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What's in a name? Kontinska? Kunkinski? Konopinska?
Are these photos of Janet Konopinska Lukaszewicz (1897/8-1992) of Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY prior to her marriage in 1924?
The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
May 16, 20243 min read


Ticonderoga to China by way of Hudson Falls: Mildred R. Bolles Cornell Mills
On 14 August, 1916, Mildred married Erving Robert Cornell who was eleven years her senior...

Tisha Dolton
Feb 6, 20244 min read


Mae Yarter Churchill: In Memoria
One of the surnames we keep seeing as we scan the Bloomer glass plate negatives is Yarter. Luckily, Mr. Bloomer included a first name on...

Tisha Dolton
Nov 28, 20233 min read


Gertrude W. Biggart Holmes: Wife, mother, teacher, citizen
About 18 months ago, Kevin wrote about Francis J. Biggart of Hudson Falls, NY. That post featured a photograph from our Richard M....

Tisha Dolton
Jan 11, 20233 min read


Warford Davis, Local Track Star
John Warford Davis (1903-1989) was born in North Granville, Washington County, NY on 17 March 1903 to John Boyd Davis (1862-1926) and...

Tisha Dolton
Mar 19, 20222 min read


A Poet Named Bronk: William Bronk, Hudson Falls Poet
UNNAMED from Some Words: Poems by William Bronk (1992) In the narrowest and most immediate view, we are named and identifiable as...

Tisha Dolton
Apr 30, 20212 min read


Books of Poetry: Richard Carella, Hudson Falls Poet
Nothing Is Great from Book of Nothing by Richard Carella (2013) Nothing is great- nothing is so great it can not be contained; there is...

Tisha Dolton
Apr 23, 20212 min read


Bicycles on Sidewalks: Rufus M. Cole and the laws of Glens Falls, NY.
We have a wide variety of collections, here at The Folklife Center. They vary by content, as well as size. Some of our collections...

Tisha Dolton
Mar 5, 20216 min read
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