Make your own Ivanhoe Mayonnaise
In 1934, Ivanhoe Mayonnaise did something I don’t think I’ve ever seen another product do: it published its recipe, “in case you’d like to make it yourself.” The recipe is […]
In 1934, Ivanhoe Mayonnaise did something I don’t think I’ve ever seen another product do: it published its recipe, “in case you’d like to make it yourself.” The recipe is […]
In case you wondered whether the WGY Food Stores made use of their connection to radio, here’s how their ads looked in 1931. Lower down in the ad (not visible […]
So, we found out there were WGY Food Stores, and as far as we can tell, those had some sort of association with the AM radio station. Well, then, what […]
It seems incredible that there was once a very large chain of grocery stores named for one of the first radio stations in the country, and even more incredible that […]
Well, let’s continue this bit of old home week, started last week, with this 1946 ad from Lathrop’s Drugs. Lathrop’s was a Rexall affiliated drug store with two locations in […]
So I’m browsing through an old newspaper from 1945 and I see an ad for a business from my hometown that I’ve never heard of. Admittedly, it was before my […]
When I was growing up in Scotia, there was an odd little gift shop operating out of a very nice old home at the corner of Glen Avenue and South […]
We know that Albany was in on some great technological breakthroughs – Joseph Henry’s discovery of electrical induction and creation of the first telegraph signal, John Wesley Hyatt’s invention of […]
The wide-ranging autobiography of William Henry Johnson is filled with reminders of how much and how little has changed since its publication in 1900. In the “Finale,” John T. Chapman, […]
If someone from another culture were to come here today, on this President’s Day holiday, and try to guess what it is we’re celebrating, there’s no doubt he or she […]