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As National Ice Cream month draws to a close, we are highlighting America’s first collegiate instruction in ice cream manufacture. Penn State’s Ice Cream Short Course is the oldest, best-known, and largest educational program dealing with the science and technology of ice cream. It also is believed to be the first continuing education course in…

NJ Monuments to Migration and Labor presents|Organizing and Resisting: Immigrant Workers Past and Present Sunday, July 20, 2 to 5PM Join us at the Roebling Museum for a community dialogue exploring the history of labor, immigration, and worker experiences in New Jersey. After hearing about what it was like to live and work in Roebling while…

Hidden City is seeking input for a photographic publication. Here is the information they have provided. What was Philadelphia like in the 1950s? What has been erased or forgotten? What happened during the upheavals of the ‘60s and ‘70s? How did the city try to reinvent itself in the ‘80s? Hidden City Philadelphia is preparing…

Chester County History Center presentsMILLS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY AND BRANDYWINEA virtual presentationTuesday, July 1, 2025 7:00PM – 8:00PM “Mills of the Delaware Valley & Brandywine” is an illustrated slide show, recalling the origins of milling in the southeastern PA and DE area, and outlining techniques used in finding and documenting historic mills. Photos and…

Civil engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was the inventor of the original Ferris Wheel. He was interested in the engineering potential of structural steel, and he established a company in Pittsburgh to test structural steel and to build bridges, starting with one over the Monongahela River at 6th Street in Pittsburgh (since demolished.) In…

Philadelphia Chapter Meeting – June 21, 2025 @11:00AM The chapter meeting will be available on zoom as well has held in person, at the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church, 600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA  19026 The Railroad Modelers Meeting (“Modeling the Iron and Steel Industry – An Introduction”)Chapter member Fred Monsimer presents:  Railroads…

A brief clip on wooden barrels and their importance in the Whiskey Industry.

After Milton Hershey completed his apprenticeship with Lancaster confectioner, Joseph Royer, he wanted to open his own candy shop. Not wanting to compete with his teacher, Hershey traveled to Philadelphia in May 1876 to look for a suitable space to rent for his new business. He found a shop at 935 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia.…

Here is a link to join the service virtually if you are not able to attend in person. http://meet.google.com/ick-gvvq-gtz

The Morris Canal: An Illustrated HistoryPresented by Tim Roth, Canal Society of New Jersey Join Tim Roth of the Canal Society of New Jersey on May 21 at 7:30 PM via Zoom as he explores the fascinating history of the Morris Canal, from its inception in the 1820s to its abandonment 100 years later. The…