Capital Region Scrapbook 1982: Schenectady, Larkfest and Ballston Spa’s Brookside Museum

Jeanette DiBlasi helps Stillwater students shuck corn during the Brookside Museum's fourth Harvest Festival in October 1982.

Dorothy Knowlton of Clifton Park paints stars on the face of Tammy Angel of Albany during the festivities

Mary Jane Pelzer shows young people how to make soap during the Brookside Museum's Harvest Festival in October 1982. Museum personnel -- dressed in antique clothing -- demonstrated several crafts at the Ballston Spa museum.

Lawrence Burwell, director of vocational education for the state Department of Education, lectures on the root causes and evils of racism in October 1982. Burwell spoke during a meeting of the Schenectady County Committee to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism. About 200 attended the session at the Annie Schaffer Senior Citizens Center. The U.S. administration had been blamed for a rise in racism in the country.

Jugglers are on the job on Saturday, Oct. 9, 1982 -- "Larkfest II" in downtown Albany. About 50,000 people walked the Lark Street neighborhood during a cloudy fall day.

People crowd downtown Albany for the second "Larkfest" on Saturday, Oct. 9, 1982.

Gay Gamage demonstrates the dripping process used to make candles at the Brookside Museum's 1982 Harvest Festival.

Some people broke away from the major "Larkfest" crowds, and found plenty of pavement for walking on Oct. 9, 1982.