Gimme those hot 88s!
As mentioned in the previous post, there was a bit of a fire at the Brandow Publishing house in 1891, just as “The New Albany” was set to roll off […]
As mentioned in the previous post, there was a bit of a fire at the Brandow Publishing house in 1891, just as “The New Albany” was set to roll off […]
Just before the publication of the first number of “The New Albany” in 1891, Brandow Printing Company’s plant was consumed by fire. Type was made of lead then, and lead […]
Not much advertising copy throws in a dig at Dutchmen these days, so for that alone this ad from the Albany Steam Trap Co., 1891, is worth a look. But […]
Can’t resist another ad from Thepure Baking Powder Company. Hoxsie agrees that ladies should know which baking powder retains its strength until used, and that the housewives of the land […]
Wow. From the land of overheated advertising copy comes this wonder from “The New Albany,” Vol. 1, No. 1 (and perhaps the only one) from Brandow Publishing, 1891. And right […]
The Van Vranken family had all sorts of business ventures in the not-yet-Electric City. In 1862, C. & H. Van Vranken were in the carriage and sleigh building business. Rotterdam […]
Andrew McMullen was in the coal business in Schenectady in 1862. I don’t know how one chose household coal, so I don’t know if the lower classes relied on Lehigh […]
From Beck’s Pocket Guide to Troy, 1935, Andrew J. Smith wants to make sure you’ve got enough insurance to keep the neighborhood from talking behind your back. Note that in […]
Had I mentioned that Albany was once the Piano City? I thought I might have. Once or twice. This ad from 1899 features only two of the numerous piano companies […]
In 1885, you could take the Peoples Line up and down the Hudson, any day of the week. And from there, you could go just about anywhere. I want to […]