Dress Up Isn’t Just For Kids!
Check out the dress up activity of the Here Comes the Bride exhibit at Brookside.
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Malta Avenue School Building Renovations Reveal Time Capsule
A time capsule was found in the corner of the Chapman Street building during renovations in October 2013. The capsule was placed behind the corner stone of the building and contains several objects from November 8, 1899. Items were carefully removed and relocated here at the Brookside Museum for proper identification and preservation. Items will be on display before the Board… Read more »
Thanks To Everyone Who Supported the McDonald’s Gravesite Restoration Project!
Thanks to seventy generous donors, Lucas Aviles and his family, the McDonald Brothers’ Gravesite has finally been given the attention it needed! We snapped a few photos of the site so you can see just how much effort went into finding and preserving it. Though there’s still work to do, a lot of resources made this happen and we are grateful… Read more »
Eagle Mattlee Fire Department
Photo of Eagle Mattlee Fire Department, November 1931. Photograph by J.S. Wooley and Robert D. Scott.
George Crum and the Potato Chip
Photo of George Crum’s (a.k.a. “Speck”) restaurant on Saratoga Lake. Crum is credited with “inventing” the potato chip while a cook at Moon’s Lake House on Saratoga Lake in 1853. The identity of the individual posed out front is unknown but may be George’s son. Local legend has it that a disgruntled customer at Moon’s sent back his fried potatoes… Read more »
The Schuyler House
The Schuyler House is located in Schuylerville (formerly Saratoga), NY. It was erected in 1777 by Schuyler, who commanded the Northern American Army until August 1777. This was to replace his former country home burned by the British in October.
White Sulphur Spring Hotel
Stereographic view of , Saratoga Lake, circa 1900. Saratoga Lake, known to the Mohawk as Caniad-eri-os-se-ra, or Lake of the Crooked Stream, has long been popular with tourists and today as a site for camps and homes. In 1884 Thomas Luther began managing the White Sulphur Spring Hotel for the Saratoga Lake Railway Company. In 1888 he bought the hotel… Read more »
1914 Auto Race
Auto race in progress at Ballston Spa Motor Races. The cars are barely visible behind the dust; the grandstand in background. October 3, 1914.
