Old Home Week

Inspired by the people and places of Bangor, Pennsylvania, circa 1912, this account includes period photographs from the Slate Belt Heritage Center, citizens of Bangor, and clothing from the collection of Janet Wilson, and features James Gloria; Mary Steckel, owner of Steckel's Jewelry Store; Hugh Thomas Morris, a slate quarry worker and slate dresser; Lottie Alda Morris, a clothing factory quality inspector; "Miss Emma" Miller; John and Mary Dingle; Richard Benjamin Jones, a postal worker; Benjamin Ivor Jones, a pharmacist; Boy Scouts; Bones the Dog; Gertrude Mary Smith Boddie, the first African-American graduate of ESU; Denny Carrig; Tommy Lewis, chief of police; the Mazza Building; Oreo, the muralist's cat; the Houck Building; period clothes from Janet Wilson's collection; Merchants Bank, now Bangor Public Library; the Bowers Building; and William Bowers, a merchant.

Bangor, Pennsylvania · United States