R.P. Thorn Watches, Clocks & Jewelry
Don’t recall having run across the name R.P. Thorn before, though a number of the watches and clocks they sold are still in the hands of collectors. This postcard was […]
Don’t recall having run across the name R.P. Thorn before, though a number of the watches and clocks they sold are still in the hands of collectors. This postcard was […]
We’d be remiss if we didn’t show this trade card for the Hatch Flexible Shoe, which as we’ve previously noted was manufactured by Thomas Fearey & Sons of Albany. The […]
This trade postcard from the Boston Public Library collection is a grand advertisement for E.J. Larrabee & Co., manufacturers of biscuits. We’ve shown one of their elegant billheads before. The […]
“Bicycling, though so lately introduced to Albany, is fast becoming a popular sport among young business men. The Albany Bicycle club was organized Aug. 24, 1880, with thirteen members, and […]
We’re all well aware, because angry people on the teevee tell us so, that it’s absolutely outrageous that anyone who can’t afford it should be getting medical treatment. Well, apparently […]
From 1884, the “Albany Hand-book” described the current state of the Fire Department, which was established in its then-current form in 1867, overseen by the Mayor and five commissioners appointed […]
From 1884, a note on sparrows. While not considered quite as evil as the cottonwood tree, I’d venture to say they have not grown in appreciation in the past century […]
In 1888, Albany’s Horse Shoe Clothing House was advertising a deluge of bargains, perhaps “the grandest bargains ever known in this city.” They offered “enough kinds and sizes to fit […]
Be assured, Albany’s Bicentennial Loan Exhibition of 1886 wasn’t all Native American relics. For instance, there were also Civil War relics! Rebel bullets, rebel flags, and cannon-balls, among hundreds of […]
The catalog of the Bicentennial Loan Exhibition explained that the purpose of the Exhibition, held in the Albany Academy building in July of 1886, was to demonstrate the growth, development, […]