The Onondaga Blue Book

This is not a pulp fiction magazine but rather a regional reference work: the *Onondaga Blue Book* (1910), a special deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies. Published by Walter F. Thurlow, Jacob C. Knauer, and Warner H. Hinkley in Syracuse, New York, it serves as a comprehensive encyclopedia of local history, commerce, and civic data. The volume contains historical sketches of Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse, including demographic statistics from 1800 onward, accounts of the county's formation from Herkimer County in 1794, and Syracuse's founding narrative from Webster's trading post (1787) through its incorporation as a city in 1847. It documents governmental organization, population growth reaching 108,374 by 1900, and industrial development centered on salt springs, canal construction, and railroads. The publishers emphasize that all production—except paper and ink—was completed by Syracuse manufacturers and workers.