First National Bank

Time capsule: Hope of finding it dwindles

Written April 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Hopes of finding a time capsule in the ruins of the former First National Bank Building in downtown Albany have faded.

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Tags: 1912, Albany Weekls Democrat, downtown branch, First and Broadalbin, First National Bank, time capsule, Wells Fargo Bank

Building down: Where’s the time capsule?

Written March 29th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 31 responses.

If you were hoping for a glimpse of the 1912 time capsule buried in the cornerstone of the First National Bank, prepare yourself for a disappointment.

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Tags: CARA, demolition, downtown Albany, First National Bank, Wells Fargo

Safe doors secured; still waiting for time capsule

Written March 21st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

The doors to the safe of Albany’s historic First National Bank have been saved as the building is being torn down. Now the big question is whether the cornerstone still contains the time capsule placed within it in 1912.

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Tags: 1912, Albany Regional Museum, bank safe, demolition, downtown Albany, First National Bank, historic bank building, safe doors, time capsule

In the box: ‘And last and least a copper penny’

Written February 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

When the former bank building at First and Broadalbin in Albany is demolished in the next few weeks, the wreckers will be looking for the cornerstone that was placed 110 years ago.

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Tags: Albany history, Albany urban renewal, Cornerstone, demolition, First National Bank, time capsule, Wells Fargo Bank

HASSO HERING

Time capsule: Hope of finding it dwindles

Building down: Where’s the time capsule?

Safe doors secured; still waiting for time capsule

In the box: ‘And last and least a copper penny’