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Washington under the elms
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Once upon a time, there was an elm tree in Albany’s Lafayette Park (just across from the Capitol). That tree’s grandparent (whatever that may mean) was a leafy witness to history. “Washington first took command of the American Army under the grandparent of this elm at Cambridge, Mass. July 3, 1775 Raised and presented…
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Hoxsie bottle!
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Do not want (at least not at $57), but I was pleasantly surprised when a Google alert brought me the news that there is a Hoxsie bottle out there for sale. Perhaps there are thousands, bottle collecting is not my thing. If you want to know what a cool, refreshing bottle of Hoxsie looked…
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Bent Fellies
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It’s 1858, and you need bent fellies. You need Winne & Northrop. How did they bend their fellies? Well, it’s just possible they used Mann’s Felly-Building Machine. (A felly is the outer rim of a wheel, to which the spokes are attached.)
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Cigars, tobacco and school supplies
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In 1905, Capital City News distributed newspapers, including the late New York evening papers and imported German publications. They also dabbled in school supplies, cigars and tobacco. That’s a combination you wouldn’t see today.
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E.S. Randall, Fashionable Goods
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1870. Being a gentleman of taste and judgment, I want to go to there.
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Rinso
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I’ll try for just a moment to focus only on the non-sexist elements of this Rinso detergent ad that ran in the Schenectady Gazette in 1921. Oh, wait. There aren’t any.
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Two great tastes that go great together
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Beer and bologna. In 1862, Frederick P. Durr was running a saloon and bologna manufactory at 166 State Street in Schenectady.
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Albany, City of the Bald?
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If you believe what Professor Henry A. DeMunn had to say in 1862 (and I demand to know the provenance of his doctoral degree), that he had been working for a year and a half with the worst cases of baldness to be found “in this or any other country,” then you have to…
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