OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • Can Easter be Far Behind?

    Zitner’s, the Philadelphia candy company known for their signature chocolate-covered eggs, turns 100 this year, and it’s still churning out ovoidal confections filled with coconut, buttercream, peanut butter, and its signature “Butter Krak” concoction. The local treats were born when a couple, Sam and Anne Zitner, began making and selling candy eggs at their home…

  • Typewriters, Typewriters, Typewriters

    Bryan Kravitz, a friend of Joel Spivak’s,  is passionate about typewriters. He has established a workshop with machines and tools for restoring them. Shortly you will see a notice here about a tour of his workshop on March 11, 2023. Bryan was tapped by the Literature Department at Parkway Central Library to present an 8…

  • Finding Conshohocken

    UPCOMING TALK by Ned Drinker, local Navigator: DESCRIPTION: “Finding Conshohocken” is a two-hour slide show exploration of the history of Conshohocken from William Penn to the present including the Schuylkill Navigation, iron and steel, J Ellwood Lee, Woodmont and redevelopment. WHEN: Monday, January 30th 5:30 – 7:30 PM WHERE: Conshohocken Free Library, Community Room (downstairs),…

  •  PHILADELPHIA’S GLOBAL HERITAGE

    Oliver Evans Society for Industrial Archeology presents A GUIDED TOUR OF BEYOND THE BELL: PHILADELPHIA’S GLOBAL HERITAGE Saturday, January 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to noon West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology775 S Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383  In partnership with the Global Philadelphia Association, this special exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of UNESCO’s…

  • Pennsylvania and the Potato Chip

    An interesting piece from the online site Atlas Obscura. Accuracy not assured. “Hanover, and a few counties surrounding it, is the biggest producer of America’s favorite guilty pleasures. More potato chips (and pretzels, candy, ice cream, and chocolate) are produced over these few counties than anywhere else on Earth.”

  • The Campbell Soup Company

    Princeton Preservation Group presents The Campbell Soup Company Corporate Archives: Preserving the History of an American Food Brand November 15, 2022, 7pm via Zoom by Scott Hearn The business that would become Campbell Soup Company was founded in 1869 in Camden, NJ as a cannery. The invention of condensed soup in 1897 fundamentally changed the…

  • A special tour of the Neon Museum of Philadelphia

    Saturday, November 19, 2022 – noon The Neon Museum of Philadelphia is a cultural and educational organization dedicated to preserving neon signage, Philadelphia history and art, and the 20th century American roadside.  We’re an American art and history museum disguised as a neon museum. The Museum’s signs are a window into pre-Internet America — communities…

  • The Neon Museum of Philadelphia

    Save the DateSaturday, November 19, 2022 – 12 noon The Oliver Evans Chapter will be sponsoring a tour of the Museum. Details to follow. Those attending the tour are invited to join members after the tour for a snack or meal at Sor Ynez, a Mexican restaurant at the same location. https://neonmuseumofphiladelphia.org/ Neon Museum of…

  • New Jersey’s Raritan River Rail Road

    Membership Meeting of the Tri-state Railway Historical Societypresents THE RISE & FALL OF THE RARITAN RIVER: PART II A Zoom talk by Tom ReynoldsThursday, November 10, 2022 For the November show, Tom Reynolds returns to continue his history of New Jersey’s Raritan River Rail Road. The story picks up the railroad’s peak freight tonnages in…

  • Philadelphia Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Tour

    Presented by Environmental Engineer, Drew Brown Thu, November 10, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST Our virtual tour will take virtual visitors behind the scenes at the City’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant to follow polluted wastewater step by step through the treatment plant until the cleaned wastewater is cleaner than the Delaware River…