1891 map of Albany's Washington Park (from the Washington Park Conservancy website) with an overlay showing the approximate location of the old burial grounds. The trees discussed in the linked article were likely planted just above and to the left of the oval where the King Memorial is now.

#AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens.

The full story is here […]

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1891 map of Albany's Washington Park (from the Washington Park Conservancy website) with an overlay showing the approximate location of the old burial grounds. The trees that are subject of the linked post were likely planted just above and to the left of the oval where the King Memorial is now.

#AlbanyNY served up about 47 #historicalmarkers in 1886 to celebrate the city charter's bicentennial. Shocking/not shocking that only one never made it to its intended destination – the one honoring Black citizens. The full story is here:
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#BlackHistoryMonth #AlbanyHistory

This photo by celebrated photographer Lewis Wickes Hine, posted by the Library of Congress, shows a group of newsboys who were selling evening papers in saloons and stores. It was taken “in an alley in back of the City Jail at 10 P.M” in February , 1910. Many of the Hine photographs lack identification of the subjects, but for this one, we are gifted with full identification. The newsboys are identified as, left to right: Dominick Mardilo, 28 1/2 Fulton Street; Roderick Towle, 44 Sheridan Ave.; William Towle, brother, 44 Sheridan Ave.; Louis Strasburg, 40 Mulberry Street; Max Erlich, 101 Dallius Street. Those identifications seem correct, except Mardilo should be Nardolillo. The boys are all posed facing the photographer, holding up the evening's newspapers – three of which are from New York City, not Albany; only the Times-Union is local. They are all wearing cloth coats and caps, and knickers. Their hands are ungloved.

This 1910 #LewisWickesHine photo of #Albany #newsboys has been popping up, stripped of all information. I took a deeper dive to learn about the lives of these boys who were out selling newspapers on the city streets at 10 o'clock at night.
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#AlbanyHistory #LocalHistory