WGY Refrigeration Co.
So, we found out there were WGY Food Stores, and as far as we can tell, those had some sort of association with the AM radio station. Well, then, what […]
So, we found out there were WGY Food Stores, and as far as we can tell, those had some sort of association with the AM radio station. Well, then, what […]
Well, let’s continue this bit of old home week, started last week, with this 1946 ad from Lathrop’s Drugs. Lathrop’s was a Rexall affiliated drug store with two locations in […]
So I’m browsing through an old newspaper from 1945 and I see an ad for a business from my hometown that I’ve never heard of. Admittedly, it was before my […]
When I was growing up in Scotia, there was an odd little gift shop operating out of a very nice old home at the corner of Glen Avenue and South […]
From the village of Scotia comes this historical marker for the house called Maalwyck: “This house built ca. 1712 / by Karel Hansen Toll, who / settled here 1685. Broom […]
From Robson & Adee’s 1906 map of “Schenectady and Environs,” another early 20th century view of the village of Scotia, New York, my somewhat idyllic hometown. The fold in the […]
Hoxsie’s still busy, so more pretty pictures. This is a lovely map of the area that would become Collins Park in Scotia. This was 1905, so Washington Avenue was still […]
Hoxsie could put in a lot of time and effort into making a survey of all the bridges that cross the Mohawk in and around Schenectady. Or, Hoxsie could give […]
While we’re looking at bridges across the Mohawk, here’s a glimpse of the railroad bridge that sits just downriver from the Western Gateway bridge. I’m not entirely sure when it […]
Found among my great grandmother’s keepsakes. I don’t know how old I was, maybe 8 or 9, when I wrote this card. I had tried to fit my message on […]