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Display Case Exhibit, Thru May 31
A Tribute to Horticultural Pioneers Anne and Frank Tinari
Huntingdon Valley Library, 625, Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley
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Reception, Sunday, February 15, 2:00 p.m.
Keswick Theatre
Join the Society as it unveils its latest book co-authored with Rachel
Hildebrand and published by Arcadia Publishing. The Philadelphia Area
Architecture of Horace Trumbauer highlights many of the wonderful
buildings designed by this renowned architect. The book includes
sections on the Old York Road territory, the Whitemarsh Valley, the Main
Line and Center City Philadelphia as well as designed exceuted for
Philadelphia clients in other cities including Boston, New York and Newport.
Sales of the book underwrite the collection activities of the Society.
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Lecture, Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.
Camp William Penn
Author Donald Scott will give a lecture on his recently published book on
Camp William Penn. Scott will speak about the history of the camp that was
located near the home of abolitionist Lucretia Mott. The area, today known
as Cheltenham Township’s LaMott, was also instrumental in the Underground
Railroad, and hosted great abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick
Douglass. Signed copies of Scott’s book will be available following the lecture.
Lecture will be held in Homestead Hall, the parish house building of the Church
of Our Saviour in Jenkintown on Homestead Road, one block south of the Jenkintown
Library.
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Spring Outing, Sunday, March 29, 12:30 p.m.
Delaware Art Museum
Please join us as we travel to the Delaware Art Museum to view a very special
exhibition of some of the most important paintings of the Victorian period. Paintings
from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London, encompasses the full
range of subject matter and style, and includes works by such artists as Sir Edwin
Landseer, William Powell Frith, and Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais.
The collection includes scenes of contemporary life, historical events, landscapes,
animal studies, and marine subjects. The Royal Holloway Collection complements the Delaware
Art Museum’s Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art, which is the largest Pre-Raphaelite
collection in the world outside the United Kingdom. Our afternoon will include a private
tour of the special exhibition and also permit time to view the museum’s other collections,
including the Bancroft Collection. The bus will leave the Jenkintown Library parking lot
at 12:30 p.m. and return around 5:15. Cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members;
registration forms due by March 23. Click here for a registration form.
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Lecture, Wednesday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square.
Authors Robert M. Skaler and Thomas H. Keels will present an illustrated lecture about their newly released
book on Philadelphia’s Historic Rittenhouse Square. Rittenhouse Square and its environs changed from an
isolated district of brickyards and workers’ shanties into the city’s most elegant and prestigious
neighborhood between 1845 and 1900. While only a few original buildings remain facing the Square,
Rittenhouse Square remains as Jane Jacobs described it in 1961: “A beloved, successful, much-used
park, one of Philadelphia’s greatest assets.” Copies of their book will be available. Lecture will
be held in Homestead Hall, the parish house building of the Church of Our Saviour in Jenkintown
on Homestead Road, one block south of the Jenkintown Library.
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Spring Outing, Sunday, April 26, 2:00 p.m.
Abington Art Center/Alverthorpe Manor
In celebration of its 70th Anniversary, Abington Art Center is hosting a private lecture, tour
and reception for the Society. Members and friends are invited to view the Art Center’s Anniversary
exhibition Forever Young: Celebrating Seven Decades of Art, hear about the history of the Art Center
and its predecessor, the Old York Road Art Guild, and tour the famous Rosenwald manor house, Alverthorpe.
Refreshments will be served. Please join us!
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Lecture, Wednesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.
Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics
David Jordan, President of the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, will give
a lecture on Philadelphia’s most successful sports franchise, Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics.
Managed by Mack for fifty years, the A’s won nine American League pennants and five World Series
during their time in Philadelphia, from 1901 to 1954. Sparked by legendary performers like Eddie
Collins, Lefty Grove, Jimmy Foxx and Mickey Cochrane, the Athletics put together two dynastic runs,
while the 1929 team is considered by many baseball historians to be the greatest team of all time.
Lecture will be held in Homestead Hall, the parish house building of the Church of Our Saviour in
Jenkintown on Homestead Road, one block south of the Jenkintown Library.
The Annual Meeting of the Society will precede the May lecture. Officer and Committee reports will
be presented and the Nominating Committee will present a slate of Officers and Executive Council
members to be elected for the 2009-2010 program year.
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Reception, Sunday, May 17, 2:00 p.m.
Annual Patrons’ Party
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