Al Smith, standing tall
You know how you always hear the Corning Tower is the tallest building between New York City and Montreal? Well, before the 42-story tower at the Empire State Plaza opened […]
You know how you always hear the Corning Tower is the tallest building between New York City and Montreal? Well, before the 42-story tower at the Empire State Plaza opened […]
Where in the United States of America is there a city from which so many summer resorts can be reached so quickly, easily and cheaply as from Albany? Did you […]
Someday soon I’ll relate the fascinating story of Dr. William Henry Johnson, a free black man who long ran a highly respected barber salon on Maiden Lane in Albany, from […]
“Mr. William Jennings Bryan, whilst here the other night, said some good things about Albany, all of which we indorse. Our adopted city is all right and up-to-date, notwithstanding the […]
It is, too. Not sure precisely when this postcard was made. I am sure that with a little work and the Big Brotherish miracle of StreetView I could track the […]
Miss Helene Dernell of Albany, New York, as photographed by Alfred Eisenstadt for Life magazine. Helene was a Rockette when this was taken in 1942. More on her life in […]
In the 1858 Albany City Directory, McClures of one form or another are all over the Albany drug trade. And by drugs, we also mean paints, oils, varnishes, alcohol, camphene, […]
1858. No doubt, there was no need to explain to the audience of the day exactly what made steam scouring in the New York style. (Or perhaps it was the […]
There’s much more of a story to tell about the Ten Eyck than I can fit in this week. Unlike many fire-proof hotels in these parts, it appears to never […]
The People’s Line ran steamboats up and down the Hudson from Albany to New York and back every day (except Sundays, at least as late as 1862, when this ad […]