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February, 2019:

R. B. Wing & Son – Paint, Varnish, Glass – Hardware – Albany, NY – Featured Fade – Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman

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All over Albany said:

For many years, R.B. Wing and Son was recognized as perhaps the oldest business in the city. It started around 1854 as a ship’s chandler when Albany was a booming river port, and then transitioned into construction supplies. Unfortunately, it closed in 1996 after 151 years in business, and is no longer in the running for oldest business in Albany. – Carl Johnson, All Over Albany – January 19, 2012

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois – February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963

“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States – W.E.B. Du Bois – American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, editor and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1918.

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Formal photograph of W. E. B. Du Bois, with beard and mustache, around 50 years old – Wikipedia © Cornelius Marion (C.M.) Battey (1873–1927)