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Albany education facts and figures
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The Albany Chamber of Commerce’s 1923 booklet on education in Albany laid out an impressive and highly confusing set of facts and figures to relate the importance of education in the city, to show that “as a business, education here surpasses, both in investment and in the amount of its payroll, that of any…
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Education in Albany, 90 years ago
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In 1923, the Albany Chamber of Commerce put out a booklet promoting “Education in Albany: An Opportunity and a Business.” “What educational opportunity will be possible for my children?” the booklet asked. “This is the most important question a man asks who is seeking a home. Albany answers this question with a completeness hardly…
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So where did J.B. Lyon move to?
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At some point, J.B. Lyon’s massive printing operation (“the largest complete printing plant between New York and Chicago”) left its downtown location at Beaver and Daniel (among others) for the open spaces of North Broadway; I’m not sure when this happened, but by 1940, this was what their plant looked like. In all their…
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I’ll show you a printing press!
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Everyone’s been all a-twitter because the Times Union got a new press. (In fairness, it is likely to be the last offset web press ever installed in the area. Ever.) Well, the local newspaper didn’t always rule the roost when it came to printing production; far from it. Here’s a view of the J.B.…
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Bringing home the mummies
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The Albany Institute of History and Art collection includes this fabulous 1909 letter, on the letterhead of Cairo’s Eden Palace Hotel (with electric light and a lift!). The letter is from Samuel W. Brown, a noted businessman in the coffee, spice and mustard trade (Bacon, Stickney was his company) who was also on the…
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Statistics!
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From Ripley’s 1919 “Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant:” Professor Robert G. Wall, in a recent address, said: “Imagine 100 men, all 25 years old, and all fully equipped mentally and physically. Tell them to seek their fortunes in the world and report back to you at the age of 65. In 40 years’…
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GE sez: Don’t stay in school!
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Ripley’s 1919 “Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant,” the story of General Electric’s Schenectady Works, takes a surprising turn in its description of the apprenticeship courses offered at GE, suggesting boys not waste their time with college: “One of the problems facing most boys of 16 who are trying to choose a profession is:…
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Hey, remember Albany Time?
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Hey, remember that time when Albany was going to set standard time for the entire country? And the Dudley Observatory was going to figure out what time it really was? And then they were going to telegraph it to the railroads, and drop “time balls” in cities all over the country? Well, it almost…
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