No pernicious discharges tonight!
As an annual public service, Hoxsie would once again like to remind you: no pernicious discharges! Chapter 81 of the Laws of 1785 was passed to restrict your New Year’s […]
As an annual public service, Hoxsie would once again like to remind you: no pernicious discharges! Chapter 81 of the Laws of 1785 was passed to restrict your New Year’s […]
In 1909, Albany’s Babbitt & Co. advertised correct dress for women: In wearing our garments ladies can feel assured of being cleverly and properly dressed. We give our patrons the […]
I’m absolutely terrible at remembering birthdays, anniversaries, anything of that sort. And yet, I almost never forget that December 27 was the birthday of my great grandmother, Hazel Grace Smith, […]
In 1883, the City of Albany reported that it had $3,191,000 in bonded debt. This covered a variety of purposes. There was $3,000 for the relief of drafted men in […]
What would Hoxsie like for Christmas? Perhaps the first commercial Christmas card in the U.S. Printed right here in Albany, of course. Learn about it from All Over Albany. Then […]
…and there’s no better time to remind folks that the legendary poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” penned by Rev. Clement Moore of New York City on Christmas Eve, 1822, […]
A stereoscopic view of a very unfinished New York State Capitol building. I’m sure I could date this with some accuracy, but for now let’s say it’s somewhere between 1870 […]
From one of the Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopes, here’s an unusual view of Cohoes. It’s unusual in part because it’s in color, and in part because it’s not […]
The northwest corner of Broadway and State in Albany has hosted some kind of round-faced building for a very long time now. Shown here in this old stereographic view is […]
In almost any other structure in the world, this would be a view of a grand, showy staircase. But in the New York State Capitol, it’s the ugly stepsister . […]