March 2024 – August 2024 People have been decorating themselves and their homes with flowers for centuries, and Huntingtonians are no exception. This exhibit explores the widespread decorative appeal of flowers, as well as the longtime practical skill and hobby of gardening and caring for houseplants. From abstract to realistic,
The George McKesson Brown Estate, aka Coindre Hall is an example of a Gold Coast mansion built around the turn of the century as a summer residence for wealthy entrepreneurs. Coindre Hall’s history is similar to that of other mansions of its time.
From Gilded Age castle, to sanitation union resort, to Merchant Marine training center, to military academy, and finally restored to its original grandeur as a luxury hotel, Oheka castle has a varied and controversial history.
Notwithstanding the occasional snowstorm, winters have been getting warmer and wetter. In the past winters had more frequent single digit temperatures and several snowstorms a season.
It is fun to see the topics that concerned the editors from roughly the 1840s through the 1930s. You will find that some of these issues are still around today! Hint-traffic congestion and parking for instance.
If you are fascinated by cemeteries and love to spend time reading tombstone inscriptions, looking for the graves of famous people, or simply enjoying the verdant and peaceful surroundings of park-like burial grounds then you qualify as a true taphophillac.
November 2023 – March 2024 The Exhibit A is for Archives dispels the common misconception that archival collections are only made up of pieces of paper. This exhibit features items from the Huntington Historical Society’s archival collection, each representing a letter in the word “Archives,” including scrapbooks, ephemera, logbooks, and
It took the COVID lockdown years later to prompt Daniel Thomas Nauke to finally read and organize the letters. He found they revealed not only a love story between his parents but also a story of immigrant families, a neighborhood, and life during WWII.
September 2023 – October 2023 Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation is an art exhibition that includes photographic stills which recreate representations of women from the colonies in Orientalist postcards dating back to the early 20th century. In an effort to broaden the cultural context of these staged images,
Jennings and his wife, Jean Brown Jennings, and their three children made Burrwood their summer residence. In retirement, Jennings moved permanently to Burrwood where he enthusiastically engaged in farming activities.
The Huntington Historical Society received a $39,000 grant from the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials Discretionary Grant Program to conserve and digitize 160 audio cassettes and 16 reel-to-reel tapes comprising the Society’s oral history collection.
Perhaps not a household name, Waller nevertheless was responsible for over 50 patents, including patents for water skis, the Waller Gunnery Trainer and Cinerama.