Friday, January 30, 2015

The Blizzard of 1888

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A view of the lower State Street after the Blizzard of 1888. Merchant storefronts, including T. H. Reeves at 257 State Street and Myers th...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Civil Defense and Civil Disobedience: Operation Alert in Schenectady in 1960

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Protesters assembled in Veterans Park (then Crescent Park) at 1:45 p.m. on May 3, 1960, and remained holdings signs through the take-cov...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Hops & Hogsheads: Beer from Colonial to Craft Brew

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Portion of exhibit Hops & Hogsheads: Beer from Colonial to Craft Brew , on display at the Mabee Farm Historic Site through March 13, 2...
Friday, January 9, 2015

"Mont Pleasant's Main Street": A Look Back at Crane Street

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Postcard of Crane Street, ca. 1915. Image from Grems-Doolittle Library Postcard Collection.  In a long letter of reminiscences abou...
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Friday, January 2, 2015

Schenectady's City Seal

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Reverse image of Schenectady city seal. Image from Seal of Schenectady clipping file, collections of the Grems-Doolittle Library.   Ma...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

A Young Man's Mathematics Lessons

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Pages of calculations and problem-solving in the lesson book of Daniel Toll. Image from Glen-Sanders Papers, collection on microfilm in th...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Christmas and the Erie Canal in Schenectady

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Youngsters ice-skate on the frozen Erie Canal in this photograph taken circa 1910. The skating area, just south of State Street on what...
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