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Wouldn’t it be great to be as excited about anything as the 19th century was about steam? We’ve tried before to itemize just a few of the things done by steam […]
Wouldn’t it be great to be as excited about anything as the 19th century was about steam? We’ve tried before to itemize just a few of the things done by steam […]
In 1863, Washington Avenue dentists The Brockways, the oldest dentists in the city of Albany, pointed out their large experience and their extensive practice, and even gave their price list […]
In 1863 Albany, when it came to funeral supplies, J.W. Netterville had it all. His residence and wareroom at 118 S. Pearl was probably about in the vicinity of Madison […]
In the days before drywall, every wall in town was plaster. A.A. Dunlop was dealing plaster in Albany in 1863 from down on Quay Street, now lost among the ramps […]
Back when Albany Ale was king, Amsdell Brothers were a major brewer and distributor. Their brewery stretched from 135 to 145 Jay Street, in a time when hyphenating addresses was […]
You know what you don’t see much of anymore? Packers of pork, and makers of churns. In 1863 Albany, these were not exceptional businesses. Joe Cary and his boys were […]
The “Maria Theresa” made by Troy’s Waters & Sons isn’t the only Capital District boat somewhere deep in the Smithsonian’s collection. Famed Adirondack surveyor Verplanck Colvin, whose adventures measuring the […]
On July 4, 1874, Nathaniel Bishop left Quebec in an 18-foot canoe, intending to paddle (with an unnamed assistant) to the Gulf of Mexico. “It was his intention to follow […]
As has been explained before, this blog was named for an amazing advertisement featuring a charming rooster proclaiming “HOXSIE!”, the name of a local maker of various sodas,sarsaparilla, lager beer […]
I’d never before heard of White & Moore’s Celebrated Malt Coffee. According to a place in New Zealand that still makes it, “roasted malt coffee is made from the roasted […]