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Month: September 2014

Fine Corn Husk Mattresses

September 30, 2014 Carl Johnson

In 1863, downtown Albany was home to a mattress and feather depot run by Antrim White, whose store was at 36 Green Street, and whose home was at 3 Ten […]

The Scholars of Grafton

September 25, 2014November 4, 2015 Carl Johnson

At some point, Marcia O. Dunham, born in Grafton but decamped to Washington, D.C., received an envelope. In that envelope was a set of certificates noting the school accomplishments of […]

Fannie Hayner: License to Teach

September 24, 2014November 3, 2015 Carl Johnson

Amazing what you can find at the Library of Congress. For instance, a whole envelope of certificates marking the accomplishments of Fannie Hayner, from her own school days to when […]

A last bit of Rooseveltiana

September 23, 2014 Carl Johnson

Had to share one last picture of FDR in Albany. (He spent more time getting his picture taken in the capital city than his cousin did.) This one from the […]

Roosevelt and Byrd in Albany

September 18, 2014June 3, 2016 Carl Johnson

I’ve had these pictures of Governor Franklin Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Richard Byrd on the steps of the Capitol in Albany for the longest time, trying to figure out just […]

A Roosevelt in Albany

September 17, 2014 Carl Johnson

People are all a-twitter over the discovery that there were once Roosevelts (!) in Albany (!). Not having cable (and not even sure if I have broadcast), I haven’t seen […]

Colonel Roosevelt’s “flying trip” to Rensselaer County

September 16, 2014 Carl Johnson

There’s some sort of hubbub about Roosevelts these days, so we may as well recall the time when Colonel Roosevelt, not yet Governor of the Empire State, made what the […]

Downtown Schenectady, Then and (almost) Now

September 11, 2014 Carl Johnson

An odd departure, but I always have a hard time remembering what little stores were where in the downtown Schenectady of my youth, and it’s harder now that this (fortunately […]

What’s up in the publishing world, 1919

September 5, 2014 Carl Johnson

Ran across an edition of “The American Printer” from August, 1919, which featured a series of short blurbs informative of what was going on with printers and publishers in New […]

The Schenectady Massacre Sign

September 4, 2014June 23, 2020 Carl Johnson

I love this sign at the entrance to Schenectady at the Western Gateway Bridge. Love it so much. Because where else will you find a metal silhouette of a massacre? […]

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