Practice your scales
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, […]
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 […]
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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 […]
1858: The Albany Car Wheel Works was just off the lumber district, at Learned and Thacher streets, an area that’s still industrial. George Thacher not only turned out wheels of […]
Along with Whitney’s, John Myers was one of Albany’s premiere department stores for ages. Here in 1905 they were advertising their mail order capabilities. “Uncle Sam is a faithful transmitter […]
1905: John J. Shea was down on Broadway, manufacturing pretty much everything you could manufacture from canvas: awnings, coal bags, tents and flags, horse and wagon covers, feed bags, hammocks, […]
In 1905, people still needed to be convinced to get telephone service. Being in touch with half the United States was certainly a selling point (though they don’t make it […]