Posts Tagged ‘Wilkes-Barre’
Bringing The Giant to Its Knees, A Brief History of the Giant’s Despair Hillclimb: Part II -The Golden Anniversary Brings About A Golden Age 1951 – 1985
In 1951 after being dormant for 35 years, Giant’s Despair was reborn. The revival of “The Giant” coincided with a post-war boom in auto racing interest throughout America. American G.I.s…
Read MorePortrait Walk
The Luzerne County Historical Society in conjunction with the Westmoreland Club Charitable Foundation cordially invites you to a Portrait Walk on Thursday, January 23, 2020, from 5 p.m. to 7…
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…
Read MoreMining our Past: What We Can Learn from Photographs of the Past
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 MoreFrom the Wilkes-Barre Record – A Ghastly Find!
As the afternoons get darker and the wind howls and moans, we thought we would share this spooky newspaper clipping from 130 years ago… From an article in the Wilkes-Barre…
Read MoreWilkes-Barre’s Comic Book Grail – Joe Palooka #1
What’s your favorite hobby? Does it have any insider jargon? Most hobbies do. Comic book collecting is no different; its most common bit of jargon may be “grail.” Collectors will…
Read MoreDid You Know that Wilkes-Barre Had a Palm House?
Shortly after I started as Executive Director of LCHS, I came across an image of Wilkes-Barre’s “palm house.” I was fascinated. “How cool!,” I thought, “What were the circumstances for…
Read MoreBringing The Giant to Its Knees: A Brief History of the Giant’s Despair Hillclimb – Part 1: The Birth of “The Giant,” 1906-1916
Certain parts of our culture are as old as time itself. Other things remain unchanged throughout the course of their lifetimes, creating a rich, deep tradition. Motorsports is one such…
Read MoreHobo Hat – “Bound for a trip around the world. When shall we meet again?”
In 1922, an imaginative shipping clerk at the Delaware & Hudson freight station in Wilkes-Barre decided to take an old straw hat and send it on a trip of its…
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