Rensselaer County
Photo Gallery

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Rensselaer County Photographs
PhotographsContributor
ALLEN and GOEWEY families Joan Redmond
Lucina BAKER CROSS WOOD, 1864 Jane Hartman
BARBER and STRAIT family Gillian Wilson
Home of Sarah A. BARNARD, Johnsonville, Pittstown, NY Mary Richardson
Samuel L. BENSON, Troy High School, Class of 1893 Joseph M. Laiacona
Berlin, work crew on Plank Road (with names), ca 1915-1920 Tracy Winn
Berlin Fire Department, 1909 Vic Corbin
Berlin photos, some with names Carrie Rutherford
Berlin photo, showing house interior Carrie Rutherford
Berlin school, ca 1898 Carrie Rutherford
Berlin school, early 1900s Carrie Rutherford
Triphena BLACKMER (1792-1874) of Hoosick Gillian Wilson
Pierce Marsten BRAHAN family of Hoosick Falls, ca 1898 Ellen Marchese
Bessie N. BRENENSTUHL Shelley Cardiel
Broadway opposite Union Station, Troy, ca 1890s Joan Howe
BURDICK mystery photos Katherine J. Wilkinson
BURT children Shelley Cardiel
Catholic Central High School Class of 1934 Pam Trudeau
Chauffeurs Protective Association, Troy, ca 1918 Katherine J. Wilkinson
City Hall fire, Troy, NY, October 1938 Joan Howe
City of Rensselaer's Amtrak Station, opened in 2002Geno Dailey
Civil War veterans from Berlin, NY Carrie Rutherford
Civil War soldier sewing his uniform, Troy Joan Howe
Congress Street at West Sixth Avenue, Troy, 1890s Joan Howe
CORBIN family of Berlin Vic Corbin
Aaron COVEY's son Shelley Cardiel
Do you recognise these people? Paul Leach
DUSENBURY house, early 1900s Dawn Burges
DWYER and MCSHANE children of Hoosick Falls Paul Leach
Evangelistic services at Troy church, 1890s Joan Howe
Fort Craillo, Rensselaer Joan Howe
Fraternity House, Second Street, Troy - present day Pam Trudeau
Clarence FREEMYER (b 1918) of Walloomsac, Hoosick Gillian Wilson
Gilbert Car Manufacturing Company, Troy - 19th-century carriage makers Joan Howe
Grafton, Berlin and Petersburgh photos in book for sale Anne Kiely
Grafton Observatory Paul Hartmann
Susan GRENOLDS JONES REYNOLDS (1828-1916) Katherine J. Wilkinson
Roger GUILE, Hoosick Barbara Fowler
Sketch, House of the Good Shepherd, Peoples Avenue, Troy, NY Joan Howe
Lansingburgh High School Joan Howe
Effie Loucene LINK, Troy, 1882 Frederick
Is this Miss Alice MAHER of Hoosick Falls? Bill Mahar
Jessie MACDONALD, Troy, 1893 Shelley Cardiel
MCCOCHRANE family of Troy, ca 1940 Lois McCochrane
Methodist Episcopal Church, West Sand Lake Joan Howe
Mystery photos - Can you identify these people? Katherine J. Wilkinson
Odd Fellows members, ca 1920 Katherine J. Wilkinson
Elihu OSBORNE and wife Sadie PINE, Hoosick, ca 1890s Jane Hartman
Parade in Troy, ca 1900 Joan Howe
Petersburgh boys' day out Katherine J. Wilkinson
Petersburgh in the snow, February 1936 Katherine J. Wilkinson
Huldah GUILE PINE, Hoosick Barbara Fowler
Officer Harry POWERS, 1938, Troy Pam Trudeau
Rensselaer High School, Class of 1921 Kathleen Scheffler
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, in the 1890s Joan Howe
REYNOLDS family reunion, Berlin, ca 1898 Carrie Rutherford
REYNOLDS-BREESE house in Hoosick Evan Wilson
Florence REYNOLDS Katherine J. Wilkinson
Saint Joseph's Convent in Troy, 1880 Joan Howe
Saint Joseph's School, Troy - 1950s class photos with names Lisa M. Murray
Saint Patrick's School - 1920s Pam Trudeau
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Troy - present day Pam Trudeau
Snow White Laundry Staff Picnic Mary Kay Gillie
Troy mystery photo Noreen Phelps
Troy Savings Bank - present day Pam Trudeau
Troy Union Station, views through the years Joan Howe
VAN BUREN, TRAVER, PHILLIPS and LANSING photos Linda Van Buren
View down Second Street from State Street in Troy - present day Pam Trudeau
View of Troy, 1825 Joan Howe
WAGAR / WAGER gravestone photographs from various Rensselaer Co NY cemeteries > Diane McCormick
Ward-Haven Hall, Troy, NY, 1925 Joan Howe
George Washington WHITE (1786-1867) of Hoosick Gillian Wilson
Who are these Troy women? Virginia Marcellus
WINN family Tracy 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 names Donna K. Vaughn
Albany County, NY: Two West Troy school photos Barbara Fowler

