history

  • The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, NY

    The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, NY

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    Thom Hanford

    Built after the Great Fire of Glens Falls, and expanded through the early 1900s, this industrial giant once turned out men’s dress shirts, women’s garments, and even military uniforms. For more than a century, the factory supplied regional and national retailers, producing clothing under the McMullen-Leavens and Dorothy Cox Designs labels, among others. Stores…

  • The Shaker Heritage Society

    The Shaker Heritage Society

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    Thom Hanford

    The Shaker Heritage Society holds a traditional holiday market every year from October to December and features local artists and vendors .

  • W.E.B. Du Bois and Great Barrington, MA

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    Thom Hanford

    As a sociologist it’s impossible for me to overstate the profound influence W.E.B. Du Bois has had on American social thought and theory. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a pioneering scholar, civil rights activist, and one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th century.