The Willard Farm
In 1854, John Hart Willard was selling off the family farm on the Wynantskill in Troy. In 1838, John (with wife Sarah Lucretia Hudson) had taken over the Troy Female […]
In 1854, John Hart Willard was selling off the family farm on the Wynantskill in Troy. In 1838, John (with wife Sarah Lucretia Hudson) had taken over the Troy Female […]
It’s rather extraordinary that the 16th child (out of 17) of a Connecticut farmer, a female born in 1787, would become one of the leaders in women’s education. But at […]
By 1872, when this advertisement ran in the Troy Daily Whig, Henry Burden had long been famous for his advances in iron work. He began in the nail business and […]
Once was a time (and that time was 1873) when you couldn’t throw a celluloid collar in Troy without hitting an oyster merchant. J.H. Goodsell, Lewis Thayer, H. Wait, Bailey […]
In the mid-twentieth century, when traveling carnivals and fairs were much bigger business than they are today, O.C. Buck Shows of Troy was one of the big players in the […]
From The Troy Daily Whig, February 5, 1873, an ad for the Star Brewery, 146 North Fourth Street in Troy. “A superior article of Ale now on hand, in barrels, […]
Okay, here’s a newspaper promotion you don’t see much anymore: in 1921, with a six-month subscription to the Troy Record, you could get a discounted house lot in Colonie Estates. […]
Couldn’t let Almon Millard (“the man who sells low shoes now”) go without another ad from 1909, this time for his $3.00 “Derby” low shoes, which Mr. Millard was sure […]
In 1909, Millard of Broadway in Troy boasted of perfect $2.00 shoemaking: “My $2.00 ‘Helen’ Shoes for women are perfection in $2.00 shoemaking. The new styles in both ‘Helen’ boots […]
This article originally appeared at All Over Albany; somehow I never posted it here at Hoxsie. The Livingston Avenue Bridge, the graceful and anachronistic swing bridge that carries trains across […]