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In 1917, the New York Telephone Company was still getting Albany residents used to some of the benefits of the burgeoning telephone systems. This ad from the Blue Book reminded […]
In 1917, the New York Telephone Company was still getting Albany residents used to some of the benefits of the burgeoning telephone systems. This ad from the Blue Book reminded […]
An alert reader (thanks, John!) sent along this article from the Feb. 27, 1951 Knickerbocker News, detailing the end of the line for the venerable Goold’s carriage company, which invented […]
Back in 1911, auto shows were a very big deal, and Albany had a big one in the Washington Avenue Armory. It ran for a week and had 47 exhibitors, […]
We’re not sure when they stopped publishing “The Blue Book,” the directory of the elite, but it’s probable that when they did, the need for shops like Mrs. Leake’s fell […]
Since we mentioned Goold’s auto bodies yesterday and opined as to the likelihood they were connected to the old Albany carriage and sleighmaker by the name of Goold, we’d be […]
When The Goold Company advertised in The Blue Book in 1917, presumably their clientele knew where they were located, for this ad doesn’t give a clue. In fact, Goold didn’t […]