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Enjoy the warmth while it lasts, soon the snow will be back! This black and white snapshot shows Katherine and Abba Newton as babies in a snow carriage in 1908. This photograph is from the Booth Family Album.

    Anyone witness that short snow squall this morning? What a sudden mini blizzard! Thankfully it didn’t last long, or Ballston Spa might look like it did in this image, way back when. Winter officially begins in just 4 more days!

On November 11, 1918, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, putting an end to World War I, which was then considered the worst war the world had ever seen. In 1954, November 11 was declared “Veterans Day.” According to one source, when the people of Ballston Spa learned of the WWI armistice, they formed an impromptu parade,… Read more »

This black and white photo of Eagle Mattlee Fire Department was taken 83 years ago this month.

Below is a group portrait, presumably at a Halloween party, featuring 24 people in various costumes with Jack-0-Lanterns in front. Have a happy halloween!

Below is a photo of Saratoga Monument in Schuylerville. It was erected by the Saratoga Monument Assoc. to commemorate the surrender of Burgoyne on October 17, 1777. The corner stone was laid on October 17, 1877 and completed in June, 1883.

102 years ago this week, Governor Dix made the dedication speech of the Saratoga Battle Monument on October 18, 1912.

It was an exciting day for all Ballstonians when Jack Johnson stopped in the village on October 8, 1910. Johnson was the heavyweight champion of the world when he and his diminutive manager posed for this picture.

Several people in a large open touring car in front of Saratoga Monument in the Town of Saratoga. The Saratoga Monument was first conceived in the middle of the nineteenth century. An Association was formed in 1859 to raise funds to erect an obelisk, but the cornerstone was not laid until the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Burgoyne, October… Read more »

Pictured below is a view of parlor room of the Utopian Club. In the background in another room is group of men playing cards. The Utopian Club was organized in September, 1885 and had rooms in the Sans Souci Block on Front Street, Ballston Spa, NY. It still existed in through 1907, when it was photographed by Jesse Sumner Wooley.