Dry goods and carpets
Knit underwear? Check.
— Schenectady Hist Soc (@SchenectadyHist) January 31, 2018
Dapper staff? Check.
Carpet hanging from the windows? Check.
H.B. Salisbury's Dry Goods and A.B. Coffin's Carpets at 162 State St. was the place to be. pic.twitter.com/AFfubHwJUr
The Schenectady County Historical Society shared this photo on Twitter Wednesday of the old Salisbury Dry Goods and Coffin Carpets that was once on State Street in Schenectady. The historical society says the photo is labled 1885-1888.
We're always suckers for old storefront photos. But the thing that really caught us about this pic is the people. If you click over to the large version of the pic, you can see them more clearly. They're all dressed up. And it's like they're all not exactly sure about how to stand there while having their photo taken.
We wonder what they'd think if someone told them them that more than a century later this photo would be translated into instructions by a machine, transmitted across wires and the open air, and then displayed on pieces of glass that people carry around in their pockets.
By the way: The historical society's Grems-Doolittle Library and Archive has a good blog that highlights pieces and stories from its collection.
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