White & Moore’s Celebrated Malt Coffee
I’d never before heard of White & Moore’s Celebrated Malt Coffee. According to a place in New Zealand that still makes it, “roasted malt coffee is made from the roasted […]
I’d never before heard of White & Moore’s Celebrated Malt Coffee. According to a place in New Zealand that still makes it, “roasted malt coffee is made from the roasted […]
In 1863 John McKnight’s Son (first name unknown) was a brewer operating the corner of Canal, Hawk and Orange streets, space currently occupied by the Sheridan Avenue steam plant (Canal […]
Last week we wrote that we didn’t know anything about Benjamin Marsh, whose jewelry store passed into the hands of Henry Rowlands in 1869. But that’s not entirely true: we […]
In 1869, future spoon-patenter Benjamin Marsh sold his store at 34 State Street, at the corner of Broadway, to Henry Rowlands. I don’t know anything about either of them, but […]
We’ve seen a simpler ad from J.W. Osborn, from 1858, before. When this ran in 1863, he was selling not only slate roofing but also kerosene oil, benzole, etc. He […]
Even in the days of the general store, it’s hard to imagine a store more general than that of W.J. and R.H. Scott, manufacturers and dealers in Military, Fire Department,Base […]
It used to be that boxes were made locally. Every city of any size had a few box makers. The paper and linerboard and corrugated cardboard that made up boxes […]
By 1869 when this ad ran, Thorburn’s Albany Seed and Fruit Store had been around for 38 years already, delivering fruit with care to any part of the city. They […]
We’ve written before of the importance of Joel Munsell as one of Albany’s premiere printers, publishers, and historians. So today let’s just admire the beauty of his steam press. This […]
In addition to creating the entire field of court stenography and trying to invent a noiseless typewriter, Philander Deming was a writer of some renown. He wrote a number of […]