Category: Saratoga

Apparently, Saratoga’s Avenue of the Pines has been such for quite some time. It’s unclear when this lovely postcard was made. The name of the avenue can be found in reports of the State Conservation Commission going back into the 1920s. A 1922 report to the Legislature told of the efforts to repave the…

In time for track season, more horsies. There has been racing in Saratoga since at least 1847, with thoroughbred racing beginning in 1863. This cursory reading of the Saratoga Race Course Wikipedia entry exhausts Hoxsie’s knowledge of, and interest in, the sport of kings. Another early 20th-century postcard from the Boston Public Library’s collection.

It’s Hoxsie’s understanding that some sort of horse racing takes place up in Saratoga Springs most summers. Since Saratoga has become one of those places that’s so crowded that no one goes there anymore, we’re not entirely sure. But if so, this old painted postcard, from the collection of the Boston Public Library, would…

Still from 1973 — the copy editor who wrote this headline in the Schenectady Gazette probably sensed that the writer had buried the lead; without that head, most readers wouldn’t have gotten through the tax exemption and housing code amendments to that part about the topless waitresses. Okay, so, topless waitresses, and the Mayor…

Hathorn Water from the Hathorn Spring in Saratoga Springs clears the complexion, relieves the headache at once, promotes rest and sleep. Why, it even revives dormant faculties (to say nothing of somnambulant sophomores).   And the State of New York says it’s good for constipation. And who would know better?