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Upcoming Events

 

ę Holiday Open House Preview Party

Friday, December 5, 2008  5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

 

ę Free Holiday Open House

Saturday, December 6, 2008  1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

 

Exhibit Opening

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s collection of Christmas decorations includes a variety of ornament styles, from 19th Century blown-glass and paper ornaments to 1950s glow-in-the-dark plastic ornaments.  The ornament collection, as well as holiday postcards, greeting cards, and photographs, will be out for enjoyment in the exhibit A Journey to Christmas Past.

Opens November 28

at the Arms Family Museum of Local History.

 

2009 Calendars For Sale!

The Story of My House

Historic images of Greystone and excerpts from Olive Arms' essay of the same name.

In a Good Humor

A pictorial history of Harry Burt's confectionaries and the development of the Good Humor Ice Cream Bar.

 

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New - Artifact of the Month

Learn about a different artifacts from the Historical Society's collection. 

 

This month:

Battenberg Lace Ornaments

 

 

 

 

History in the Making!

 

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society has purchased the Harry Burt/Ross Radio building at 325 West Federal Street in Downtown Youngstown

 

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The Mahoning Valley Historical Society educates and promotes an interest in the history of the Mahoning Valley by collecting, preserving, and developing material representative of the people who have inhabited the region.

 

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