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Todd DeGarmo

Hawaii Surf Swimming in 1866

When I came across this 1866 image and article in our historic newspaper collection earlier this year, I immediately thought of Glens...

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Is this F. B. Zimmer, beagle breeder of Gloversville?

Every Wednesday we have posted an image on Facebook from our current exhibition, Life Through Bloomer's Lens: Portraits from the Richard...

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Lake George from Sabbath Day Point

"The view presented... is one of the finest on Lake George" proclaims an 1853 issue of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion found...

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Miles Borden, "the First Man That You Meet"

April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I'd share a poem I found quite recently, along with a bit of family history. “He’s The First...

Todd DeGarmo

1864 Schuylerville Paper Mill Explosion

"A fearful boiler explosion" occurred in Schuylerville some 158 years ago, according to an 1864 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated...