Comments on: A Journey from New York to Poughkeepsie – 1907

By: William Hays

William Hays — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:05:31 +0000

Emily: you NEED a Mustang GT convertable. Now! Zoom! Just don’t drive it on the ROW north (west) of Wassaic.

By: Old Geezer

Old Geezer — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:24:57 +0000

And some things never change. Consider the subtle plugs for “the best garage in town” and “the best hotel in town”. Surely there was some compensation exchanged!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:20:02 +0000

In reply to Bob. I don't actually drive a car... so the roadgeek thing probably isn't going to happen ;)

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:18:53 +0000

Careful, you know roadgeek is the next step into the abyss. I have one of these books from the 20s I think (I haven’t looked at it in a while) called the Green Book (I think AAA also printed the Blue Book). No pictures in mine, just directions and advertisements, but covers all of NY I think. Interesting to see some of the routings. Danbury to Poughkeepsie isn’t at all the way you’d drive it today. Nice pictures in yours though.

By: Al Cyone

Al Cyone — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:13:39 +0000

In reply to Steve Swirsky. Well, maybe "an" Albany Post Road but not "the" Albany Post Road? There was (and is) an Albany Post Road in Ulster County.

By: Steve Swirsky

Steve Swirsky — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:15:21 +0000

Amazing and also amazing that this is basically taking Route 9 aka the Albany Post Road, the entire way.

By: Al Cyone

Al Cyone — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:07:59 +0000

Very interesting. Thanks. I did some Googling and found a picture of the actual booklet.