There’s something you don’t see every day
A stereoscopic view of a very unfinished New York State Capitol building. I’m sure I could date this with some accuracy, but for now let’s say it’s somewhere between 1870 […]
A stereoscopic view of a very unfinished New York State Capitol building. I’m sure I could date this with some accuracy, but for now let’s say it’s somewhere between 1870 […]
The northwest corner of Broadway and State in Albany has hosted some kind of round-faced building for a very long time now. Shown here in this old stereographic view is […]
In almost any other structure in the world, this would be a view of a grand, showy staircase. But in the New York State Capitol, it’s the ugly stepsister . […]
Another gem of a stereoscope from the Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Images at the New York Public Library, this one depicts the new State Capitol building in Albany. […]
(This article originally appeared at Alloveralbany.com) From petty thief to Lincoln assassination conspirator, if you were a criminal in Washington D.C. in the 1860’s – you were going to be […]
Here’s a single image from a stereoscope of the Westminster Presbyterian Church on State Street in Albany, one of many we’ll be looking at from the Robert N. Dennis Collection […]
I was intrigued some years ago when I came across this gravestone in the Albany Rural Cemetery: CARRIE TURNER wife of John Mack, 1863 – 1897 She was a player, […]
Writing in 1867, Joel Munsell described the second permanent theater building in Albany: “The next theatre erected exclusively for the representation of legitimate drama, was the edifice in South Pearl […]
Speaking of the Green Street Theatre, Joel Munsell included the following story from the Albany Evening Times in a footnote: “A most laughable incident is told by a person who […]
Years after writing this initial post, Hoxsie undertook a much more thorough examination of the earliest theater in Albany, associated with the first theater building – you can find that […]