Education in Albany, 90 years ago
In 1923, the Albany Chamber of Commerce put out a booklet promoting “Education in Albany: An Opportunity and a Business.” “What educational opportunity will be possible for my children?” the […]
In 1923, the Albany Chamber of Commerce put out a booklet promoting “Education in Albany: An Opportunity and a Business.” “What educational opportunity will be possible for my children?” the […]
At some point, J.B. Lyon’s massive printing operation (“the largest complete printing plant between New York and Chicago”) left its downtown location at Beaver and Daniel (among others) for the […]
Everyone’s been all a-twitter because the Times Union got a new press. (In fairness, it is likely to be the last offset web press ever installed in the area. Ever.) […]
The Albany Institute of History and Art collection includes this fabulous 1909 letter, on the letterhead of Cairo’s Eden Palace Hotel (with electric light and a lift!). The letter is […]
From Ripley’s 1919 “Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant:” Professor Robert G. Wall, in a recent address, said: “Imagine 100 men, all 25 years old, and all fully equipped mentally […]
Ripley’s 1919 “Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant,” the story of General Electric’s Schenectady Works, takes a surprising turn in its description of the apprenticeship courses offered at GE, suggesting […]
Hey, remember that time when Albany was going to set standard time for the entire country? And the Dudley Observatory was going to figure out what time it really was? […]
There was a time when large swaths of the population rode bicycles to get from place to place. Even blue-collar factory workers rode to work, as evidenced by this wonderful […]
Again from 1919, a look at where a typical GE worker in Schenectady would enjoy that typical 25-cent midday meal: in the Schenectady Works Restaurant. This plan is just of […]
In case you were wondering whether General Electric’s Schenectady Works provided adequate nutrition for its workers in 1919, you may rest assured. For starters, Charles Ripley, author of “Life in […]