History around Schenectady

Upstate New York History.

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Monday, May 31, 2010

The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bulletin, April 1, 1936


Archive # 18,880.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bulletin, May 1, 1936


Contains an article on Howes Cavern. 
Archive # 18,881.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bulletin, June 1, 1936

The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Bulletin was a monthly magazine. I have sixty-five issues from the thirties. I will be uploading one or two issues a day to archive.org. As the issues are uploaded, I will provide a link to them on this blog.


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Friday, May 21, 2010

The Sprague-General Electric System of Multiple Unit Control for Electric Trains

Another ad from the August 29, 1903 issued of Street Railway Journal.



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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Martha Brooks (1908-1999)

Martha Brooks (1908-1999) hosted her own radio program, "The Martha Brooks Show." It aired over WGY-Radio Schenectady from 1937 to 1971.

Originally an actress, Brooks (née Irma Lemke) began with WGY in 1931. In the late 1930's she became a TV pioneer as well, as she wrote, produced, and often starred in live, on-air productions over WGY's television station, WRGB-TV.

A collection of photos is available at 

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Keefer Car Switch Co.

Another ad from the August 29, 1903 issued of Street Railway Journal.



And a short article from the same issue.



The only thing I could find out about this company was that it was located at 126 State in Albany, New York.  The President was Joseph W. Keefer and the Treasurer was David H. Keefer.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Albany & Schenectady Co., N. Y. for 1870-71

Download as a pdf (19.1 megs) document from archive.org.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

General Electric Advertisements from 1903

From the August 29, 1903 issued of Street Railway Journal.

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