Schenectady: Changing with the Times [New York]

210 pp. Hart documents the rich and colorful heritage of Schenectady with the love of a native and the style of a professional. Fortunately for us, the camera was often in hand as Schenectady and the Mohawk Valley progressed from days of cobbled streets and trolley cars to broad highways and modern conveyance. Picnics, evenings at the theater, and boating on the lake are recalled as leisurely activities, while other photos show teachers, brewers, bankers, and Erie Canal lock attendants at the work-a-day effort they put forth to build an area of permanence and stability. "Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 61,821, making it the ninth-largest city in New York. The name "Schenectady" is derived from a Mohawk word for "on that side of the pinery," or "near the pines," or "place beyond the pine plains." The city of Schenectady is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany; Schenectady is about fifteen miles (24 km) northwest of Albany."