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…
Weston Dodson Calendar Art
By NCM Historian Martha Capwell-Fox
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Many of us carry our…
The Canal Symposium Made and Recorded History
by NCM Historian Martha Capwell-Fox
'Twas the night before the Canal History and Technology Symposium,…
"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…
Frequent, ferocious floods seemed to come one after another on the Lehigh River in the early years of the 20th…
Life Along the Canal: The Flora Henry Letters
by NCM Digital Collections & Engagement Specialist, Emily Rose Clayton
While the last mule-drawn…
Happy Birthday to Erskine Hazard, co-founder of Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Posted November 30, 2020 by Daphne MayerThis #MuseumMonday, we pay tribute to Erskine Hazard, who co-founded Lehigh Coal & Navigation at the side of the more…
The Greatest Native American Athlete: Jim Thorpe (Wa-tho-Huk)
Posted November 25, 2020 by Daphne MayerHave you ever heard of Wa-tho-Huk, the greatest Native American athlete of all time?
Maybe his Catholic baptismal name will help:…