Rensselaer County Cemetery Photographs
PhotographsContributor
Brunswick: Images of WAGAR/WAGER gravestones Diane McCormick
Grafton: Images of WAGAR/WAGER gravestones Diane McCormick
Hoosick: Image of Island Hill Cemetery Christian Yunck
Hoosick: Images of Ostrander Cemetery Kurt Trolenberg
Petersburgh: Image of Stillman Village Cemetery Christine Pearce
Pittstown: Images of Old Cooksborough Cemetery Shirley Woodruff
Pittstown: Image of Old Cooksborough Cemetery David C. Marino
Poestenkill: Images of Brookside Cemetery Beth
Poestenkill: Images of WAGAR/WAGER gravestones Diane McCormick
Rensselaer, City of: Image of Beverwyck Cemetery in the former Bath-on-Hudson Christian Yunck
Sand Lake: Images of WAGAR/WAGER gravestones Diane McCormick
Sand Lake: Image of Oak Hill Cemetery Christian Yunck

Rensselaer County Postcards
PostcardsContributor
Averill Park in the early 1900s Joan Howe
Brewery wagon, early motor-powered Joan Howe
City Hall and Baptist Church, Troy Joan Howe
Emma Willard School, Troy at Alan's Vintage Views of New York website
Fifth Avenue, Troy Joan Howe
Fire-brigade wagons Joan Howe
Frear's Troy Bazaar Joan Howe
Holy Cross Church, Troy Joan Howe
Island Golf Course Clubhouse, Troy Joan Howe
King Street, The Bowery, Troy Joan Howe
Lakeview Sanitarium, Troy Joan Howe
Masonic Temple, Troy Joan Howe
Monument Square in Troy Joan Howe
Plum Memorial, Upper Troy Joan Howe
Poestenkill Falls Joan Howe
Powers School, Upper Troy Joan Howe
Proctors New Theatre, Troy Joan Howe
Prospect Park in Troy at Alan's Vintage Views of New York website
Quandt beer wagons Joan Howe
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Club House, Troy, 1913 Joan Howe
School No. 1, Troy Joan Howe
Sisters of St Joseph Convent, Troy, 1914 Joan Howe
State Street M. E. Church, Troy Joan Howe
Taconic Inn, Berlin Carrie Rutherford
Trojan Hook and Ladder Company, Troy Joan Howe
Trolleys on Third Street, Troy Joan Howe
Troy City Artillery, Washington Square, 1840 Joan Howe
Troy High School Joan Howe
Troy Orphan Asylum, two views Joan Howe
Union Station, Troy, exterior and interior Joan Howe
Vale Mansion, Prospect Park, Troy, 1909 Joan Howe
Waterford Bridge and Car Barns, Upper Troy Joan Howe
Whitewash Brigade, Wyckoff Farm, Center Berlin Carrie Rutherford
Woodside Presbyterian Church in South Troy at Alan's Vintage Views of New York website



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