The end of Goold’s carriages
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 […]
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 […]
In Albany’s West Capitol Park, hardly ever noticed by the throngs of workers lining up for the food trucks, is this reminder that General Washington passed through on the road […]
The Albany, Schenectady, and Troy Blue Book was the official register of high society in the tri-cities. This ad from the 1917-18 edition was clearly aimed right at the blue […]
We made reference the other day to Cotrell & Leonard without doing full justice to their incredibly important role in creating the academic (in all senses of the word) symbolism […]
Cotrell & Leonard were prominent Albany clothiers who were on the stretch of Broadway that’s now Tricentennial Park. They were heavy on the outerwear and jumped into the motoring age […]
Just take a moment and appreciate the beauty of this ad the Killip Laundering Company, from 1917. Some fine letterer or sign-painter rendered that gorgeous logo in brush and ink. […]