by JHS | Sep 12, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
What’s in your attic that could help others understand how people lived in Jamestown in the past? Barbara Magruder, great-granddaughter of William Lincoln Bates who ran Dr. Bates Sanitarium in Jamestown from 1896 until his death in 1932, had already given the JHS many...
by JHS | Jul 22, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
William Foster “Babe” Caswell, worked for many years for the Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company – first as a fireman, then as one of the youngest engineers, and finally as manager. During his years on the ferries he built models of the ships he worked on as...
by JHS | May 9, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
Harry Shatzer (1879-1922) was born in Pennsylvania. He married Lulu Virginia Broll (1879-1945) of West Virginia in Baltimore in 1907, the year after he began coming to Jamestown for summer work. When Harry bought his livery stable/garage at 20 Narragansett Avenue in...
by JHS | Apr 19, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
Invitations have called Jamestowners to many events over the years. An invitation, hand-signed by John L. Smith, Chairman of the Jamestown Bridge Committee, invited the recipient and their guests to the dedication of the Jamestown Bridge on August 3, 1940. There is a...
by JHS | Mar 14, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
Back in 1849, there was a New York City baseball team called the Knickerbockers. During their games, they wore straw caps to protect themselves from the sun. This was the first version of the billed cap we know as a baseball cap. Players experimented with various...
by JHS | Feb 13, 2022 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The JHS library exhibit for February displays some of the smaller signs and plaques from the Jamestown Historical Society’s collection of signs. Many of the larger ones are on permanent display in the town’s Recreation Center lobby and the back stairwell of Town...
