Category: Other News and Events

I’ve just dug deeper into the wonderful resources of the Hagley Museum and Library. I looked into their digital exhibits and just selected the Brandywine Valley that I thought would interest people.They also have digital exhibits on Beer and Brewing history, a collection on Automobile Advertising, The History of Product Packaging, and the Dupont Gunpowder…

Design Advocacy Groupin person event Wednesday, August 12, 20265:30 PM – 7 PM David Seltzer will join DAG for a presentation based on his book,Transit Tourism: The Iconic Art and Design of 22 Subways Around the World, released in 2025 by Schiffer Publishing. Transit Tourism consists of travel essays and images on the art, architecture…

View of the Glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada., Lithograph by Kennedy & Lucas after William L. Breton, 1831. (The Library Company of Philadelphia) Thomas W. Dyott, Snake Oil, Soda Water and the Perennially Seductive Philadelphia Bottle By Ken Finkel https://blog.phillyhistory.org/index.php/2012/01/thomas-w-dyott-snake-oil-soda-water-and-the-perennially-seductive-philadelphia-bottle/ The first glass factory in the area,…

Illustration by James Olstein The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 6 Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: how the city established its “Workshop of the World” reputation as a manufacturing and industrial powerhouse in the mid- to late 19th century and beyond.By Sandy Hingston https://www.phillymag.com/news/semiquincentennial-quiz-part-six

Historic Cliveden presents a Second Saturday tour Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10:30AM to 1:30PM The tour will be led by Adam Levine, an Oliver Evans chapter member, who gave us a gallery tour of his Lost Creeks and Sewers of Philadelphia exhibit at the Athenaeum. Our bus tour of the Wingohocking Watershed, led by Adam…

SIA Iron and Steel Special Interest Group virtual presentation Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 5:00 The Homestead Strike of 1892 was a violent labor dispute in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where Carnegie Steel Company manager Henry Frick locked out workers following wage disputes, culminating in a deadly battle between strikers and private Pinkerton guards. The strike ended in…

Firstival: First Paper Maker in America: 1690Saturday, June 27, 11am-1pmRittenhouseTown, Philadelphia We take paper for granted now. But in the late 1600s, when Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn recruited German papermaker and preacher William Rittenhouse to manufacture the writing parchment in the New World, paper was a luxury. Rittenhouse started a paper mill, and that paper,…

The Development of the Colonial Iron Industry A lecture by Jim PolczynskiTuesday evening, July 14, 2026, at 7:00 pm The Cornwall Iron Furnace is a striking example of a cold-blast furnace’s operations during revolutionary times, but it is only one part of a much larger story. This presentation explores the development of ironmaking in the…

American Chemical Society presents Webinar: Flash! Bang! Boom!Thursday, July 2, 2026 | 1:30pm-3pm Despite their fleeting brilliance, fireworks have shaped global celebrations, political spectacle, and scientific innovation for centuries. Whether you are celebrating the 4th of July with fireworks or simply watching from afar, pyrotechnics offer a fascinating window into world history, culture, and the…

The Philadelphia Chapter will be conducting their monthly meeting, in-person, at the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church (600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA  19026).  The meeting will be simulcast on the Zoom meeting service (Zoom invitation below). Time: Sat, Jun 20, 2026 10:45 AM Eastern Time AGENDA10:30 AM:  Facility Opens (Vendor Setup)11:00 AM:  Modelers…