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#Troy NY's Hart Library gets it.

#lgbtq #LGBTrights #library #libraries #TroyNY #CollarCity

I regret to inform you that Mattices' has long since closed, and despair is now an option.

#oldNewspapers #advertising #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #TroyNewYork #TroyNY #CollarCity

Just a #photograph I took last year. #photography #urban #urbanPhotography #troy #troyNY #CollarCity #EnjoyTroy

Working clothes.

Just a #TroyNY street scene that caught my eye.

#photography #photograph #photographer #StreetScene #urban #Troy #CollarCity #upstateNY #mural #murals #PublicArt

On a weekend visit to The Collar City, Troy, New York:
#photography #urban #urbanphotography #mannequin #mural #muralarts
#troy #troyNY #CollarCity #TheCollarCity #EnjoyTroy

One of the most famous aviators of her day, the now seemingly forgotten Ruth Nichols, suffered a terrible crash in a plane she wasn't piloting at the end of a "good will" tour in Troy, NY, promoting air travel. She survived and went on to great accomplishments. I've got the story of the crash here:
https://hoxsie.org/2024/03/28/ruth-nichols-and-a-tragic-plane-crash-in-troy/

#TroyNY #CollarCity #LocalHistory #AviationHistory #histodons

Going through thousands of old #photographs, trying to see what catches my eye and is worth sharing. This old iron fire escape fascinates (and terrifies).

This is typical of downtown Troy, New York.

#photography #urban #UrbanPhotography #FireEscape #FireEscapes #UrbanInfrastructure #OldBuildings #Troy #TroyNY #CollarCity #EnjoyTroy

An #historicalmarker notes the site of the Troy Sentinel #newspaper, which was the first to publish Clement Moore's poem, "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," 200 years ago!

Since this was 26 years before the first U.S. Christmas card was printed in nearby #Albany, we are declaring that #TroyNY has more #ChristmasSpirit

There's way more of this type of nonsense at my #LocalHistory website, https://hoxsie.org/

#Christmas #ChristmasEve #Troy #CollarCity #TheCollarCity #EnjoyTroy

I found a 1932 #map of #NewYorkState on the cover of a brochure promoting #AlbanyNY that is filled with absolutely delightful illustrations (and, yes, some casual racism, which I'll leave for another post).

All #illustrations by Herbert Writer, about whom I know nothing.

#maps #ephemera #illustration #illustrations #TroyNY #CollarCity #EmpireState #LakePlacid

There Is A Line That Divides Us, Although We Are The Same:

(photograph by Carl Johnson, taken in Troy, New York, 2019. All rights reserved.)

#photography #photograph #UrbanPhoto #UrbanPhotography #TroyNY #Troy #TheCollarCity #CollarCity #bricks #buildings

For people who loved yesterday's wonky #VinylSign, here's another great bit of curled vinyl, where the reason for the curling #sign was probably the heat of the now-absent neon – ironically, at the now-gone Troy Neon Sign Company. Gotta say, Cooper Black is a choice for outlining neon.

#signs #signage #VinylSigns #FadedSigns #FadedSignage #type #typography #neon #NeonSign #NeonSigns #Troy #TroyNY #CollarCity #UrbanDecay #fonts #typefaces

Spotted this ten years ago, stuck to a payphone enclosure in one of my favorite cities, Troy, NY (The Collar City!). Whenever I see it, it gives me pleasure that someone shared a thought so lovely with the world.

Troy *is* beautiful.
You *are* beautiful.

#troy #TroyNY #CollarCity #Graffiti #truth #beauty #love #UpstateNY