Cows Below!
Schenectady, Oct. 14, 1857: “The flooring of the old Mohawk bridge gave way this forenoon, precipitating about fifty head of cattle a distance of eighteen feet into the river. Only […]
Schenectady, Oct. 14, 1857: “The flooring of the old Mohawk bridge gave way this forenoon, precipitating about fifty head of cattle a distance of eighteen feet into the river. Only […]
In 1863 John McKnight’s Son (first name unknown) was a brewer operating the corner of Canal, Hawk and Orange streets, space currently occupied by the Sheridan Avenue steam plant (Canal […]
When this ad ran in 1921, Schenectady’s Patton & Hall shoes was a thriving business, with additional stores in Amsterdam and Saratoga. The company occupied a large building on State […]
Perhaps the first version of a carphone? In 1921, General Electric successfully used carrier current communication, which transmits a low power AM signal through alternating current lines, to communicate from […]
Last week we wrote that we didn’t know anything about Benjamin Marsh, whose jewelry store passed into the hands of Henry Rowlands in 1869. But that’s not entirely true: we […]
A curious item from almost exactly 101 years ago, in the Detroit Free Press: BLIND GIRL WILL NOT WORK IN SCHENECTADY John Macy, With Whose Family She Lives, Resigns His […]
In 1869, future spoon-patenter Benjamin Marsh sold his store at 34 State Street, at the corner of Broadway, to Henry Rowlands. I don’t know anything about either of them, but […]
We’ve seen a simpler ad from J.W. Osborn, from 1858, before. When this ran in 1863, he was selling not only slate roofing but also kerosene oil, benzole, etc. He […]
Even in the days of the general store, it’s hard to imagine a store more general than that of W.J. and R.H. Scott, manufacturers and dealers in Military, Fire Department,Base […]
It used to be that boxes were made locally. Every city of any size had a few box makers. The paper and linerboard and corrugated cardboard that made up boxes […]