Vintage Albany
– October 3, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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Vintage Albany
– September 30, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
On July 4, 1976, dozens of people particpated in a raft race on the Flint River sponsored by the Jaycees as part of the U.S. Bicentennial celebration. The race ended at RiverBend, where a festival featuring concerts and artists was held.
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Vintage Albany
– September 20, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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The Albany Journal publishes Vintage Albany photos each week. In this picture is famed musicians Harry James, who was born Henry Haag James on March 15, 1916 in Albany. He was an instrumentalist during the swing era who became one of the U.S.’s most popular bandleaders in the 1940s and continued to lead his band until just before he died on July 5, 1983. James’ father was a bandleader for a traveling circus who put his son on a strict daily trumpet practice schedule at age 10. In 1931, the family settled in Beaumont, Texas, where James began playing with local dance bands.
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Vintage Albany
– September 8, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
The Albany Journal regularly publishes “Vintage Albany” photos, which can be found on Facebook. Here, Eddie Gleaton poses with his trophy from a 1952 race at Suicide Circle in Albany. Gleaton later operated a mechanic’s shop on Palmyra Road, specializing in Volkswagen repair.
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MYSTERY TOWER
– September 5, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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Calling all historians: What is the tower to the right of the old courthouse, perhaps near the train station? The operators of Vintage Albany, a Facebook page whose snapshots are featured weekly in The Albany Journal, want to know. This photograph likely was taken shortly after the courthouse was completed in 1906 and before the Hotel Gordon was built. The mysterious tower has windows and appears to be four stories tall. If you know the answer, or want to participate in this discussion, see the Vintage Albany page on Facebook, e-mail ajournal@thealbanyjournal.com, or call the Journal at 435-6222.
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Vintage Albany
– August 29, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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The Albany Journal publishe “Vintage Albany” photos, which can be found on Facebook, each weekly. Pictured is Albany Police Chief Cull Campbell during the city’s Centennial Celebration in 1936.
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More Vintage Albany
– August 21, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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The Albany Journal publishes “Vintage Albany” photos, many of which can be found on Facebook, weekly. Pictured is 10-year-old actor Billy Lee autographing the first ball and throwing out the first pitch at Albany’s professional baseball stadium in 1940 while promoting “The Biscuit Eater”, a Paramount Pictures movie filmed on location Albany. Lee starred as Lonnie, who along with his best friend Text (Cordell Hickman), who is black, trained an unwanted dog into a champion bird hunter. Lee, whose first role was in “Our Gang”, retire from acting four years later. He died in 1989 at the age of 60.
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Vintage Albany
– August 18, 2010Posted in: Vintage Albany
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The 15-story Winecoff Hotel next to Macy’s on Peachtree Street was billed as “absolutely fireproof” when on Dec. 7, 1946, it burned, killing 119 occupants in what remains the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. Three of those who perished were Albany High School students Julie Nell Hall, Marianne Scherle, who like many others in the hotel were attending a YMCA Tri-H-Y conference, which included participating in a mock legislature at the Georgia Capitol. Georgia Tech student Arnold Hardy won a Pulitzer Prize after capturing a photo of 41-year-old Atlanta secretary Daisy McCumber leaping from the hotel. Mrs. McCumber was critically injured, but survived. The Winecoff did not have fire escapes, fire doors or sprinklers. In the following months, fire codes were quickly changed nationwide. More information is at www.winecoff.org. The Albany Journal publishes “Vintage Albany” photos, most of which can be found on Facebook, every week.
