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Fire on a Cold Day
Exterior view of Galway Volunteer Fire Department’s fire house burning down December 24, 1959. The Fire Company incorporated in 1922.
Buy a Bit of Brookside!
True to our mission, Brookside is making our past relevant by working with local company, Pens Ink, to re-purpose wood from a fallen tree into beautiful works of art. Using only high quality materials, Pens Ink is turning Brookside wood into beautiful pens, fountain pens and wine stoppers. Each piece in this exclusive line of products is hand-turned and unique. Order… Read more »
D.A. Foote’s Work Horses
D.A. Foote’s team of work horses used in harvesting ice from Sylvan Lake (Foote’s Pond) in winter and delivering ice in summer.
Snow on Front Street
Enjoy our first real snow today, winter is here! Downtown Ballston Spa in the snow on Front Street, with trolley and plow, circa 1900. HISTORICAL SERIES NO. 6.
Dress Up Isn’t Just For Kids!
Check out the dress up activity of the Here Comes the Bride exhibit at Brookside.
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 »
