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For my older readers in Troy, commenter/reader MOB wrote the following in response to my blog about Obsolete Jobs:
Those of us who grew up in Troy in the 50’s still remember the African American woman who ran the elevator in Peerless Dept store. We can all quote her script: “4th Floor Children’s department, Credit Office to the right.” She wore a trim aqua blue suit uniform and sat on a little stool that folded out from the wall. I would love to now [sic] who she was.
Obviously that predates yours truly, so I’m of no help. Does anyone out there know?
Also, if anyone else has stories or recollections of the sort of people like MOB describes – the hard working folks whose jobs may not have had much impact on our lives but still became engrained in our memory – please share.
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How about the Laurel & Hardy of the TPD who directed traffic at Frears intersection thru the 50’s? One was Nick and the big guy was a ski. Very courteous to the ladies trying to cross and they kept things hopping at Troy’s busiest intersection. Also all the Catholic Hi guys who ran Paul’s dances, remember.
The other officer was Walter Woodka. He was an institution . In honor of Easter, WHo remembers the dancing Easter Bunny on the stairway in Frear’s Troy? The department store hired a woman to dress as the bunny and she tapped danced down that stairway on the Saturdays before Easter.