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Henry Marcus Quackenbush (April 27, 1847 – September 8, 1933), commonly called "H.M.", was an American inventor and industrialist who founded the H.M. Quackenbush Company [1] in Herkimer, New York. His company was widely known for its air rifles and for the invention of the metal, spring-jointed nutcracker . [ 2 ]
Quackenbush House is a historic building in Albany, New York. It is a house with a double-pitched gable roof that was built in about 1736. [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The 1974-1985 Logo. Stern's was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey. [2] The chain was in business for more than 130 years. [3]In 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Department Stores opted to retire the Stern's brand. [4]
In 1890, Quackenbush was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing Schenectady County. He served in the Assembly in 1891, 1892, [2] and 1893. [3] He was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention. [4] Quackenbush married Amelia Van Wie; they had a daughter, Olive. [1]
The Albany Pump Station, originally the Quackenbush Pumping Station of the Albany Water Works, is located in Quackenbush Square on Broadway in the city of Albany, New York, United States. It is a large brick building constructed in the 1870s and expanded later in the century.
Empire’s final network included 20 cities, 11 in New York State, plus Baltimore, Boston, Burlington (VT), Cleveland, Hartford, Newark and Washington D.C., and Ottawa and Montreal in Canada. Generally every city was connected to Syracuse but many routes overflew that hub, such as Buffalo or Rochester to New York and Boston. [2]
Edgar Boardman Jewett (December 14, 1843 – March 28, 1924) was mayor of the city of Buffalo, New York, United States, from 1895–1897. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 14, 1843. He died on March 28, 1924, while at Clifton Springs, New York, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. [2]
In 1873, William Hengerer was admitted as a partner and the company became known as Barnes, Bancroft & Co. [2] Along with other department stores located in Buffalo including AM&A's, Flint and Kent, and the Sweeney Company, Hengerer was very successful in the 1880s and 1890s. The department stores offered cooking classes, beauty parlors, and ...