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Bringing Glens Falls Women’s History to Life: New Book Project for Middle School Readers Announced
Inspired by an article in The Chronicle about local political women written by Diana Palmer, a new initiative is underway to celebrate...

Tisha Dolton
Mar 13, 20253 min read


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


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...

Todd DeGarmo
Jun 3, 20225 min read


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
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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