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The Stove District
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Yesterday we looked at a stove dealer who had ventured across the river into Greenbush territory in 1863. Today we’re back to Albany, and back to 1850, to take a look at the stove dealers and manufacturers. Apparently the top of Green Street was wall to wall stove dealers: there were 13 stove dealers…
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R.V. Pasco, stove maker
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Haven’t been able to learn much about R.V. Pasco, whose 1863 ad appears here. He was one of many stove makers and dealers in the area at a time when the Capital District was the stove capital of the country. His was one of the few businesses in Greenbush (now Rensselaer) that advertised in…
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T. Lamoure & Sons
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T. Lamoure & Sons’ motto was “Quick Sales and Small Profits.” Their grocery and hardware store at 89 Washington Avenue in Albany had a little bit of everything, and was particularly handy for those hardy Civil War-era folks who liked a little gunpowder in with their eggs.
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Benjamin Payn
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Whoever designed this wonderful ad for Benjamin Payn was obviously quite delighted with his artistry. And it was quite the blend of products that Mr. Payn sold from his location at 7 Broadway. He manufactured tobacco, snuff, and cigars, as well as chocolate and prepared cocoa. In addition, he sold pipes, matches, mustard, plug…
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Boston Steam Carpet Beating Co.
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Wouldn’t it be great to be as excited about anything as the 19th century was about steam? We’ve tried before to itemize just a few of the things done by steam power back in mid-19th century Albany. There was steam printing and steam planing, steam soap and steam candy. Even steam crackers. And, here, steam…
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The Oldest Dentists (that’s a good thing?)
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In 1863, Washington Avenue dentists The Brockways, the oldest dentists in the city of Albany, pointed out their large experience and their extensive practice, and even gave their price list for whole sets of teeth. Painlessness, they didn’t mention. “Plugging” sounds a lot more painful than “filling.” (By one calculation, $15 in 1863 would…
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J.W. Netterville, full-service undertaker
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In 1863 Albany, when it came to funeral supplies, J.W. Netterville had it all. His residence and wareroom at 118 S. Pearl was probably about in the vicinity of Madison Avenue; little of Bleecker Street remains in the Pastures, but it was only a short walk away. As we’ve noted before, it wasn’t uncommon…
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A.A. Dunlop, plaster and guano
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In the days before drywall, every wall in town was plaster. A.A. Dunlop was dealing plaster in Albany in 1863 from down on Quay Street, now lost among the ramps of I-787. He dealt in plaster, cement, feeds, flour and grain. He also dealt in Phoenix guano, which was not exactly the droppings of…
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