First listed in the city directories in 1887, Robert J. Strasenburgh operated Strasenburgh & Steele drug store on West Avenue. By 1890 it was known as R.J. Strasenburgh Company and in 1937 his son Edwin Griffin Strasenburgh becomes president of the newly named Strasenburgh Laboratories. Edwin and his wife Clara were dedicated to social and civic endeavors in Rochester, so in 1965 they donated $2.4 million for the construction and maintenance of a planetarium. The building was designed by Carl F. W. Kaelber Jr. of the Rochester architectural firm of Waasdorp, Northup & Kaelber. Located on East Avenue, the Strasenburgh Planetarium was dedicated September 14th 1968. Reproduced from 35mm mounted slides.
