Books And Gifts For Sale
Watch for our new on-line store coming soon
Members receive a 10% discount on all items in either of our gift shops,
downtown and Mabee Farm, or when ordering by mail or phone 518 374.0263
or fax. Click for order form, fill out,
and mail or fax.
PRINTS
The Len Tantillo print "Schenectady Town," commissioned for our 2005 Centennial depicts the area of the village where the Cowhorn Creek flows with the Viele mill, the Van Velsen brewery, the Dutch Reformed Church, and the Swart home.
available in two sizes:
10 x 18 for $125 +$7 s&h
17 x 30 for $250 + $10 s&h.
Last Chance!
Print of “Lawrence the Indian” signed by the artist.
$50 + $5 s&h
MUGS, PINS, TOTE BAGS
NEW!
Schenectady Historical Society and Mabee Farm Historic Site mugs and
lapel pins.
Mugs: -- $5 + $1 s&h
lapel pins: $3 + $1 S&H
Tote Bag – Schenectady County Historical Society—dark blue with white printing
– approx 20” x 18” sturdy canvas $10.00 + s & h $1.50
Post and Note Cards
Reproduction postcards of views of Schenectady in the early 20th century.
Pkg. of 20, $6.00 plus $1.00 s & h
Individual Postcards – many individual—GE, St. John’s Church, St. George’s Church, First Reformed Church, Schenectady, Proctors, Mabee Farm, Brouwer House, and many more -- 50 cents each.
Note cards with sketches of Stockade homes by local artist, June
Grizet.
Package of 12 for $8 + $1 s&h
Note cards- photos of artifacts and the Mabee Farm by Virginia Bulla $5.00
Compact Discs
Christmas CD
Once again we offer John Van Laak's compact disc "Organ Bells in Schenectady
-- Sounds From 70 Years Ago. " The disc contains 22 Christmas carols plus
"America," "America the Beautiful," and Van Laak's original composition
"Our Schenectady." Soloist is former Society Trustee Sylvie Briber.
$10 + $2 s&h.
T-SHIRTS
Mabee Farm Historic Site cotton polyblend, delft blue with dark blue printing
S,M,L $13 + $3 s&h
APRONS
butcher style- white with the brand logo $6 + $2 s&h
Duanesburg Memorial Census, newly revised and enlarged to include Princetown. $18.00 plus $4 s&h
Reproduction Documents: from the Mabee Farm
- the original deed 1705
- Jan’s will 1725
- Jacob’s will 1755
- receipt from the Crown Point Expedition 1757
- and a dutch letter and translation from sister, Tryntje, 1718
packet of all 5 for $10.00 plus $3.00 s&h
PAMPHLETS
$3.00 plus $1.00 s&h each
The Story of the Schenectady Massacre.
Originally published in 1940. Includes list of those killed in 1690 massacre.
de Freitas, Marylin, The Yates Doll
House 1834. Published by the Schenectady County Historical Society, 1983.
Lapp, Joan, Six Belts of Wampum: A guide to the Schenectady Stockade. Published by the Stockade Association of Schenectady, 1964.
Hart, Larry. Schenectady: Facts and Stuff.
Papp, John P., From Van Curler to Steinmetz: portraits and histories of distinguished men who lived in Schenectady, 1662-1893. 1979, 31 pp..
The American Stockade Area in Schenectady NY
Schenectady City Register 1841-2
William Johnson, Who he was and what he did, by Francis R. Taormina
Philip Schuyler,Who he was and what he did, by Francis R. Taormina
The 1939 World’s Fair, the world of tomorrow
The Travelers Pocket Directory, 1831,35,40,45,50
The Nostrum Peddlers, a collection of yesterday’s medical advertising classics
American Locomotive Company
Walking tours of West Glenville
BOOKS
As our contribution to the 2009 Bicentennial of the founding of Schenectady County, SCHS has commissioned a beautifully illustrated coffee-table size book, Historic Schenectady County, authored by Gazette Newspapers feature writer Bill Buell and edited by Society President Ed Reilly. The book will be published in spring 2009. The illustration is a draft of its front-to-back wraparound dust jacket. In addition to the narrative, which covers the founding of Schenectady by Arendt van Curler in 1661 through the present, the book will include images of additional paintings by Len Tantillo and others and a section of profiles of the historic Schenectady businesses who are supporting its publication.
Pricing is as follows (10% less for SCHS members, of course):
See next item for opportunity for further savings.
When ordered in conjunction with Historic Schenectady County, the price is
just $25 + $5 s&h. This book would be
shipped immediately, and the new book when published in 2009.
American Furniture 2004, edited by Luke Beckerdite, published
by the Chipstone Foundation with a section on
“High Craft Along the Mohawk: Early Woodwork from the Albany
Area of NY," by Robert Trent, Alan Miller,
Glenn Adamson, and Harry Mack Truax II $55
+ $5 s&h
Birch, John J., The Markers Speak: An Informal
History of the Schenectady Area. Published by the SCHS in 1962.
Hardcover, $10.00 plus $4.00
s&h
Calarco, Tom, Underground Railroad Conductor,
$15.95 + $2 s&h
Curran, Ona, Samuel Hayden Sexton, 19th Century
Schenectady Artist. Published by the Schenectady Museum,
1970. paperback $8.00 + $2.00
s & h
Dibelius, Norman. Winter Sports. "A collection
of historical short stories about skiing from 1932 through present
times."The Schenectady Winter Sports Club, 1995.
paperback. $15.00 plus $2 s&h.
