mr. Howard on television antennae,” Cedar Street, September 1950 Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Academy Green Park, May 1951. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.
Road near Kingston, May 1951.
Oscar Mayer display at Great Bull Markets, Smith Avenue at Grand Street, May 1951.
“Flood by viaduct,” Murphy Street, June 1951.
“Self timer shots of myself with Rollei,” 125 Cedar Street, July 1953.
Catskill Game Farm, Catskill, NY, September 1952.
Catskill Game Farm, Catskill, NY, September 1952.
Edward Budney with parents Matilda and Edward Sr., 125 Cedar Street, late 1940s.
Great Bull Markets, Smith Avenue at Grand Street, April 1947.
Memorial Day parade, Broadway at Cornell Street, May 1948.
Sawkill Road Bridge over New York State Thruway construction, Town of Ulster, May 1953.
“Wall & John Streets from Whelan’s Corner,” July 1959.
Ulster Foundry, St. James Street at Prospect Street, July 1960.
New York Central Freight Station near Broadway underpass, July 1953.
“Progress on Broadway Crossing elimination,” April 1951.
25 “Self-portrait in mirror,” 125 Cedar Street, December 1954.
27 “Flood of October 16th, 1955, taken from Rondout Creek Bridge,” West Strand, October 1955.
St. Gregory’s Church, Woodstock, July 1957.
“Test roll with Super Ikonta IV purchased at Willoughby’s in New York. Nothing special on roll just to see if camera was working properly,” Edward Budney Sr., 125 Cedar Street, November 1957. Credit: Photo by Edward Budney. All photos courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston Archives.

Brian is the editorial director for the Chronogram Media family of publications. He lives in Kingston with his partner Lee Anne and the rapscallion mutt Clancy.