Another one gone
Apparently, this lovely, graceful building, formerly the Odd Fellows Hall on State Street in Schenectady, just a few steps from...
Swooning over science
Image via Wikipedia My old hometown is chasing its tail like a puppy because it has been blessed by a...
Letter from home
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s blog has an interesting article on a little piece of correspondence from George...
Three channels and nothing’s on
Our elders had the hardships of the Great Depression and the Second World War, and they weren’t shy about telling...
New York Thruway
Thruway sign remnant 2.jpg, originally uploaded by carljohnson. I noticed that this old sign for the Thruway, probably going back...
Hoxsie!
Hoxsie!, originally uploaded by carljohnson. From the Schenectady City Directory for 1862-63, my favorite image ever. Ever. No, I don’t...
Corruption at the Capitol, 1910-style
Tne New International Year Book, “A Compendium of the World’s Progress for the Year 1910,” provides a neat little summary...
Schenectady newsies, Albany corruption: 1910
It’s Schenectady’s turn. Apparently during his documentation of child labor in 1910, Lewis Wickes Hine visited the Electric City, too....
The Markers Speak
Saturday was just an incredibly beautiful day, and I had been determined that on the first sunny day I was...