Duanesburg Memorial Census - newly revised and enlarged to include Princetown. $18 plus $4 s&h
Hall of History,
$35 + $3 s&h.
Hart, Alan. Larry Hart, My Dad: A biography
by Alan Hart. Old Dorp Books, Inc., 2004. paperback.
$14.00 plus $2 s&h.
Hart, Alan. Dear Old Scotia, plus a
special bonus, Larry Hart's unpublished manuscript $18.00 plus $2.00 s&h
Hart, Larry. The Best of Old Dorp, Book
One. Schenectady Gazette columns. Old Dorp Books, 1986. 284
pp.,
paperback. $16.95 plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Did I Wake You Up? The
author's encounters with "names in the news." Riedinger and Riedinger, Ltd.,
1970.
216 p., hardcover, photos. $8.00 plus
$4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Schenectady's Golden era: 1880-1930.
$19.95 plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Hospital on the Hill:
Ellis Hospital. . .the first 100 years. 1985, 211 pp. Paperback.
$10.00 plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Pictures from the Past:
A Schenectady Album. Old Dorp Books, 1992. 159 pp., paperback.
$15 +$4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. The Sacandaga Story. The history
of the Sacandaga valley and its communities. 1967. 75 pp.
Paperback $6.50 + $2 s&h
Hart, Larry. Schenectady: a Pictorial History.
Old Dorp Books, 1984, 1990. 252 pp., paperback. $16.95
plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Tales of Old Schenectady,
Volume II, The Changing Scene. Third and revised edition, 1977,1994.
219 pp. ,
paperback. $15.00
plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. This I Remember: Growing up in Schenectady.
Old Dorp Books, 1994.168p., paperback, photos.
$15.00 plus $4 s&h.
Hart, Larry. Through the Darkest Hour. The story of
Charles F. Lewis, a Union College sophomore and his service
in the 119th New York Volunteer Infantry from 1862–1865. 1990,
144 pp., paperback, Ill. $10.00 plus $4 s&h.
Hutchinson, Eileen – hand crafted old fashioned foldout
book of the Mabee Farm $15.00
Jones, Kenneth M. "Never Forsake the Flag." "The
letters of Capt. Geo. A. Turnbull, Capt. Co. A, 134th N.Y. Vols."
1998, 120 pp. $10 + $2 s&h
Mabee Farm Historic Structure Report. $12 +$2 s&h.
Toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley, Albany, 1883, reprinted
by the SCHS in 1994. This edition has all
the original foldouts, maps, charts and illustrations.
softcover $40.00 plus $4 s&h.
Reynolds, Neil, Raw Materials of History. Chosen from
sources in the SCHS. Essays reproduced from the original
printing in the Schenectady Gazette at irregular intervals beginning
April, 1959. 1988. Edited by Elizabeth K. Joyce.
120 pp., paperback. $12.00 plus $4 s&h.
Paperback. $19 +$2 s&h.
Staffa, Susan, Schenectady Genesis: How a Dutch Colonial
Village Became an American City,
Volume 1: The Colonial Crucible, 1661-1774. Published 2004. $30.00 + $5 s&h
Tuttle, Sam and John Duncan. Manners & Morals
of Yesterday. 1994. Published by Americana Review, Scotia, NY.
Softcover. $12.95 plus $2.00 s&h
Images of America series ROTTERDAM, published by SCHS 2004. Paperback
$20 plus $2 s&h
Images of America series DUANESBURG AND PRINCETOWN, by SCHS 2005. Paperback
$20 plus $2 s&h
Great for kids
Daughter of Liberty, by Robert Quackenbush. A true story
of the American Revolution. copyright 1999
$8.00 + $2.00 s&h
The Ghost from the Schenectady Massacre: A Haunting
from the Dutch Settlers, by Jack Reber copyright 2001
$10.00 + $2.00 s&h
The Eerie Canal, by Jack Reber, copyright 1996,
$10.00 s&h $2.00
COLONIAL TOYS AND POSTERS
Add 20% to order for s&h
Wooden Dice --$2.99
Tin Penny Whistle--- $5.50
Jaw Harp---$4.50
Graces--$19.00
Musketballs---$2.00
Harmonicas--$8.00
Arrowheads and Spearpoints--- $2.00
Pewter milled dollar--$2.00
Posters—$2 each
map of the world
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
US Constitution
Quill Pens--$2.50
Flag -Betsy Ross--$2.00
Corn cob doll--$5.00
Pieces of eight--$5.00
Drop Spindle--$13.00
Pottery ink well-$9.50
Cedar pencils- .50
Signal whistle-$6.00
Clay Marbles-$8.00
Cup and ball--$4.75
Wood tops--$1.00
Wood dominos--$6.99
Wood yoyo--$5.50
Jacobs ladder--$7.50
Cats Cradle--$5.49
Indian bead ring kit--$4.50
Quill toothpick--$1.50
Cross stitch bookmark-$6.00
Claves-$4.00
Hornbook--$5.50
Leather canoe kit-$6.00
Bonnets-assorted calico colors--$7.00
Mob Caps--$6.00
Tri-corn hats --$8.50
Last updated: by Jennifer Wells