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Tisha Dolton

Oct 30, 20213 min read

A Glimpse at Hallowe'en in & around Glens Falls, NY: 1883-1914

As the Glens Falls tradition, Boo-2-You gets underway today (10/30/2021) from 2-4 PM, it got me thinking of ways we celebrate Halloween...

Tisha Dolton

Aug 13, 20213 min read

When Pageants Were THE Thing: A Brief Look at Historical Pageantry & Tableaux in Upstate NY

Do you remember the scene in the Broadway musical & film "The Music Man" when the mayor's wife, Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn, and the ladies...

Tisha Dolton

Jul 2, 20214 min read

Eva Austin Judkins and the School Board Election of 1914

Four years before Eva Viola Austin Judkins began her illustrious, thirty year career on the Glens Falls Board of Education, she attempted...

Tisha Dolton

Jun 25, 20213 min read

Redwork Embroidery

Redwork embroidery was one of the most popular forms of art needlework through most of the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and into the...

Tisha Dolton

Jun 18, 20212 min read

Book Sales: The First 25 Years of the Friends of Crandall Public Library

The Friends of Crandall Public Library have been hosting book sales for about as long as they have been in existence. Started in Spring...

Tisha Dolton

May 21, 20216 min read

Infant & Child Welfare Exhibit in Glens Falls, May 1914

On May 20, 1914 the Infant Welfare Exhibit opened at City Hall in Glens Falls. The multi-day event was created to help mothers better...

Tisha Dolton

May 7, 20212 min read

National Historic Marker Day 2021

Last Friday, April 30, 2021, was the first annual National Historic Marker Day sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. It is a...

Tisha Dolton

Apr 2, 20212 min read

Folklife After Hours Presents Suffrage Singer!

"Set Your Daughters Free" (1912) Lyrics: Eugenie M. Raye-Smith, Tune: "Wait for the Wagon" traditional VERSE 1 Oh, New York with your...

Tisha Dolton

Mar 19, 20214 min read

The Monday Reading Club of Glens Falls, NY

Study Clubs were all the rage amongst middle & upper class women in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Glens Falls boasted at least...