Rensselaer County
Photo Gallery

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Rensselaer County Photographs
PhotographsContributor
ALLEN and GOEWEY familiesJoan Redmond
Lucina BAKER CROSS WOOD, 1864Jane Hartman
BARBER and STRAIT familyGillian Wilson
Home of Sarah A. BARNARD, Johnsonville, Pittstown, NYMary Richardson
Berlin Fire Department, 1909Vic Corbin
Berlin photos, some with namesCarrie Rutherford
Berlin photo, showing house interiorCarrie Rutherford
Berlin school, ca 1898Carrie Rutherford
Berlin school, early 1900sCarrie Rutherford
Triphena BLACKMER (1792-1874) of HoosickGillian Wilson
Pierce Marsten BRAHAN family of Hoosick Falls, ca 1898Ellen Marchese
Bessie N. BRENENSTUHLShelley Cardiel
Broadway opposite Union Station, Troy, ca 1890sJoan Howe
BURDICK mystery photosKatherine J. Wilkinson
BURT childrenShelley Cardiel
Castleton-on-Hudson - vintage photosSaint Paul's United
Methodist Church website
Catholic Central High School Class of 1934Pam Trudeau
City Hall fire, Troy, NY, October 1938Joan Howe
City of Rensselaer's Amtrak Station, opened in 2002Geno Dailey
Civil War veterans from Berlin, NYCarrie Rutherford
Civil War soldier sewing his uniform, TroyJoan Howe
Congress Street at West Sixth Avenue, Troy, 1890sJoan Howe
CONRAD familyShelley Cardiel
CORBIN family of BerlinVic Corbin
Aaron COVEY's sonShelley Cardiel
Do you recognise these people?Paul Leach
DUSENBURY house, early 1900sDawn Burges
DWYER and MCSHANE children of Hoosick FallsPaul Leach
Evangelistic services at Troy church, 1890sJoan Howe
Fort Craillo, RensselaerJoan Howe
Fraternity House, Second Street, Troy - present dayPam Trudeau
Clarence FREEMYER (b 1918) of Walloomsac, HoosickGillian Wilson
Gilbert Car Manufacturing Company, Troy - 19th-century carriage makersJoan Howe
Grafton, Berlin and Petersburgh photos in book for saleAnne Kiely
Grafton ObservatoryPaul Hartmann
Roger GUILE, HoosickBarbara Fowler
Hoosick Falls - six images of the villageRichard Clayton
Sketch, House of the Good Shepherd, Peoples Avenue, Troy, NYJoan Howe
KING familyShelley Cardiel
Lansingburgh High SchoolJoan Howe
Effie Loucene LINK, Troy, 1882Frederick
Jessie MACDONALD, Troy, 1893 Shelley Cardiel
MCCOCHRANE family of Troy, ca 1940Lois McCochrane
Methodist Episcopal Church, West Sand LakeJoan Howe
Elihu OSBORNE and wife Sadie PINE, Hoosick, ca 1890sJane Hartman
Huldah GUILE PINE, HoosickBarbara Fowler
Philomathian Society, Troy High School, 1915unknown
Officer Harry POWERS, 1938, TroyPam Trudeau
Rensselaer High School, Class of 1921Kathleen Scheffler
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, in the 1890sJoan Howe
REYNOLDS family reunion, Berlin, ca 1898Carrie Rutherford
REYNOLDS-BREESE house in HoosickEvan Wilson
Saint Joseph's Convent in Troy, 1880Joan Howe
Saint Joseph's School, Troy - 1950s class photos with namesLisa M. Murray
Saint Patrick's School - 1920sPam Trudeau
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Troy - present dayPam Trudeau
Snow White Laundry Staff PicnicMary Kay Gillie
Troy Savings Bank - present dayPam Trudeau
Troy Union Station, views through the yearsJoan Howe
Charles Westfall VAN BUREN (1867-1918)Linda Van Buren
Stephen VAN RENSSELAER (1764-1839) engravingJoan Howe
View down Second Street from State Street in Troy - present dayPam Trudeau
View of Troy, 1825Joan Howe
Ward-Haven Hall, Troy, NY, 1925Joan Howe
George Washington WHITE (1786-1867) of HoosickGillian Wilson
Who are these Troy women?Virginia Marcellus
WINN familyTracy Winn
ZAMPIER's Troy Pie Shop trucks, 1923 Gregory Zampier

Photographs from Adjacent Counties
PhotographsContributor
Albany County, NY: Colonie class photo, 1910, with namesAnn
Albany County, NY: Green Island class photo, 1890s, with namesDonna K. Vaughn
Albany County, NY: Two West Troy school photosBarbara Fowler

Rensselaer County Cemetery Photographs
PhotographsContributor
Hoosick: Image of Island Hill CemeteryChristian Yunck
Hoosick: Images of Ostrander CemeteryKurt Trolenberg
Pittstown: Images of Old Cooksborough CemeteryShirley Woodruff
Pittstown: Image of Old Cooksborough CemeteryDavid C. Marino
Poestenkill: Images of Brookside CemeteryBeth
Rensselaer, City of: Image of Beverwyck Cemetery in the former Bath-on-HudsonChristian Yunck
Sand Lake: Image of Oak Hill CemeteryChristian Yunck

Rensselaer County Postcards
PostcardsContributor
Averill Park in the early 1900sJoan Howe
Brewery wagon, early motor-poweredJoan Howe
City Hall and Baptist Church, Troy, NYJoan Howe
Emma Willard School in Troyat Alan's Vintage Views of New York website
Fifth Avenue, Troy, NYJoan Howe
Fire-brigade wagon, horse-drawnJoan Howe
Frear's Troy BazaarJoan Howe
Holy Cross Church, TroyJoan Howe
Island Golf Course Clubhouse, TroyJoan Howe
King Street, The Bowery, TroyJoan Howe
Lakeview Sanitarium, TroyJoan Howe
Masonic Temple, TroyJoan Howe
Monument Square in TroyJoan Howe
Plum Memorial, Upper TroyJoan Howe
Poestenkill FallsJoan Howe
Powers School, Upper TroyJoan Howe
Proctors New Theatre, Troy, NYJoan Howe
Prospect Park in Troyat Alan's Vintage Views of New York website
Quandt Famous Lager wagonJoan Howe
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Club House, Troy, 1913Joan Howe
School No. 1, Troy, NYJoan Howe
Sisters of St Joseph Convent, Troy, 1914Joan Howe
State Street M. E. Church, TroyJoan Howe
Trojan Hook and Ladder Company, Troy, NYJoan Howe
Trolleys on Third Street, TroyJoan Howe
Troy City Artillery, Washington Square, 1840Joan Howe
Troy High SchoolJoan Howe
Troy Orphan Asylum, two viewsJoan Howe
Union Station in Troy, exterior and interiorJoan Howe
Vale Mansion, Prospect Park, Troy, NY, 1909Joan Howe
Waterford Bridge and Car Barns, Upper Troy, NYJoan Howe
Whitewash Brigade, Wyckoff Farm, Center BerlinCarrie Rutherford
Woodside Presbyterian Church in South Troyat Alan's Vintage Views of New York website



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