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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
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?
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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