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SUNY Potsdam President Kristin G. Esterberg, left, shares a laugh with author and Julia Crane biographer Caron Collins last week after a dedication ceremony of a historical marker at the site of Crane Institute on Main Street in Potsdam. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times
Potsdam Historian Mimi VanDeusen, left, and Potsdam Public Museum Curator Erin Cheney stand Friday in front of a historical marker at the original location of the Crane Institute founded by Julia Crane in 1886. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times
A historical marker memorializing the original site of the Crane Institute of Music was dedicated Friday. The maker is at the site of Julia E. Craneâs Main Street home, where she established the Crane Normal Institute of Music in 1886. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times