History in the Mail

Postcards and Historic Papers

April 29, 2026 No Comments

Miss Lulu Philips lived in Gloversville, a small city amid hemlock forests in the Mohawk Valley of central New York State. Tannin from hemlocks was

December 4, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. S. Zea lived in Gloversville, the center of glove-making in the Mohawk Valley of central New York State. For most of the 19th century,

November 15, 2021 No Comments

Two Calves for Father – Corinth, NY (1911) In August of 1911, Allie wrote to her father from Gloversville, NY., a small city in the