The "Switzerland of America" - Ephemera from the Switchback Railroad
by Digital Collections and Engagement Specialist, Emily Rose Clayton

One hundred years…

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Traditional New Year's Greetings
by NCM Historian Martha Capwell-Fox
What New Year’s symbols did you see last week? Top-hatted babies, noise-makers, and…

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Weston Dodson Calendar Art
By NCM Historian Martha Capwell-Fox

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Many of us carry our…

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The Canal Symposium Made and Recorded History
by NCM Historian Martha Capwell-Fox

'Twas the night before the Canal History and Technology Symposium,…

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"Putz" Houses: A Pennsylvania Holiday Tradition
by Martha Capwell-Fox

Sometimes, dads buy the most inappropriate gifts for their babies.

Hockey skates.

Two-wheel bikes.

These charming…

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Frequent, ferocious floods seemed to come one after another on the Lehigh River in the early years of the 20th…

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Life Along the Canal: The Flora Henry Letters
by NCM Digital Collections & Engagement Specialist, Emily Rose Clayton

While the last mule-drawn…

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This #MuseumMonday, we pay tribute to Erskine Hazard, who co-founded Lehigh Coal & Navigation at the side of the more…

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