Electric pumps? Excellent idea.
Imagine a time (and that time was 1906) when people had to be convinced that having electric pumps to supply water for firefighting was a good idea. In case the […]
Imagine a time (and that time was 1906) when people had to be convinced that having electric pumps to supply water for firefighting was a good idea. In case the […]
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 […]
I’ve previously lamented the loss of the word “apothecary.” Here’s another one, S.T. & A.M. Smith Apothecaries, which sold both drugs and medicines. They had all the finest patent medicines […]
I would love to have seen some of the creations of Theodore Yauman, artist in hair jewelry. In 1858 he was at 580 Broadway, opposite the Delavan House, one of […]
In 1858, John Rodgers continued to manufacture with increased facility, at his old establishment, steam and fire engines, pumps, boilers, heaters, and machinery in general. And tobacco cutting engines, presses, […]
J. Maxwell, Jr. sold scales of every description from his store at 136 South Pearl Street in Albany, comprising in part, counter scales, druggists’ scales, confectioners’ scales, grain measurers’ scales, […]
Once was a time, say 1858, when J.W. Osborn had his office and slate yard right at 10 James Street, steps from State Street in Albany. Slate was a very […]