Positively Fire-Proof!
There’s much more of a story to tell about the Ten Eyck than I can fit in this week. Unlike many fire-proof hotels in these parts, it appears to never […]
There’s much more of a story to tell about the Ten Eyck than I can fit in this week. Unlike many fire-proof hotels in these parts, it appears to never […]
The People’s Line ran steamboats up and down the Hudson from Albany to New York and back every day (except Sundays, at least as late as 1862, when this ad […]
I’ve previously lamented the loss of the word “apothecary.” Here’s another one, S.T. & A.M. Smith Apothecaries, which sold both drugs and medicines. They had all the finest patent medicines […]
I would love to have seen some of the creations of Theodore Yauman, artist in hair jewelry. In 1858 he was at 580 Broadway, opposite the Delavan House, one of […]
In 1858, John Rodgers continued to manufacture with increased facility, at his old establishment, steam and fire engines, pumps, boilers, heaters, and machinery in general. And tobacco cutting engines, presses, […]
J. Maxwell, Jr. sold scales of every description from his store at 136 South Pearl Street in Albany, comprising in part, counter scales, druggists’ scales, confectioners’ scales, grain measurers’ scales, […]
Once was a time, say 1858, when J.W. Osborn had his office and slate yard right at 10 James Street, steps from State Street in Albany. Slate was a very […]
Albany, 1858: George Wait was a wholesale dealer in groceries, teas, foreign fruits, sugars, oils, &c. One of the benefits of being at the head of shipping for the Erie […]
L. Annesley made and sold looking glasses, portrait frames, picture frames, window cornices, engravings and lithographs, artists’ materials, mouldings, etc. I would just love to know what the inside of […]
1905. What could you get in Albany that you can’t get today? Well, cork, for one thing. Cork of every description. Cork is something that, like burlap, has pretty much […]