Posts Tagged ‘LCHS Museum’
Wyoming Valley Epidemics
The following blog post is a modified version of a column that appeared in the December 2020 edition of The Westside Bulletin. The article originally ran to promote a lecture…
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In conclusion of its 2020 schedule of programming, the Luzerne County Historical Society will offer a lecture and slideshow entitled, “Epidemics in the Wyoming Valley” on Friday, December 18, 2020,…
Read MorePreservation and Perseverance in the Patches: A Woman’s Role in Coal County
Lewis Hine. Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911. Images of miners covered in black coal dust and Lewis Hine’s iconic photographs of…
Read MoreSecond Annual “Road Rally in the Valley”
On Sunday, August 2, 2020, the Luzerne County Historical Society will host its second annual “Road Rally in the Valley”! What’s a road rally? A fun scavenger hunt combined with…
Read MoreTaste the History: Trying Out Historic Recipes
While everyone is at home I thought it would be cool to look at something a little different this week: a historic cookbook! Most of us have cookbooks laying around,…
Read MoreFIC: Stories of items “Found In Collection” #3 – The Evolution of a Uniform
Most of the following piece on the Brookside Yanks and the jersey in our collection, was written by Operations Director Mark Riccetti, Jr. and published over a year ago in…
Read MoreFIC: Stories of items “Found in Collection” #2 – Snow White and the Seven…… Shoes?
The following is the next in a series of blog posts titled “FIC: Stories of Items “Found in Collection”. FIC is a museum industry term for…
Read MoreFIC: Stories of items “Found in Collection” #1 – Andersonville Prison
The following is the first in a series of blog posts titled “FIC: Stories of Items “Found in Collection”. FIC is a museum industry term for items that were, well, …
Read MoreAnthracite Heritage Month Schedule
A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January 2020. A wide variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Bethlehem, and…
Read MoreMindfulness Meditation
The Luzerne County Historical Society announces that, in cooperation with Jennifer Ciarimboli, its next monthly mindfulness meditation session at the LCHS Museum, 69 Rear South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, will take…
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