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May 163 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?

Tisha Dolton

Feb 64 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

Nov 28, 20233 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

Jan 11, 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....

Todd DeGarmo

Jun 3, 20225 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

Apr 8, 20223 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...