Comrade Pineapple, Soviet Great-Granddaughter
Julia Alekseyeva emigrated to the United States from Russia when she was four years old. Her relationship with most members of her family was fraught. [Read More…]
Category: HISTORY
1902 motorized buggy greets visitors to Quakertown visitors center
A 1902 motorized buggy and other historical artifacts greets visitors to the Upper Bucks Chamber and Visitors Center in Quakertown.
Germantown celebrates Juneteenth freedom from slavery
At Philadelphia’s Juneteenth celebration in Germantown, Iraina Salaam performs a libation ceremony in honor of African ancestors as members and Boy Scout Troop 1719 and the Tyehimba drum group also take part in the street festival celebration
Solebury’s longest resident reminisces
Longest Solebury Township resident near New Hope, PA reminisces and shows off a cannonball from the revolutionary war that her daughter found.
Painting like Pollock, campers have fun
Campers, young and old, splash, throw and blow paint on large canvases in the style of abstract expressionist artist Jackson Pollock.
Conservator demonstrates preservation techniques
Protecting treasured objects such as books, artwork and ephemera from decay using archival, acid-free materials was the subject of conservator’s workshop demonstration.
TCNJ alumni day, 104 year old + the Travers 5
The “Travers 5” students at Trenton State College in Ewing, New Jersey were an “intentional democratic community” of young men and women on the fifth [Read More…]
Yardsale features draftsman chair, convex mirror
Senior talks about vintage furniture, stereo, draftsman’s chair, convex mirror offered at his yard sale in video interview
Paint the Cresheim Bridge Mural! Open Call for Artists
Things are looking up. Mural artists including ex-con are expected to submit designs for mural art on abandoned railway bridge in Northwest Philadelphia. #CresheimTrailMural
Making sea biscuits (hardtack) in Alexandria, VA
A couple blocks away from the Alexandria Virginia Archaeological Museum, sea biscuits were found at the site where a bakery stood in the early 1800s. [Read More…]