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Fulton County Theater Getting Historic Marker

May 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Glove Theatre courtesy Wikimedia user LX MillerThe Glove Theatre, built-in 1914, is a hidden treasure in downtown Gloversville, in Fulton County, NY. Originally designed as an 800-seat theater that could show an array of performances, from vaudeville, concerts, and ultimately movies. In 1920 it became the flagship theater and home office of Schine Enterprises until 1965. It did not originally have a marque, but in 1939 the current marque was installed to resemble other local theaters. [Read more…] about Fulton County Theater Getting Historic Marker

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Fulton County, Glove Theatre, Gloversville, Historic Preservation, Montgomery County, Performing Arts, Theatre, William Pomeroy Foundation

When The Yeggs Hit Upstate New York

February 13, 2023 by Dave Waite 4 Comments

Always remember !! Square meals Make round peopleIt was late on Wednesday, January 19th, 1910, and Police Chief W. R. Bronner was making his evening rounds through the quiet village of Mohawk, in the town of German Flatts, Herkimer County, NY, making sure all was safe for both business and residents.

Somewhere near the intersection of Main and Washington streets, he encountered four men who engaged him in conversation as they all walked along. Before he could resist, he was relieved of his pistol, gagged, and brought into the Masonic Hall billiard room that the Yeggs had broken into earlier in the evening. Once inside, Bronner was bound with wire taken from pictures on the wall. [Read more…] about When The Yeggs Hit Upstate New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Bolton, Charlton, Crime and Justice, Fulton County, German Flatts, Gloversville, Herkimer COunty, Ilion, Lake George, Lake Luzerne, New Jersey, New York City, Northville, Postal Service, poverty, railroads, Saratoga County, Stillwater, Warren County, Winfield

Learning To Be A Leatherman: A Leather Business Memoir (Podcast)

November 4, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians podcast, Rod Correll discusses his memoir Learning to Be a Leatherman: A Rite of Passage (Troy Book Makers, 2022). Correll lived in the leather business for 50 years, from childhood up to when he left the business in the 1980s. [Read more…] about Learning To Be A Leatherman: A Leather Business Memoir (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Fashion History, Fulton County, German-American History, Gloversville, Industrial History, Labor History, Podcasts

1984 Hamilton Co Homicide Remains Unsolved

April 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Darling JrOn October 10, 1984, the body of Robert Darling Jr. was found in a wooded area off the Benson Road in the town of Benson, Hamilton County, New York. His body was discovered by hunters who had been scouting a heavily wooded area approximately 1,000 feet off the north side of the roadway. [Read more…] about 1984 Hamilton Co Homicide Remains Unsolved

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Gloversville, Hamilton County, State Police

Women Before Rosie the Riveter (Historians Podcast)

September 14, 2018 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians podcast, stories from the book Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Before Rosie Started Riveting including an account of sexual harassment in Gloversville in 1941 and the legacy of the Loomis Gang in Oneida County. [Read more…] about Women Before Rosie the Riveter (Historians Podcast)

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Gloversville, Podcasts, womens history

Marcia Gillis: Fulton County Museum in Gloversville

April 27, 2018 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, the guest is Marcia Gillis, president of the board of the Fulton County Historical Society which operates the Fulton County Museum on Kingsboro Avenue in Gloversville.

A middle school history teacher, Gillis describes the collections of the museum and talks about this summer’s museum programs.

Listen to the podcast here. [Read more…] about Marcia Gillis: Fulton County Museum in Gloversville

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Fulton County, Fulton County Historical Society, Gloversville, Podcasts

The Gloversville Soda Battle

April 28, 2017 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Peter Betz has the story of the Gloversville soda battle of 1933 in which the city tried to get fraternal groups to obtain licenses to sell soft drinks. Betz also chronicles the 1949 visit of the Freedom Train to the region. Peter writes a biweekly history column for the Leader Herald newspaper in Gloversville.

Listen to the podcast here. [Read more…] about The Gloversville Soda Battle

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Gloversville, Podcasts

Old Time Utica Ballplayer George Burns

May 5, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

George J Burns in 1913Sports enthusiast Mike Hauser has a personal stake in advocating National Baseball Hall of Fame status for George Joseph Burns, who played his best years with the New York Giants. Burns was the brother of Hauser’s great-grandfather on his mother’s side.

Burns is being inducted into the Fulton County Baseball and Sports Hall of Fame on July 11th during the annual vintage baseball game. [Read more…] about Old Time Utica Ballplayer George Burns

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Baseball, Fulton County, Gloversville, Sports History, Utica

Drums along the Mohawk 1939 Premiere Returns

October 22, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DrumsalongthemohawkIn celebration of the Glove Theatre’s 100th Anniversary the Glove Performing Arts Center will present a re-enactment of the World Premiere of the film “Drums along the Mohawk” from 1939 on November 1, 2014 at the theater in Gloversville, NY.

“Drums along the Mohawk” was a Technicolor picture, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Directed by John Ford, screen-play by Lamar Trotti and Sonya Levien and based upon the novel by Walter D. Edmonds, the film starred Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda depicting the Mohawk Valley at the time of the Revolutionary War with a gripping love story between the two leading characters.   [Read more…] about Drums along the Mohawk 1939 Premiere Returns

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Film History, Gloversville, Performing Arts

The Historians: Ghosts of the Past and a Dedicated Drummer

October 3, 2014 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on “The Historians”, Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam (N.Y.) League on their Ghosts of the Past Tour; Barry Wygel of Time Warner Cable News on the 100th anniversary of the Glove Theatre in Gloversville; my story of two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, one black and one white, who fought in the Civil War

In the second half of the show I talk with Angela Cave, author of the book Keeping Time, the remarkable story of 98-year old drummer Fred Randall from Schenectady.

Listen to the whole program at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/

[Read more…] about The Historians: Ghosts of the Past and a Dedicated Drummer

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Gloversville, Podcasts, Schenectady, The Historians

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